PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1995) Winner
Michael McClure
マイケル・マクルーア
Maikeru Makurūa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-10-20 （Marysville, Kansas）
- Died
- 2020-05-04 （Oakland, California） age 87
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- San Francisco → San Francisco Bay Area → Oakland, California
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Playwright, Songwriter, Novelist, Critic, Professor
- Active Years
- 1955-2020
- Affiliations
- Magic Theatre, California College of the Arts
- Influenced By
- Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg
- Influenced
- Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State University | — | Literature | — | 1951-1953 | United States |
| University of Arizona | — | Literature | — | 1953-1954 | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | Literature | B.A. | 1955 | United States |
Wichita State University
Literature
Period:
1951-1953
Country:
United States
Formerly Municipal University of Wichita
University of Arizona
Literature
Period:
1953-1954
Country:
United States
San Francisco State University
Literature
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1955
Year of Graduation:
1955
Country:
United States
Formerly San Francisco State College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Obie Award for Best Play | The Beard | Best Play | Village Voice | 受賞 |
| — | NEA grant | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| — | Alfred Jarry Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Rockefeller grant | — | playwriting | Rockefeller Foundation | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Obie Award for Best Play
1968
Work:
The Beard
Category:
Best Play
Organization:
Village Voice
Result:
受賞
NEA grant
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Alfred Jarry Award
Result:
受賞
Rockefeller grant
Category:
playwriting
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Passage
1956 PoetryMcClure's first book of poetry.
Beat poetry
Ghost Tantra
1964 PoetryPoetry series famously read to lions at San Francisco Zoo.
BodyTantra
The Beard
1965 PlayControversial play about a fictional encounter between Billy the Kid and Jean Harlow.
Meat PoliticsSeduction
Jaguar Skies
1975 PoetryOne of his major poetry collections.
NatureBeastliness
Bibliography
- Passage (1956)
- For Artaud (1959)
- Hymns to St. Geryon and Other Poems (1959)
- Dark Brown (1961)
- Ghost Tantras (1964)
- The Beard (1965)
- Jaguar Skies (1975)
- Rebel Lions (1991)
- Huge Dreams (1999)
- Mule Kick Blues, And Last Poems (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Organic form reflecting whole body's thoughtBeat poetry improvisationUse of capital letters
- Recurring Motifs
- Meat PoliticsBeastlinessTantraNature
Health
-
Stroke-related complications晩年Died on May 4, 2020
Legacy
Key Beat Generation poet, helped launch San Francisco Renaissance, influenced Jim Morrison and others.
Archives
- The Bancroft Library
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- University of Connecticut Archives
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in film The Last Waltz
- Acted in The Hired Hand
Quotes
-
McClure always, and more and more as he grows older, gives his reader access to the verbal impulses of his whole body's thought.
Source: Chicago Review (2001)
Trivia
- Read Ghost Tantra poetry to caged lions at San Francisco Zoo.
- Wrote lyrics for Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz'.
- Participated in the famous Six Gallery reading as a Beat Generation poet.