Olive Schreiner Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 20 (1980) Winner
Patrick Roland Cullinan
パトリック・ローランド・カリナン
Patorikku Rōrando Karinan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-05-21 （Pretoria）
- Died
- 2011-04-14 （Cape Town） age 77
- Nationality
- South African
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Pretoria → Eastern Transvaal → Cape Town
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Biographer, Sawmill owner, Farmer, University lecturer
- Active Years
- 1963-2008
- Affiliations
- Bateleur Press, University of the Western Cape
- Influenced By
- John Betjeman, W. B. Yeats, Eugenio Montale, Rimbaud, Dante
- Influenced
- Lionel Abrahams, Gus Ferguson, Guy Butler, Douglas Livingstone, Stephen Watson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charterhouse School | — | Unknown | — | 不明 | England |
| Magdalen College, University of Oxford | — | Italian and Russian | — | 不明 | England |
Charterhouse School
Unknown
Period:
不明
Country:
England
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Italian and Russian
Period:
不明
Country:
England
Read Italian and Russian
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Slug Award | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| — | Olive Schreiner Prize | — | — | English Academy of South Africa | 受賞 |
| — | Pringle Award | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 (3回) |
| — | Sanlam Literary Award | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| — | Merit Award (Cape Town Historical Society) | — | — | Cape Town Historical Society | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Cavaliere | Translations of Eugenio Montale's poetry | — | Republic of Italy | 受賞 |
Slug Award
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Olive Schreiner Prize
Organization:
English Academy of South Africa
Result:
受賞
Pringle Award
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞 (3回)
Sanlam Literary Award
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Merit Award (Cape Town Historical Society)
Organization:
Cape Town Historical Society
Result:
受賞
Cavaliere
2003
Work:
Translations of Eugenio Montale's poetry
Organization:
Republic of Italy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Thomas Pringle Award
3 appearances
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Edition 19 (1983) Winner
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Edition 21 (1985) Winner
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Edition 26 (1990) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Horizon Forty Miles Away
1973 PoetryEarly poetry collection reflecting Transvaal landscape.
Personal themesMetaphysical themes
Today Is Not Different
1978 PoetryPoetry collection.
The White Hail in the Orchard
1984 PoetryContains 'versions' (loose translations) of Eugenio Montale's Italian poetry.
Selected Poems 1961-1991
1992 PoetrySelected poems.
Escarpments
2008 PoetrySignificant new collection spanning over thirty years, published just before his death.
Bibliography
- The Horizon Forty Miles Away. Polygraph (1963)
- Today is not Different. David Philip (1978)
- The White Hail in the Orchard. David Philip (1984)
- I Sing Where I Stand: Versions from the Afrikaans of Phil du Plessis: Poesie 1892–1984. Vooraand (1985)
- Selected Poems, 1961–1991. Artists' Press (1992)
- Selected Poems, 1961–1994. Snailpress (1994)
- Mantis Poets: Guy Butler/Patrick Cullinan. David Phillips Publishers (1998)
- Transformations. Snailpress (1999)
- Escarpments (Poems 1973–2007). Umuzi Random House (2008)
- Lionel Abrahams: A Reader. (ed) Ad Donker (1988)
- Dante in South Africa. (ed with Stephen Watson) Centre for Creative Writing, University of Cape Town (2005)
- Robert Jacob Gordon 1743–1795: The Man and His Travels at the Cape. Winchester Struik (1992)
- Imaginative Trespasser: Letters from Bessie head to Patrick and Wendy Cullinan 1963-1977. Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2005)
- Matrix. Snailpress (2002)
Translations by Author
- Versions (loose translations) of Eugenio Montale's poetry
- Versions from the Afrikaans of Phil du Plessis
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalCarefully craftedIn the tradition of W. B. Yeats
- Recurring Motifs
- Transvaal landscapePersonal, emotional, and metaphysical themes
Legacy
Arguably the most prominent South African poet at the end of the 20th century, recognized for his poetry and translations of Italian poetry.
In Popular Culture
- Grandfather was Sir Thomas Cullinan, namesake of the Cullinan Diamond.
Quotes
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I spent seven years, from the age of 14 to 21 in Europe (mainly, because I had no choice, in England), so I certainly ingested a great deal of European-ness. Therefore, when I came back to South Africa at the age of 21, I had a problem. Was I in fact a European, or an African? I remember sitting in a cottage in the Eastern Transvaal, on the Escarpment, thinking it through one night. When I woke up in the morning, I didn't have to think of it any longer: I was an African, and I always would be.
Source: New Contrast Literary Journal (1992) -
To talk of 'literature', of good writing, of art may be obscene or almost obscene in a society as self-destructing, engrossed in conflict as this one is. But the important word is almost. For however cluttered by violence and potential annihilation a society may find itself, it is the writers and the artists who portray the reality of this process... There are multiple ways of telling the truth.
Source: The Bloody Horse, first edition (1980)
Trivia
- Grandfather Sir Thomas Cullinan gave his name to the Cullinan Diamond.
- Co-founded Bateleur Press with Lionel Abrahams.
- Founded The Bloody Horse journal to re-establish poetry's standing in South Africa.