Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (1961) Winner
John Hall Wheelock
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John Hall Wheelock
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1886-09-09 （Far Rockaway, New York）
- Died
- 1978-03-22 age 91
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Raised in the neighborhood now occupied by Rockefeller Center, New York City → Summered on Long Island's South Fork
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor
- Active Years
- 1904-1978
- Affiliations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Poetry Society of America, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Academy of American Poets, Library of Congress (honorary consultant in American letters)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Poetry Society of America (Vice President, 1944-1946), National Institute of Arts and Letters (Vice President), Academy of American Poets (Chancellor 1947–1971; Honorary Fellow 1974-1978)
- Influenced By
- Walt Whitman
- Influenced
- May Swenson, James Dickey
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | English | 学士 | 1904-1908 | United States |
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
/ English
Degree:
学士
Period:
1904-1908
Year of Graduation:
1908
Country:
United States
Editor-in-chief of The Harvard Monthly as a student; served as class poet
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Golden Rose | Collected Poems | — | New England Poetry Society | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Ridgely Torrence Memorial Award | Poems Old and New | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Borestone Mountain Poetry Award | Poems Old and New | — | Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Bollingen Prize | — | — | Bollingen Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1965 | Signet Society Medal | — | — | Signet Society, Harvard University | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Gold Medal (Poetry Society of America) | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
Golden Rose
1936
Work:
Collected Poems
Organization:
New England Poetry Society
Result:
受賞
Ridgely Torrence Memorial Award
1956
Work:
Poems Old and New
Result:
受賞
Borestone Mountain Poetry Award
1957
Work:
Poems Old and New
Organization:
Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards
Result:
受賞
Bollingen Prize
1962
Organization:
Bollingen Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Signet Society Medal
1965
Organization:
Signet Society, Harvard University
Result:
受賞
Gold Medal (Poetry Society of America)
1972
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Verses by Two Undergraduates
1905 poetryAn early joint volume of verse by Wheelock and Van Wyck Brooks, published anonymously.
youthfriendshipexperimentation in verse
The Human Fantasy
1911 poetryAn early collection exploring human feeling and imagination.
imaginationhuman nature
The Belovéd Adventure
1912 poetryA collection of poems centered on love and quest.
lovejourney
Love and Liberation
1913 poetryPoems dealing with themes of love and liberation.
lovefreedom
Dust and Light
1919 poetryA volume containing reflections on existence and postwar feeling.
reflectionlight and darkness
The Black Panther
1922 poetryA collection marked by symbolic imagery and heightened lyricism.
symbolismlyricism
The Bright Doom
1927 poetryA collection exploring fate and human condition through contrasts of light and dark.
fatelight and darkness
Collected Poems, 1911-1936
1936 poetry (collected)A collected volume of poems from 1911 to 1936. Awarded the Golden Rose by the New England Poetry Society.
memorynaturelyricism
Poems Old and New
1956 poetryA volume juxtaposing earlier and recent poems. Recipient of the Ridgely Torrence Memorial Award and Borestone Mountain Poetry Award.
passage of timememory
The Gardner and Other Poems
1961 poetryA collection including later-period poems.
old ageremembrance
What is Poetry?
1963 essays/criticismA collection of essays reflecting on the nature of poetry.
poeticslanguage
Dear Men and Women: New Poems
1966 poetryA volume of new poems.
dialoguehuman relationships
By Daylight and in Dream: New and Collected Poems, 1904-1970
1970 poetry (new and collected)A compilation of new and collected poems spanning 1904 to 1970.
life retrospectivenature
In Love and Song: Poems
1971 poetryA late collection of poems with themes of love and musicality.
lovemusic
Nirvana
poetryA collection with unclear publication date (fragmentary record).
spiritualitytranscendence
Bibliography
- Verses by Two Undergraduates
- The Human Fantasy
- The Belovéd Adventure
- Love and Liberation
- Dust and Light
- The Black Panther
- The Bright Doom
- Collected Poems, 1911-1936
- Poems Old and New
- The Gardner and Other Poems
- What is Poetry?
- Dear Men and Women: New Poems
- By Daylight and in Dream: New and Collected Poems, 1904-1970
- In Love and Song: Poems
- Nirvana
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- traditional lyrical styleprecise and controlled language
- Recurring Motifs
- nature (sea and shore)memory and reminiscencelight and darkness
Legacy
An American poet active from the early to late 20th century and an influential editor who discovered and supported many poets. A Harvard alumnus who held prominent roles in literary organizations and received major poetry awards including the Bollingen Prize.
Academic Societies
- Poetry Society of America
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Academy of American Poets
Archives
- Library of Congress (related materials)
Quotes
-
My father held me up on a ferryboat...and said: 'Do you see that man?' He turned my head... toward Whitman, who was standing in the bow of the boat, and he said, 'That is the great poet, Walt Whitman.'
Source: The Paris Review interview (excerpt) (1976) -
...so often a great poem is just sheer good luck because the language permits certain effects to be made by someone with long discipline in the use of language, who has a flash in which the words and ideas just fall in a particular way.
Source: The Paris Review interview (1976)
Trivia
- Raised with the anecdote that his parents once saw Walt Whitman.
- Graduated Harvard University in 1908; served as editor-in-chief of The Harvard Monthly while a student.
- Long-time editor at Charles Scribner and Sons, eventually becoming senior editor.
- Known for discovering poets such as May Swenson and James Dickey.