Poets' Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1990) Winner
Miller Williams
ミラー・ウィリアムズ
Mirā Wiriamuzu
Aliases:
Stanley Miller Williams
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-04-08 （Hoxie, Arkansas）
- Died
- 2015-01-01 （Fayetteville, Arkansas） age 84
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, translator, publisher, university professor
- Active Years
- 1950-2015
- Affiliations
- University of Arkansas Press
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix College | — | biology | bachelor's | — | USA |
| Arkansas State University | — | biology | bachelor's | — | USA |
| University of Arkansas | — | zoology | master's | — | USA |
Hendrix College
biology
Degree:
bachelor's
Country:
USA
transferred
Arkansas State University
biology
Degree:
bachelor's
Country:
USA
published first poems Et Cetera
University of Arkansas
zoology
Degree:
master's
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
USA
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Henry Bellman Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1961 | Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship in Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Fulbright Professorship | — | — | Fulbright Program | 受賞 |
| 1970 | New York Arts Fund Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Prix de Rome in Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Poets' Prize | Living on the Surface | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1997 | National Arts Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | The Porter Fund Literary Prize Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Henry Bellman Award
1957
Result:
受賞
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship in Poetry
1961
Result:
受賞
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
1963
Result:
受賞
Fulbright Professorship
1970
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
受賞
New York Arts Fund Award
1970
Result:
受賞
Prix de Rome in Poetry
1976
Result:
受賞
Poets' Prize
1991
Work:
Living on the Surface
Result:
受賞
John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence
1993
Result:
受賞
National Arts Award
1997
Result:
受賞
The Porter Fund Literary Prize Lifetime Achievement Award
2009
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Living on the Surface
1989 poetryPoetry collection. Won Poets' Prize.
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Of History and Hope
1997 poemPoem read at Bill Clinton's second inauguration.
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Bibliography
- A Circle of Stone, 1965
- So Long at the Fair, 1968
- Halfway from Hoxie, 1973
- Why God Permits Evil, 1977
- The Boys on Their Bony Mules, 1983
- Patterns of Poetry, 1986
- Living on the Surface, 1989
- Adjusting to the Light, 1992
- Points of Departure, 1994
- The Ways We Touch: Poems, 1997
- Some Jazz a While: Collected Poems, 1999
- Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It, 2006
- Time and the Tilting Earth: Poems, 2008
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- plain-spokenparticular
- Recurring Motifs
- Arkansas landscapeshuman suffering
Health
-
spina bifida生涯physical disability
-
Alzheimer's disease晩年cause of death
Legacy
American contemporary poet. Read poem at Clinton's second inauguration. Father of Lucinda Williams.
Archives
- University of Arkansas Libraries, Special Collections Division
In Popular Culture
- Influenced daughter Lucinda Williams' song 'If My Love Could Kill'
Trivia
- Read poem at Bill Clinton's second inauguration
- Daughter Lucinda Williams is a three-time Grammy winner