Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第19回（2003年） Winner
Major Jackson
メジャー・ジャクソン
Mejā Jakuson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1968-09-09 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Vermont → Nashville, Tennessee
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Professor
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属
- Vanderbilt University, University of Vermont, New York University, Bennington College
- 所属団体
- Dark Room Collective
- 影響を受けた人物
- Sonia Sanchez, Garrett Hongo, Derek Walcott, Afaa Michael Weaver, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Philip Levine, C. K. Williams
- ノミネート
- NAACP Image Award finalist (Hoops), National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Leaving Saturn)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Temple University | — | English | — | — | United States |
| University of Oregon | — | Creative Writing | — | — | United States |
Central High School
国:
United States
Temple University
English
国:
United States
Degree earned
University of Oregon
Creative Writing
国:
United States
Degree earned
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cave Canem Poetry Prize | Leaving Saturn | Poetry | Cave Canem | winner |
| — | NAACP Image Award | Hoops | Outstanding Literature-Poetry | NAACP | finalist |
| 2002 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Leaving Saturn | — | National Book Critics Circle | finalist |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| — | Pew Fellowship in the Arts | — | — | Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | winner |
| — | Witter Bynner Fellowship | — | — | Library of Congress | winner |
Cave Canem Poetry Prize
2000
対象作品:
Leaving Saturn
部門:
Poetry
主催:
Cave Canem
結果:
winner
NAACP Image Award
対象作品:
Hoops
部門:
Outstanding Literature-Poetry
主催:
NAACP
結果:
finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award
2002
対象作品:
Leaving Saturn
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
finalist
Pushcart Prize
結果:
winner
Whiting Award
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
winner
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
主催:
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
結果:
winner
Witter Bynner Fellowship
主催:
Library of Congress
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Leaving Saturn
2002年 PoetryHoops
2006年 PoetryHolding Company
2010年 PoetryRoll Deep
2015年 PoetryThe Absurd Man
2020年 PoetryRazzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems 2002-2022
2023年 Poetry全著作
- Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems 2002-2022
- The Absurd Man
- Roll Deep
- Holding Company
- Hoops
- Leaving Saturn
- A Beat Beyond: Selected Prose of Major Jackson
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical styleUrban life depictionThemes of praise
- 頻出モチーフ
- Ethical obligation to communitiesAfrican American experiencePraise
評価・遺産
Major Jackson is a leading contemporary American poet who has received numerous prestigious awards and serves as the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. His works explore urban life and praise from an African American perspective.
豆知識
- Attended a studious Catholic primary school.
- Member of the Dark Room Collective.
- Host of the podcast The Slowdown (2023-2025).
- Worked with local writers in Kenya to extend literary conversation.