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第15回（1993年 第2回開催） Winner
Kevin Young
ケヴィン・ヤング
Kevin Young
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1970-11-08 （Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Lincoln, Nebraska → Topeka, Kansas → Atlanta, Georgia (while at Emory University) → Washington, D.C.
経歴
- 職業
- poet, professor, editor, literary critic
- 活動期間
- 1992年〜
- 所属
- Emory University (Atticus Haygood Professor; curator of Raymond Danowski Poetry Library), New York Public Library / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Director), The New Yorker (Poetry Editor), Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Director)
- 所属団体
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Society of American Historians, Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Langston Hughes, John Berryman, Emily Dickinson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Michael S. Harper, Seamus Heaney
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard College | — | — | AB | 1988–1992 | United States |
| Brown University | — | — | MFA | 1994–1996 | United States |
Harvard College
学位:
AB
期間:
1988–1992
卒業年:
1992
国:
United States
Studied with Seamus Heaney and others
Brown University
学位:
MFA
期間:
1994–1996
卒業年:
1996
国:
United States
Influenced by Michael S. Harper
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | John C. Zacharis First Book Prize (Ploughshares) | Most Way Home | — | Ploughshares | 受賞 |
| 2003 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Jelly Roll: A Blues | 詩 | National Book Foundation | 最終候補（ファイナリスト） |
| 2003 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Patterson Poetry Prize for Sustained Literary Achievement | — | — | Patterson family / related organization | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Book of Hours | 詩 | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Book of Hours | 詩 | Claremont Graduate University | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Nonfiction) | Bunk | ノンフィクション | Anisfield-Wolf | 受賞 |
| 2021 | T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) | Stones | 詩 | T. S. Eliot Prize organizers | ショートリスト |
| 2024 | Harvard Arts Medal | — | — | Harvard University | 受賞 |
John C. Zacharis First Book Prize (Ploughshares)
1993
対象作品:
Most Way Home
主催:
Ploughshares
結果:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry)
2003
対象作品:
Jelly Roll: A Blues
部門:
詩
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
最終候補（ファイナリスト）
Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞
Patterson Poetry Prize for Sustained Literary Achievement
2007
主催:
Patterson family / related organization
結果:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
2015
対象作品:
Book of Hours
部門:
詩
主催:
Academy of American Poets
結果:
受賞
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2014
対象作品:
Book of Hours
部門:
詩
主催:
Claremont Graduate University
結果:
受賞
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Nonfiction)
2017
対象作品:
Bunk
部門:
ノンフィクション
主催:
Anisfield-Wolf
結果:
受賞
T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist)
2021
対象作品:
Stones
部門:
詩
主催:
T. S. Eliot Prize organizers
結果:
ショートリスト
Harvard Arts Medal
2024
主催:
Harvard University
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
Quill Award
1回登壇
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第3回（2007年） Winner
American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第33回（2012年） Winner
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第83回（2018年） Winner
作品
代表作
Most Way Home
1995年 PoetryAn early collection exploring family narratives and voice; selected for the National Poetry Series.
familycoming-of-ageidentity
Jelly Roll: A Blues
2003年 Poetry (blues-inspired)A collection of love poems woven with blues tradition; finalist for the National Book Award.
musicloveAmerican tradition
Book of Hours
2014年 PoetryA volume meditating on time, loss, and family memory; recipient of several awards.
timelossmemory
Bunk
2017年 NonfictionA nonfiction investigation into the history of hoaxes, humbug, and fake news in the U.S.; won Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
hoaxes/fake newscultural historymedia criticism
Stones
2021年 PoetryA collection addressing personal and historical themes; shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.
memoryhistorypersonal history
Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
2016年 Poetry (selected)A selection of poems and uncollected pieces from 1995–2015; longlisted for the National Book Award (Autobiography/Biography category in 2016 listing).
bluesretrospectionAmerican society
全著作
- Most Way Home (1995)
- To Repel Ghosts: Five Sides in B Minor (2001)
- Jelly Roll: A Blues (2003)
- Black Maria: Being the Adventures of Delilah Redbone & A.K.A. Jones: Poems (2005)
- For the Confederate Dead: Poems (2007)
- Dear Darkness: Poems (2008)
- Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels (2011)
- Book of Hours: Poems (2014)
- Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems, 1995–2015 (2016)
- Brown: Poems (2018)
- Stones (2021)
- Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (2017)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Musical, blues- and jazz-inflected idiomModern poetic forms combining narrative and experimentation
- 頻出モチーフ
- music (especially the blues)family and personal historyAmerican history and raceloss and memory
評価・遺産
Considered a leading contemporary American poet whose work fuses musical sensibility with cultural-historical insight. He has had significant influence through institutional leadership, curation, and public engagement in addition to his poetry.
記念館・博物館
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Washington, D.C. 2016年開館
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library) New York (Harlem) 1925年開館
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Society of American Historians
- Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
資料所蔵先
- Raymond Danowski Poetry Library (Emory University)
引用
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He has described his next three books—To Repel Ghosts, Jelly Roll, and Black Maria—as an 'American trilogy,' calling the series 'Devil's Music.'
出典: Interview / Wikipedia summary (2017年) -
He has described a forthcoming collection as being about African American history and also personal history, growing up in Kansas.
出典: Interview / Wikipedia summary (2017年)
豆知識
- Married Kate Tuttle in 2005.
- Named poetry editor of The New Yorker in 2017 (began November 2017).
- Named director of the Smithsonian NMAAHC in 2021; went on personal leave in 2025 and stepped down in April 2025.
- Author of 11 books and editor of eight others (per available records).