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Marilyn Nelson

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Marilyn Nelson

ペンネーム: Marilyn Nelson Waniek（Used as a pen name from 1978 to 1994）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1946-04-26 （Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.）
国籍
American
言語
English
居住地歴
Grew up on military bases across the United States

経歴

職業
Poet, Translator, Biographer, Children's book author, Professor
活動期間
1978年〜
所属
University of Connecticut
所属団体
Academy of American Poets (Chancellor, elected 2013)
影響を受けた人物
African-American poets, African-American oral tradition

学歴

University of California, Davis
学位: B.A.
国: United States
University of Pennsylvania
学位: M.A.
卒業年: 1970
国: United States
University of Minnesota
学位: Ph.D.
卒業年: 1979
国: United States

受賞歴

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1992
対象作品: The Homeplace
主催: Anisfield-Wolf Foundation
結果: Winner
National Book Award (Finalist)
1991
対象作品: The Homeplace
部門: 詩
主催: National Book Award
結果: Finalist
Poets' Prize
1999
対象作品: The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems
主催: Poets' Prize
結果: Winner
Frost Medal
2012
主催: Poetry Society of America
結果: Winner
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature
2017
主催: The Neustadt Prizes
結果: Winner
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2019
主催: Poetry Foundation
結果: Winner
J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2001
対象作品: Carver: A Life in Poems
主催: Guggenheim Foundation
結果: Fellowship Award
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
2001
対象作品: Carver: A Life in Poems
主催: Boston Globe/Horn Book
結果: Winner
Poet Laureate for the State of Connecticut
2001
部門: 州のポエット・ローレート
主催: Connecticut Commission on the Arts
結果: Appointed (2001–2006)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

For the Body

1978年 Poetry

Nelson's first poetry collection, containing poems focusing on personal and bodily themes.

familyembodiment

The Homeplace

1990年 Poetry

A collection of poems addressing African-American history and family; winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

African-American historyfamilymemory

Carver: A Life in Poems

2001年 Poetic biography

A poetic biography of George Washington Carver; acclaimed in children's and young people's categories and recipient of several honors.

biographyhistoryrace and science

A Wreath for Emmett Till

2005年 Children's poetry

A poetry book dealing with the murder of Emmett Till, exploring themes of racial violence and memory.

racismmemorygrief

全著作

  • For the Body (1978)
  • Mama's Promises (1985)
  • The Homeplace (1990)
  • Magnificat (1994)
  • The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems (1997)
  • Carver: A Life in Poems (2001)
  • Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem (2004)
  • A Wreath for Emmett Till (2005)
  • Sweethearts of Rhythm (2009)
  • Faster Than Light: New and Selected Poems, 1996-2011 (2012)
  • My Seneca Village (2015)
  • How I Discovered Poetry (2016)

作家による翻訳

  • Hundreds of Hens and Other Poems for Children (translation of Halfdan Rasmussen)

作風・主題

文体
Narrative, historically-oriented poetry with a conversational voiceIncorporation of African-American oral traditions and musical rhythms
頻出モチーフ
familymemory and historyrace and justicesearch for the sacred in everyday life

評価・遺産

Marilyn Nelson is known for poetry that foregrounds African-American history and family. As a poet, translator, and children's author she has wide recognition, has received numerous major literary honors, and served as Poet Laureate of Connecticut, with influence in both education and public poetry.

関連学会

  • Academy of American Poets

資料所蔵先

  • Marilyn Nelson Papers, University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections

豆知識

  • Published under the name Marilyn Nelson Waniek from 1978 to 1994.
  • Founded the Soul Mountain Retreat.
  • Grew up on military bases and discovered poetry while attending a segregated middle school, where she was introduced to African-American poets.