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Jonathan Aaron

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Jonathan Aaron

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性別
男性
生誕
1941 (Northampton, Massachusetts)
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Northampton (birthplace) → Cambridge, Massachusetts

経歴

職業
Poet, Teacher, Author
活動期間
1965年〜
所属
Emerson College (Professor Emeritus), Williams College (faculty), Yale University (faculty), Harvard University (Expository Writing Program)

学歴

University of Chicago
Department of English
学位: B.A.
国: United States
Yale University
Department of English
学位: Ph.D.
国: United States
Ph.D. in English

受賞歴

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
1975
主催: Amy Lowell Trust
結果: 受賞
Yaddo Fellowship
主催: Yaddo
結果: 受賞(フェローシップ)
MacDowell Fellowship
主催: MacDowell
結果: 受賞(フェローシップ)
Massachusetts Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
主催: Massachusetts Endowment for the Arts
結果: 受賞(フェローシップ)
Featured in The Best American Poetry
主催: The Best American Poetry
結果: 掲載(5回)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Just About Anything: New and Selected Poems

2025年 Poetry

A new and selected poems collection, containing chosen works across his career alongside new poems.

memorycitieseveryday observation

Journey to the Lost City

2006年 Poetry

A poetry collection exploring journeys through memory and place, dealing with themes of loss and discovery.

travellossmemory

Corridor

1992年 Poetry

A collection themed around corridors as motifs for inner and outer boundaries and movement.

boundariesmovementtime

Second sight: poems

1982年 Poetry

A collection from the early 1980s focusing on subtle perceptions within everyday life.

observationperceptioneveryday life

全著作

  • Just About Anything: New and Selected Poems (2025)
  • Journey to the Lost City (2006)
  • Corridor (1992)
  • Second sight: poems (1982)
  • Anthology appearances: The Best American Poetry (1991, 1992, 1998, 2003)
  • Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds (appearance, 2010)

作風・主題

文体
concise, image-driven poetryrestrained, observation-based style
頻出モチーフ
memorycities and placebirds (as motif)

評価・遺産

A longstanding American poet and educator whose teaching and fellowships have influenced peers and students; recognized for steady contributions to contemporary poetry.

豆知識

  • His poems have been featured in The Best American Poetry five times.
  • Taught in Emerson College's Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing from 1988 to 2015 and is Professor Emeritus.
  • Recipient of the 1975-1976 Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship.