Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第1回（1985年） Winner
Linda Gregg
リンダ・グレッグ
Linda Gregg
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1942-09-09 （Suffern, New York, U.S.）
- 死没
- 2019-03-20 （New York City (Mount Sinai Beth Israel)） 76歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Marin County, California, U.S. → East Village, New York City — from 2006
経歴
- 職業
- poet, teacher, writer
- 活動期間
- 1970年〜2019年
- 所属
- Indian Valley Colleges, University of Arizona, Napa State, Louisiana State University, University of Iowa, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Houston, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Princeton University (lecturer in Creative Writing Program, circa 2006)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Joseph Brodsky, Czesław Miłosz, W. S. Merwin
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) | — | — | 学士 | 1963–1967 | United States |
| San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) | — | — | 修士 | 1969–1972 | United States |
San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University)
学位:
学士
期間:
1963–1967
卒業年:
1967
国:
United States
San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University)
学位:
修士
期間:
1969–1972
卒業年:
1972
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1993 | National Endowment for the Arts grant | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
| 2003 | Sara Teasdale Award | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Lannan Literary Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2006 | PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry | — | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Jackson Poetry Prize | — | — | Poets & Writers | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prizes (multiple) | — | — | Pushcart Prize | 受賞（複数） |
Guggenheim Fellowship
1982
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞
Whiting Award
1985
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts grant
1993
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
助成
Sara Teasdale Award
2003
主催:
Unknown
結果:
受賞
Lannan Literary Fellowship
2003
主催:
Lannan Foundation
結果:
受賞
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
2006
主催:
PEN America
結果:
受賞
Jackson Poetry Prize
2009
主催:
Poets & Writers
結果:
受賞
Pushcart Prizes (multiple)
主催:
Pushcart Prize
結果:
受賞（複数）
受賞・候補エディション
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第90回（2003年） Winner
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第92回（2003年 第3回開催） Fellowship
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第153回（2003年 第6回開催） Fellowship
American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第30回（2009年） Winner
Jackson Poetry Prize
1回登壇
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第3回（2009年） Winner
作品
代表作
Too Bright to See
1981年 PoetryHer first collection, introducing Gregg's lyrical voice and recurring motifs of loss and travel.
losstravellyricism
Alma
1985年 PoetryA collection weaving personal loss, relationships, and memory.
memoryrelationshipsloss
The Sacraments of Desire
1991年 PoetryPoems exploring desire and ritualized acts with deep lyricism.
desireritualintrospection
Chosen by the Lion
1995年 PoetryA collection that uses strong metaphor and tension to portray loss and renewal.
renewallossnature
Things and Flesh
1999年 PoetryPoems contemplating life and death through corporeality and materiality.
corporealitylife and deathmateriality
Too Bright to See; & Alma
2002年 PoetryA reissue/combined edition collecting earlier works.
retrospectivelyricism
In the Middle Distance
2006年 PoetryA mature collection dealing with movement, distance, and personal memory.
distancetravelmemory
All of it Singing: New and Selected Poems
2008年 Poetry (Selected)A selected volume containing new poems and representative works, summarizing Gregg's poetic achievement.
retrospectivelyricismloss
全著作
- Too Bright to See (1981)
- Alma (1985)
- The Sacraments of Desire (1991)
- Chosen by the Lion (1995)
- Things and Flesh (1999)
- Too Bright to See; & Alma (2002)
- In the Middle Distance (2006)
- All of it Singing: New and Selected Poems (2008)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyricalconcise yet powerful linesimagistic description
- 頻出モチーフ
- losstravelmemorycorporeality
健康
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cancer2019（診断時期詳細不明）Died of cancer in 2019. Ultimately led to cessation of activity.
評価・遺産
Linda Gregg was an American poet highly regarded for lyrical poems exploring loss and memory. She received numerous awards and wide critical acclaim.
引用
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The blinding intensity of Ms. Gregg's lines stains the reader's psyche the way lightning or heartbreak do.
出典: Joseph Brodsky (statement/announcement) -
I have loved Linda Gregg's poems since I first read them. They are inseparable from the surprising, unrolling, eventful, pure current of their language.
出典: W. S. Merwin (blurb/cover endorsement)
豆知識
- Was in a long relationship with poet Jack Gilbert.
- Married writer/activist John Brentlinger; divorced in 1990.
- Contributed to literary magazines including Ploughshares, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review.
- Received the Jackson Poetry Prize in 2009.