Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1954) Winner
Louise Bogan
ルイーズ・ボーガン
Ruīzu Bōgan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1897-08-11 （Livermore Falls, Maine, U.S.）
- Died
- 1970-02-04 （New York City, New York, U.S.） age 72
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Livermore Falls, Maine → New York City → Vienna, Austria (short residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Critic, Translator, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1920-1970
- Affiliations
- University of Washington, Seattle (visiting professor), University of Chicago (visiting professor), University of Arkansas (visiting professor), Brandeis University (visiting professor)
- Memberships
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (influence via translation and study), Formalist contemporaries (e.g. Marianne Moore)
- Influenced
- Theodore Roethke (mentorship/support), Subsequent generations of American women poets
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' Latin School | — | — | — | およそ5年間 | United States |
| Boston University | — | — | — | 1916（フレッシュマン在学後退学） | United States |
Girls' Latin School
Period:
およそ5年間
Country:
United States
Attended with help of a benefactor; began writing poetry
Boston University
Period:
1916（フレッシュマン在学後退学）
Country:
United States
Left after completing freshman year
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Consultant in Poetry (Poet Laureate), Library of Congress | — | — | Library of Congress | Appointed |
| 1955 | Bollingen Prize | Collected Poems: 1923–1953 | — | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Award from the Academy of American Poets | Collected Poems: 1923–1953 | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | フェローシップ（複数回受給） |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship (another award) | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | フェローシップ |
| — | Monetary award from the National Endowment for the Arts | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
Consultant in Poetry (Poet Laureate), Library of Congress
1945
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
Appointed
Bollingen Prize
1955
Work:
Collected Poems: 1923–1953
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
受賞
Award from the Academy of American Poets
1959
Work:
Collected Poems: 1923–1953
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ（複数回受給）
Guggenheim Fellowship (another award)
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
Monetary award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Body of This Death
1923 Poetry collectionEarly collection of lyrics exploring loneliness, loss, and personal experience.
LonelinessLossLyricism
Dark Summer
1929 Poetry collectionCollection from the late 1920s emphasizing formal, lyrical poems.
FormPersonal conflict
Collected Poems: 1923–1953
1954 Collected poetryCollected volume of major poems from 1923 to 1953; received critical acclaim.
TimeBetrayalWomen's experience
The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923–1968
1968 Collected/retrospective poetryRetrospective collection including poems from 1923–1968, featuring pieces such as "The Dream" and "Women."
ReminiscenceFemininitySense of time
Adaptations
- [Vocal (song)] To Be Sung On The Water (musical setting) (1968)
Bibliography
- Body of This Death (1923)
- Dark Summer (1929)
- Collected Poems: 1923–1953 (1954)
- The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923–1968 (1968)
- Various prose, criticism, and translations
Adaptations
- Samuel Barber set "To Be Sung On The Water" to music (1968)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Goethe, Ernst Jünger, Jules Renard, among others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Formal lyric poetryConcise and austere diction
- Recurring Motifs
- LonelinessBetrayalTimeWomen's experience
Health
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Depressive tendencies (reported)生涯を通じて断続的Personal anguish and solitude reportedly influenced her poetry
Legacy
One of the major American lyric poets of the 20th century. A staunch defender of formal poetry and a long-serving poetry critic for The New Yorker; cemented reputation with awards such as the Bollingen Prize.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Amherst College Archives & Special Collections (Louise Bogan Papers)
- Princeton University Library (Louise Bogan Papers, 1936–1954)
- University of New England (Louise Bogan Collection, 1934–1985)
- Washington University in St. Louis Libraries (Louise Bogan Papers)
- Library of Congress (recordings and related materials)
In Popular Culture
- Elizabeth Frank's biography 'Louise Bogan: A Portrait' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986
- Composer Samuel Barber set the poem 'To Be Sung On The Water' to music
- Ruth Anderson's sound poem 'I Come Out of Your Sleep' is constructed from Bogan's poem
Quotes
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"I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!"
Source: Letter to John Hall Wheelock (excerpt) (1953)
Trivia
- Appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1945; the first woman to hold the title.
- Samuel Barber set one of her poems to music in 1968.
- Elizabeth Frank's biography of Bogan won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986.