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Edition 11 (1981) Winner
Malcolm Cowley
マルコム・カウリー
Marukomu Kaurī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1898-08-24 （Belsano, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
- Died
- 1989-03-27 （New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.） age 90
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor, Literary critic, Poet, Historian
- Active Years
- 1915-1989
- Affiliations
- The New Republic (editor), Viking Press (editorial consultant), League of American Writers (vice president)
- Memberships
- League of American Writers, American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
- Influenced By
- Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Marxist thinkers
- Influenced
- Jack Kerouac (helped publish On the Road), William Faulkner (helped revive reputation), John Cheever (discoverer/supporter)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | — | B.A. | 1916–1920（第一次世界大戦で中断あり） | United States |
Harvard University
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1916–1920（第一次世界大戦で中断あり）
Year of Graduation:
1920
Country:
United States
Studies were interrupted by service driving ambulances and transport for the French army during World War I.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | National Book Award | And I Worked at the Writer's Trade | Paperback Autobiography | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
National Book Award
1980
Work:
And I Worked at the Writer's Trade
Category:
Paperback Autobiography
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Blue Juniata
1929 PoetryEarly collection of poems showcasing his experimental work as a young poet.
youthmodernism
Exile's Return
1934 Memoir / Cultural criticismA memoir and cultural analysis of the Lost Generation; revised in 1951 with changes in emphasis.
exile and returngenerational studycosmopolitanism
The Portable Hemingway
1944 Anthology / CriticismAn edited selection of Hemingway's work with an introductory essay that helped re-evaluate Hemingway's reputation.
author studystyle analysis
The Portable Faulkner
1946 Anthology / CriticismEdited volume of Faulkner's work with an essay that played a role in reviving Faulkner's reputation.
American literary traditionrehabilitation of an author
Black Cargoes: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade
1962 HistoryA historical study of the Atlantic slave trade.
slaveryhistorical research
And I Worked at the Writer's Trade
1978 Memoir / EssaysA collection of memoirs and essays about his work as a writer and editor. Won the 1980 National Book Award (paperback autobiography category).
editorshippublishing historyliterary recollection
Bibliography
- Blue Juniata (1929)
- Exile's Return (1934; rev. 1951)
- The Portable Hemingway (1944)
- The Portable Faulkner (1946)
- The Portable Hawthorne (1948)
- Black Cargoes (1962)
- Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age (1966)
- Think Back on Us (1967)
- Collected Poems (1968)
- Lesson of the Masters (1971)
- A Second Flowering (1973)
- And I Worked at the Writer's Trade (1978)
- The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930s (1980)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modernist observationclear essayistic proseeditorial anthologies and reevaluative introductions
- Recurring Motifs
- exile and returngenerational rupture and continuitydiscovering and rehabilitating writers
Legacy
Malcolm Cowley was a chronicler of the Lost Generation and an editor who helped revive and discover major American writers such as Hemingway, Faulkner, and Kerouac. He played a key role as a critic and intermediary in 20th-century American letters.
Museums
- Newberry Library (holds Malcolm Cowley papers) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Opened in 1887
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Newberry Library (Malcolm Cowley papers)
- Harvard University Library holdings
Quotes
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“Our whole training was involuntarily directed toward destroying whatever roots we had in the soil, toward eradicating our local and regional peculiarities, toward making us homeless citizens of the world.”
Source: Exile's Return (revised edition, 1951) (1951)
Trivia
- Served as editor of The Harvard Advocate while at Harvard.
- Drove ambulances and transport for the French army during World War I.
- As an editorial consultant at Viking Press, he helped revive Faulkner's reputation and supported publication of Kerouac.
- Won the 1980 National Book Award (paperback autobiography category) for And I Worked at the Writer's Trade.