Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1944) Winner
Martyn Skinner
マーティン・スキナー
Mātin Skinner
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1906-08-24 （Fitzhead, Somerset）
- Died
- 1993-10-25 （Unknown） age 87
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Fitzhead, Somerset → Cotswolds
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1935-1993
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | — | Unknown | — | 1920年代後半 | United Kingdom |
University of Oxford
Unknown
Period:
1920年代後半
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
United Kingdom
Settled in Cotswolds shortly after graduation
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Hawthornden Prize | Letters to Malaya | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1947 | Heinemann Award | Letters to Malaya | — | — | 受賞 |
Hawthornden Prize
1943
Work:
Letters to Malaya
Result:
受賞
Heinemann Award
1947
Work:
Letters to Malaya
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Letters to Malaya
1941 PoetryCommentaries on modern events and customs in Popean couplets.
Critique of modern society
The Return of Arthur
1955 Narrative poemSet in a Near Future England transformed into a totalitarian Dystopia; a reborn Arthur returns.
Arthurian legendDystopia
Old Rectory
1970 Narrative poemSet in a Ruined Earth Britain, where a hermit mage returns to redeem society.
Post-apocalypticRedemption
Bibliography
- Sir Elfadore and Mabyna: A Poem in Four Cantos (1935)
- Letters to Malaya (1941-1947)
- Two Colloquies (1949)
- Merlin, or the Return of Arthur: A Satiric Epic (1951)
- The Return of Arthur: A Poem of the Future (1955-1959, 1966)
- Old Rectory (1970-1977)
- Old Rectory, or the Interview (1984)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Popean coupletsSatiric epic
- Recurring Motifs
- Harmony with natureDystopian futures
Legacy
British poet who won the Hawthornden Prize and Heinemann Award, known for ambitious narrative poems set in dystopian futures.
Trivia
- After Oxford, experimented in 'common living' in a Cotswolds cottage with Bede Griffiths and Hugh Waterman.
- Married Pauline Giles in 1938, had three sons and one daughter; divorced in 1987.