Poets' Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1996) Winner
Josephine Jacobsen
ジョセフィン・ジェイコブセン
Josephine Jacobsen
Aliases:
Josephine Winder Boylan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1908-08-19 （Cobourg, Ontario）
- Died
- 2003-07-09 （Cockeysville, Maryland） age 94
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic (presumed)
- Residence History
- New York (infancy) → Baltimore, Maryland (from age 14) → Cockeysville, Maryland (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, short story writer, essayist, critic
- Active Years
- 1919-2003
- Affiliations
- Library of Congress, Academy of American Poets
- Memberships
- Poetry Society of America (Vice President), National Endowment for the Arts literature panel, Folger Library poetry committee
- Influenced By
- Robert W. Service, Rudyard Kipling
- Influenced
- younger poets
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Park Country School | — | Literature | — | 14歳から1926年 | United States |
Roland Park Country School
Literature
Period:
14歳から1926年
Year of Graduation:
1926
Country:
United States
Educated by private tutors, graduated 1926
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry | — | — | Library of Congress | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | — | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Poets' Prize | In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Robert Frost Medal | — | 生涯功労賞 | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry
1971
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
1987
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Shelley Memorial Award
1993
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Poets' Prize
1997
Work:
In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems
Result:
受賞
Robert Frost Medal
1997
Category:
生涯功労賞
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Let Each Man Remember
1940 poetry collectionFirst poetry collection
memory of life
In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems
1995 poetry collectionNew and collected poems, winner of Poets' Prize
timeidentityisolation
A Walk with Raschid and Other Stories
1978 short story collectionShort story collection
human relations
On the Island
1989 short story collectionShort story collection
What Goes Without Saying
1996 short story collectionLate short story collection
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- elegant, concise phrasingreserve, stoic timbrehigh precision
- Recurring Motifs
- identityinterrelatednessisolationbaseball
Legacy
Renowned American poet who served as Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress, known for precise and elegant poetry. Achieved recognition late in life and generously supported younger poets
In Popular Culture
- Wrote poems about her love for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
Quotes
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the writing itself, not prizes or possible honors, that mattered the most
Source: interview -
the greatest thing she can feel about one of her poems is that it has helped another human being in a really bad time
Source: Grace Cavalieri interview
Trivia
- Born prematurely weighing only 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) and not expected to survive
- Married to Eric Jacobsen for 63 happy years
- Published first poem at age 11 in St. Nicholas Magazine
- Devoted fan of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
- Called 'post-cocious' by friend William Morris Meredith Jr.