Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 194 (2014, held 6 times in year) Lifetime Achievement Award
Joseph Stroud
ジョセフ・ストラウド
Joseph Stroud
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-01-01 （Glendale, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Santa Cruz, California → Cabin in the Sierra Nevada
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Teacher (retired)
- Active Years
- 1974-
- Affiliations
- Cabrillo College (teaching, retired)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of San Francisco | — | — | — | — | United States |
| California State University, Los Angeles | — | — | — | — | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of San Francisco
Country:
United States
California State University, Los Angeles
Country:
United States
San Francisco State University
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | Winner |
| 2005 | Northern California Book Critics Award (finalist) | — | — | Northern California Book Critics | Finalist |
| 2006 | Witter Bynner Fellowship | — | — | Library of Congress | Recipient |
| 2011 | Arts and Letters Award in Literature | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Recipient |
Pushcart Prize
2000
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
Winner
Northern California Book Critics Award (finalist)
2005
Organization:
Northern California Book Critics
Result:
Finalist
Witter Bynner Fellowship
2006
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
Recipient
Arts and Letters Award in Literature
2011
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
Recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In the Sleep of Rivers
1974 PoetryEarly collection of poems exploring rivers, time, and personal memory.
NatureMemoryTime
Signatures
1982 PoetryA collection focusing on impressions and traces—poems about signs and signatures.
ImpressionPersonal history
Below Cold Mountain
1998 PoetryPoems that trace spiritual searching and wonder through mountains and everyday details; contains the noted pear metaphor.
NatureSpiritualityEveryday life
Country of Light
2004 PoetryA book of poems about light, place, and human experience, with reflections of Northern California landscapes.
LightPlaceExperience
Of This World: New and Selected Poems
2008 PoetryA selected volume combining new and previously published poems, surveying the arc and themes of his work.
Details of daily lifeMemoryNature
Bibliography
- In the Sleep of Rivers (1974)
- Signatures (1982)
- Below Cold Mountain (1998)
- Country of Light (2004)
- Of This World: New and Selected Poems (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, observational styleAttention to everyday detail
- Recurring Motifs
- Pear and fruit metaphorsMountains and rivers (nature)Memory and place
Legacy
Based in Northern California, Stroud is praised for poems rooted in local landscape and everyday life. He has won a Pushcart Prize and an Arts and Letters Award, is included in several anthologies, and holds a notable place in regional American poetry.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (associated)
Quotes
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“Inside the pear there’s a paradise we will never know, our only hint the sweetness of its taste.”
Source: Comice, Below Cold Mountain (1998)
Trivia
- His work has been featured on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac.
- He taught at Cabrillo College and is now retired.
- He divides his time between Santa Cruz and a cabin in the Sierra Nevada.
- Won a Pushcart Prize in 2000.