James Laughlin Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 16 (1969) Winner
Marvin Bell
マーヴィン・ベル
Maavin Beru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-08-03 （Center Moriches, Long Island, New York, USA (raised)）
- Died
- 2020-12-14 （Unknown (was residing in Port Townsend, Washington)） age 83
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Center Moriches, Long Island → Iowa City, Iowa → Port Townsend, Washington
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Teacher, Professor
- Active Years
- 1962-2020
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop), Pacific University (MFA in Writing faculty), Goddard College (visiting lecturer)
- Influenced
- Rita Dove, Jorie Graham, Joy Harjo, James Tate
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred University | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Chicago | — | — | MA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Alfred University
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Chicago
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Lamont Poetry Prize | A Probable Volume of Dreams | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Poet Laureate of Iowa | — | — | State of Iowa | 任命 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| — | NEA Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| — | American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| — | Honorary Doctorate | — | — | Albert University, Union College (honorary doctorates) | 授与 |
| — | National Book Award (finalist) | — | — | National Book Awards | 最終候補 |
Lamont Poetry Prize
1969
Work:
A Probable Volume of Dreams
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Poet Laureate of Iowa
2000
Organization:
State of Iowa
Result:
任命
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
NEA Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate
Organization:
Albert University, Union College (honorary doctorates)
Result:
授与
National Book Award (finalist)
Organization:
National Book Awards
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Probable Volume of Dreams
1969 PoetryAn early major collection exploring dreams and memory in lyric poems.
dreamsmemoryinner life
The Book of the Dead Man
1994 Poetry (sequence)The opening collection of the 'Dead Man' sequence addressing aging, death, and observation of life.
deathagingself-voice
Nightworks: Poems 1962–2000
2000 Poetry (selected)A selected collection spanning 1962–2000, showing the development of his poetry.
timememorypersonal history
Mars Being Red
2007 PoetryA collection blending imagination and the quotidian, noted for metaphor and keen observation.
imaginationeveryday lifemetaphor
Incarnate: The Collected Dead Man Poems
2019 Poetry (collected)A collected volume of the 'Dead Man' poems, gathering his dialogues on life and death.
life and deathexistential questions
Bibliography
- Incarnate: The Collected Dead Man Poems (2019)
- Vertigo: The Living Dead Man Poems (2011)
- Whiteout (photographs by Nathan Lyons) (2011)
- A Primer about the Flag (illustrated by Chris Raschka) (2011)
- 7 Poets, 4 Days, 1 Book (2009)
- Mars Being Red (2007)
- Rampant (2004)
- Nightworks: Poems, 1962–2000 (2000)
- Wednesday: Selected Poems 1966–1997 (1998)
- Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2 (1997)
- A Marvin Bell Reader (1994)
- The Book of the Dead Man (1994)
- Iris of Creation (1990)
- New and Selected Poems (1987)
- Drawn by Stones, by Earth, by Things That Have Been in the Fire (1984)
- These Green-Going-to-Yellow (1981)
- Stars Which See, Stars Which Do Not See (1977)
- Residue of Song (1974)
- The Escape into You (1971)
- A Probable Volume of Dreams (1969)
- Things We Dreamt We Died For (1966)
- After the Fact: Scripts & Postscripts (co-authored, 2016)
- Segues: A Correspondence in Poetry (co-authored, 1983)
- Old Snow Just Melting: Essays and Interviews (1983)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, observational stylepersona poetry (Dead Man sequence)mix of metaphor and the everyday
- Recurring Motifs
- death and agingthe Dead Man personamemory and dreamseveryday objects
Legacy
Marvin Bell published over twenty books of poetry, taught for decades at the University of Iowa, and was named the first Poet Laureate of Iowa. He is regarded as an influential figure in contemporary American poetry and a highly respected teacher who mentored many notable poets.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (awardee)
Archives
- University of Iowa Special Collections (possible holdings)
Trivia
- Served in the U.S. Army as a First Lieutenant from 1964 to 1965.
- Was a licensed amateur radio operator.
- Appointed the first Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa.
- Taught for forty years at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and mentored many notable poets.