Oregon Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1990) Special Award
Mary Ethel Barnard
メアリー・エセル・バーナード
Mary Ethel Barnard
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1909-12-06 （Vancouver, Washington, U.S.）
- Died
- 2001-08-25 （Vancouver, Washington, U.S.） age 91
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Vancouver, Washington (birthplace; later life) → Portland, Oregon (Reed College) → Buffalo, New York (worked at Lockwood Memorial Library) → East Coast (approximately 15 years)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, biographer, translator, curator, freelance writer
- Active Years
- 1932-2001
- Affiliations
- Lockwood Memorial Library (The Poetry Collection), University at Buffalo, American Association of University Women (member)
- Memberships
- American Association of University Women (member)
- Influenced By
- Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Salvatore Quasimodo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed College | — | — | B.A. | 1928–1932 | United States |
Reed College
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1928–1932
Year of Graduation:
1932
Country:
United States
Graduated from Reed College in 1932.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Levinson Award (Poetry Magazine) | — | — | Poetry Magazine | 受賞 |
| — | Elliston Award | Collected Poems | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Western States Book Award | Time and the White Tigress | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Washington State Governor's Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1987 | May Sarton Award for Poetry (New England Poetry Club) | — | — | New England Poetry Club | 受賞 |
Levinson Award (Poetry Magazine)
1935
Organization:
Poetry Magazine
Result:
受賞
Elliston Award
Work:
Collected Poems
Result:
受賞
Western States Book Award
1986
Work:
Time and the White Tigress
Result:
受賞
Washington State Governor's Award
Result:
受賞
May Sarton Award for Poetry (New England Poetry Club)
1987
Organization:
New England Poetry Club
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sappho: A New Translation
1958 translation; poetryA lyrical English rendering of fragments by the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Barnard's elegant translations have remained in print and are highly regarded.
Ancient Greecelove and losslyricism
A Few Poems
1952 poetryAn early collection of short poems.
naturepersonal memory
Mythmakers
1966 poetryA collection engaging with mythic and classical themes.
mythclassical reception
Collected Poems
1979 poetryA collected volume of poems with an introduction by William Stafford.
collected worksretrospection
Time and the White Tigress
1986 poetryA late poetry collection; winner of the 1986 Western States Book Award.
timenaturemetaphorical imagery
Assault on Mt. Helicon: A Literary Memoir
1984 memoir; literary essaysA literary memoir recounting her poetic practice, translations, and encounters with other poets.
memoirliterary friendshipson translation
Bibliography
- A Few Poems (1952)
- Sappho: A New Translation (1958)
- Mythmakers (1966)
- Collected Poems (1979)
- Three Fables (1983)
- Assault on Mt. Helicon: A Literary Memoir (1984)
- Time and the White Tigress (1986)
- Nantucket Genesis: The Tale of My Tribe (1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical styleimagist expressionpoetic re-creation in translation
- Recurring Motifs
- nature and landscapeclassical (Greek) orientationmemory and personal retrospection
Legacy
A poet and translator acclaimed for her renderings of Sappho; her translations have remained in print for decades and have attracted dedicated scholarly attention.
Academic Societies
- American Association of University Women (member)
Archives
- Yale, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Mary Barnard Papers)
- Reed College Archives (Mary Ethel Barnard papers)
In Popular Culture
- An Iris unguicularis cultivar named 'Mary Barnard'
Trivia
- Paideuma (a journal devoted to Ezra Pound scholarship) Issue 94 was devoted to her work and correspondence with Pound.
- Had Yaddo residencies circa 1936–1938.
- Her translations of Sappho have remained in print since publication.
- An Iris unguicularis cultivar is named 'Mary Barnard'.