Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (1973) Winner
Maxine Kumin
マキシン・クーミン
Maxine Kumin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1925-06-06 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States）
- Died
- 2014-02-06 （Warner, New Hampshire, United States） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (birthplace) → Warner, New Hampshire (moved 1976; lived on a farm)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Author, Lecturer
- Active Years
- 1958-2014
- Affiliations
- Tufts University (visiting lecturer), New England College (Low-Residency MFA program, taught poetry), Academy of American Poets (served on board/chancellors)
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets (served on board/chancellors)
- Influenced By
- Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Anne Sexton (contemporary poet and friend)
- Influenced
- Patricia Dobler (supported/selected by Kumin)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe College, Harvard University | — | Department of English | B.A., M.A. | 1942–1948 | United States |
Radcliffe College, Harvard University
Department of English
Degree:
B.A., M.A.
Period:
1942–1948
Year of Graduation:
1948
Country:
United States
BA in 1946, MA in 1948
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Up Country | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| — | Sarah Josepha Hale Award | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| — | Levinson Prize | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Poets' Prize | Looking for Luck | — | Poets' Prize organization | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1980 | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for excellence in literature | — | — | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Academy of American Poets fellowship | — | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress | — | 任命 | Library of Congress | 任命（1981–1982） |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1973
Work:
Up Country
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
受賞
Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize
1972
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Sarah Josepha Hale Award
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Levinson Prize
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Poets' Prize
1994
Work:
Looking for Luck
Organization:
Poets' Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
1995
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for excellence in literature
1980
Organization:
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Academy of American Poets fellowship
1986
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1999
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
1981
Category:
任命
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
任命（1981–1982）
Awards & Nominations
Poets' Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 0 (1993) Winner
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
1 appearances
-
Edition 9 (1995) Winner
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 14 (1999) Winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 31 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Halfway
1961 Poetry collectionEarly collection of poems combining everyday observation with personal feeling.
everyday lifeobservation
Up Country
1972 Poetry collectionA collection concerned with rural life, nature, and mortality. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
naturerural lifemortality
Looking for Luck
1992 Poetry collectionA mature collection of poems; winner of the Poets' Prize in 1994.
subtleties of lifethe uncanny in the everyday
The Long Marriage: Poems
2003 Poetry collection 71 pagesLate-career collection addressing long marriage and daily life; included work that was a finalist for awards.
marriagepassage of timeeveryday life
Still to Mow
2009 Poetry collection 68 pagesA late collection reflecting on age, memory, and attention to the familiar landscape.
agingrecollectionlandscape
Bibliography
- Halfway (1961)
- The Nightmare Factory (1970)
- Up Country (1972)
- House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate (1975)
- Looking for Luck (1992)
- The Long Marriage: Poems (2003)
- Still to Mow (2009)
- And Short the Season (2014, posthumous)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- plain, unadorned stylemeticulous observational description
- Recurring Motifs
- rural New England landscapesanimals (notably horses)aging and mortalityhome and everyday life
Health
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Broken neck (cervical fracture) from horseback-riding accident1998Nearly killed in a 1998 horseback-riding accident that fractured her neck; required extended recovery.
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Declining health (late life)2013–2014Experienced failing health in final year and died at home in 2014.
Legacy
Maxine Kumin, a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, is highly regarded for her finely observed poems of New England nature and everyday life. She received numerous awards and honorary degrees and influenced contemporary American poetry.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets
Archives
- Yale Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Maxine Kumin Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Featured on a Supersisters trading card (1979)
Quotes
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Her poetry strikes a balance between a sense of life's transience and a fascination with the dense physical presence of the world around her.
Source: Wikipedia (Maxine Kumin)
Trivia
- Believed to be the last person to have seen Anne Sexton alive; they had lunch the day Sexton died.
- Featured on a Supersisters trading card in 1979.