Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2003) Winner
Linda Gregerson
リンダ・グレガーソン
Rinda Guregāson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1950-08-05
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, professor
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan, Beloit College (Lois and Willard Mackey Chair)
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
- Influenced By
- Edmund Spenser, John Milton
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | — | B.A. | 1967–1971 | United States |
| Northwestern University | — | — | M.A. | — | United States |
| University of Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | — | M.F.A. | — | United States |
| Stanford University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Oberlin College
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1967–1971
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
United States
Northwestern University
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
United States
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
Received professional training in creative writing
Stanford University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Ph.D. (field: English literature / Renaissance studies)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Waterborne | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | The Poet's Prize | — | — | — | ファイナリスト |
| — | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep | — | — | ファイナリスト |
| — | Levinson Prize | — | — | Poetry magazine | 受賞 |
| — | Consuelo Ford Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| — | Isabel MacCaffrey Award | — | — | Spenser Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Work:
Waterborne
Result:
受賞
The Poet's Prize
Result:
ファイナリスト
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Work:
The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep
Result:
ファイナリスト
Levinson Prize
Organization:
Poetry magazine
Result:
受賞
Consuelo Ford Award
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Isabel MacCaffrey Award
Organization:
Spenser Society of America
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2000
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fire in the Conservatory
1982 Poetry collectionEarly collection exploring nature and inner life.
naturepersonal memory
The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep
1996 Poetry collectionPoems addressing death, loss, and facets of women's experience.
deathlossgender
Waterborne
2002 Poetry collectionA collection interweaving water, history, and personal memory. Recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
watermemoryhistory
Magnetic North
2007 Poetry collectionCollection using metaphors of direction and geography.
directiongeographyself-exploration
The Selvage
2012 Poetry collectionA mid-career collection themed around edges and margins.
edgesmemory
Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014
2015 Poetry collection (selected)A selection of new and selected poems spanning 1976–2014.
retrospectivedevelopment
Canopy
2022 Poetry collectionA recent collection looking at environmental and global crises while reaching for hope.
environmenthopeapocalyptic awareness
Bibliography
- Fire in the Conservatory (1982)
- The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep (1996)
- Waterborne (2002)
- Magnetic North (2007)
- The Selvage (2012)
- Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014 (2015)
- Canopy (2022)
- The Reformation of the Subject: Spenser, Milton, and the English Protestant Epic (1995)
- Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry (2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical style that combines historical imagination and scholarly insightemphasis on metaphor and formal precision
- Recurring Motifs
- waternaturememoryhistory and classical references
Legacy
Linda Gregerson is a significant contemporary American poet, noted for blending scholarly background with poetic imagination. She has contributed to graduate-level creative writing education and served on committees and prize juries.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets (involvement)
Archives
- University of Michigan-related collections (details unspecified)
Trivia
- Named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2014.
- Held the Lois and Willard Mackey Chair at Beloit College for the 2009–2010 academic year.
- Served as judge for the 2008 Brittingham Prize in Poetry.