American Book Awards
2回登壇
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第12回（1991年） Winner
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第34回（2013年） Winner
Joy Harjo
ジョイ・ハージョ
Joy Harjo
ペンネーム:
Joy Harjo-Sapulpa（Used occasionally as a married name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1951-05-09 （Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States）
- 国籍
- Muscogee Nation, United States
- 言語
- English
経歴
- 職業
- poet, author, musician, playwright, educator, United States Poet Laureate
- 活動期間
- 1975年〜
- 所属団体
- Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Philosophical Society, Muscogee (Creek) Nation community organizations
- 影響を受けた人物
- Simon Ortiz, Leslie Marmon Silko
- 影響を与えた人物
- Students such as Deb Haaland and a generation of Indigenous poets
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of American Indian Arts | — | — | — | 高校在学 (十代前半〜後半) | United States |
| University of New Mexico | College of Arts & Sciences (art → creative writing) | Creative writing | BA | 1970年代前半〜1976 | United States |
| University of Iowa | Writers' Workshop (creative writing) | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | 1976–1978 | United States |
Institute of American Indian Arts
期間:
高校在学 (十代前半〜後半)
国:
United States
Attended as a BIA boarding-school high-school program
University of New Mexico
College of Arts & Sciences (art → creative writing)
/ Creative writing
学位:
BA
期間:
1970年代前半〜1976
卒業年:
1976
国:
United States
Initially pre-med, switched to art, then creative writing
University of Iowa
Writers' Workshop (creative writing)
/ Creative Writing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
期間:
1976–1978
卒業年:
1978
国:
United States
Earned an MFA in creative writing
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | United States Poet Laureate | — | — | Library of Congress | 任命・在任（2019–2022） |
| 2023 | Bollingen Prize for American Poetry | — | — | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Frost Medal | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Jackson Poetry Prize | — | — | Poets & Writers | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| 2013 | American Book Award | Crazy Brave | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma Book Award | An American Sunrise | — | Oklahoma Department of Libraries | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Tulsa Artist Fellowship | — | — | Tulsa Artist Fellowship (organization) | 受賞 |
United States Poet Laureate
2019
主催:
Library of Congress
結果:
任命・在任（2019–2022）
Bollingen Prize for American Poetry
2023
主催:
Yale University
結果:
受賞
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
2023
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
受賞
Frost Medal
2024
主催:
Poetry Society of America
結果:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2017
主催:
Poetry Foundation
結果:
受賞
Jackson Poetry Prize
2019
主催:
Poets & Writers
結果:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2014
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
フェローシップ
American Book Award
2013
対象作品:
Crazy Brave
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
Oklahoma Book Award
2020
対象作品:
An American Sunrise
主催:
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
結果:
受賞
Tulsa Artist Fellowship
2018
主催:
Tulsa Artist Fellowship (organization)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第1回（1991年） Winner
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第31回（2021年） Winner
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第32回（2017年） Winner
Jackson Poetry Prize
1回登壇
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第13回（2019年） Winner
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第53回（2023年） Winner
作品
代表作
The Last Song
1975年 PoetryHer first volume of poems, a short collection that marked the beginning of her published career.
identitytradition and memory
She Had Some Horses
1983年 PoetryA seminal collection that uses horses as a central motif to explore ancestors, nature, and spirituality through multiple perspectives.
ancestorsnaturespirituality
Crazy Brave
2012年 Memoir / Non-fictionA memoir recounting her childhood and development as a writer, intertwining personal experience with cultural context.
coming of agecultural inheritancefamily
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
2015年 PoetryA collection addressing contemporary violence, historical debt, and spirituality; shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize.
violenceatonementspirituality
An American Sunrise
2019年 PoetryA poetry collection dealing with Muscogee (Creek) history and memory; winner of the Oklahoma Book Award.
colonialismhistorical recoveryindigeneity
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
2022年 Poetry (selected)A retrospective collection marking 50 years of her poetry, compiling early and recent works.
retrospectcontinuity of art
全著作
- The Last Song (1975)
- What Moon Drove Me to This? (1979)
- Remember (1981)
- She Had Some Horses (1983)
- Secrets from the Center of the World (1989)
- In Mad Love and War (1990)
- A Map to the Next World (2000)
- How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975–2001 (2004)
- Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015)
- An American Sunrise (2019)
- Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years (2022)
- Crazy Brave: A Memoir (2012)
- Poet Warrior (2021)
翻案
- Poetry readings and stage performances (including one-woman shows)
作風・主題
- 文体
- oral-tradition influenced, spoken-word lyrical styleincorporation of mythic and ancestral narratives
- 頻出モチーフ
- horsesancestors and memoryland and natureMuscogee (Creek) spirituality
評価・遺産
Joy Harjo is a major Indigenous American writer whose work links oral traditions with poetic practice. As U.S. Poet Laureate she led projects mapping Native Nations poetry and has received wide recognition and numerous honors.
記念館・博物館
- Bob Dylan Center (Artist-in-Residence) Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States 2022年開館
関連学会
- Academy of American Poets
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Philosophical Society
資料所蔵先
- Library of Congress: Living Nations, Living Words audio collection (related to her Poet Laureate project)
- Library of Congress (Joy Harjo related materials)
大衆文化への影響
- Her poetry is included on a plaque aboard NASA's LUCY spacecraft
- Quotations and readings used in U.S. public culture and educational programs
引用
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I see and hear the presence of generations making poetry through the many cultures that express America. Poetry always directly or inadvertently mirrors the state of the state.
出典: Interview on poets.org (2019) (2019年) -
Horses, like the rest of us, can transform and be transformed. A horse could be a streak of sunrise, a body of sand, a moment of ecstasy. A horse could be all of this at the same time.
出典: Introduction to She Had Some Horses (1983年)
豆知識
- Named the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate in 2019
- Performs on saxophone and flute and has released several albums
- Her poetry appears on a plaque aboard NASA's LUCY spacecraft
- Founded the mentorship program 'For Girls Becoming' for young Mvskoke women