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Marie Howe

マリー・ハウ

Marie Howe

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1950-10-18 (Rochester, New York, U.S.)
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Catholicism
居住地歴
Rochester, New York → Groton, Massachusetts → Concord, Massachusetts → New York City

経歴

職業
Poet, Professor, Teacher, Journalist
活動期間
1980年〜
所属
Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, Tufts University, Warren Wilson College, Academy of American Poets, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Poet-in-Residence)
所属団体
Academy of American Poets (Chancellor)
影響を受けた人物
Stanley Kunitz, Margaret Atwood, Henry David Thoreau
影響を与えた人物

学歴

University of Windsor
English
学位: B.A.
国: Canada
Historically Roman Catholic university; studied English
Columbia University School of the Arts
School of the Arts / Creative Writing (MFA)
学位: M.F.A.
期間: 1981–1983
卒業年: 1983
国: United States
Studied with Stanley Kunitz among others

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2025
対象作品: New and Selected Poems
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1998
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: フェローシップ
National Poetry Series
1987
対象作品: The Good Thief
主催: National Poetry Series
結果: 受賞
Lavan Younger Poets Prize
1988
対象作品: The Good Thief
主催: Academy of American Poets
結果: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1992
主催: National Endowment for the Arts
結果: フェローシップ
Radcliffe Fellowship
2001
主催: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
結果: フェローシップ
Robert Creeley Award
2017
主催: Robert Creeley Foundation
結果: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Finalist)
2008
対象作品: The Kingdom of Ordinary Time
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: 最終候補
National Book Award for Poetry (Longlist)
2017
対象作品: Magdalene
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 長編候補
Academy of American Poets Fellowship
2015
主催: Academy of American Poets
結果: フェローシップ
Jerome J. Shestack Prize
2017
主催: The American Poetry Review
結果: 受賞
New York State Poet Laureate
2012
主催: State of New York
結果: 任命

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Good Thief

1988年 Poetry

Debut collection; philosophical and reflective poems incorporating biblical and mythic allusions.

religionspiritualitymoralityself-exploration

What the Living Do

1998年 Poetry (Elegy)

A renowned collection mourning her brother John; notable for its stripped-down, documentary clarity.

grieffamilymemoryspirituality in the ordinary

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time

2008年 Poetry

A collection that moves away from personal narrative, balancing the ordinary with the sacred.

ordinarinessspiritualityritualbeing

Magdalene

2017年 Poetry

Explores femininity and redemption through religious and historical motifs; longlisted for the National Book Award.

femininityredemptionreligious allegory

New and Selected Poems

2024年 Poetry (Selected)

A recent collection combining selected and new poems; won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

life and deathmemoryspirituality

What the Earth Seemed to Say

2024年 Poetry

UK companion volume published to critical acclaim, quietly lyrical about everyday life and nature.

natureeveryday lifequietude

全著作

  • The Good Thief
  • What the Living Do
  • The Kingdom of Ordinary Time
  • Magdalene
  • New and Selected Poems
  • What the Earth Seemed to Say
  • In the Company of My Solitude (editor, with Michael Klein)

作風・主題

文体
Clear, plain-spoken diction that illuminates spiritual dimensions of ordinary lifeA stripped-down, documentary approach that often minimizes metaphor
頻出モチーフ
grief and memoryreligious allusioneveryday ritualfamily

評価・遺産

Highly regarded for exploring spirituality and humanity through everyday scenes; has influenced younger poets through teaching and public poetic roles. Recognition increased after winning the 2025 Pulitzer Prize.

関連学会

  • Academy of American Poets

引用

  • I am living, I remember you.
    出典: Title poem from the collection What the Living Do (1998年)

豆知識

  • Oldest daughter in a large Irish-Catholic family (one of nine children).
  • She has said she read The Lives of the Saints for hours in the bathtub as a child.
  • Did not devote serious attention to poetry until around age 30.