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Pattiann Rogers

パティアン・ロジャーズ

Pattiann Rogers

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1940-01-01 （Joplin, Missouri）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Colorado, United States (residence) → Joplin, Missouri (birthplace)

Career

Occupations
Poet, University teacher, Writer, Editor
Active Years
1961-
Affiliations
University of Texas at Austin (visiting writer), University of Montana (faculty), Washington University in St. Louis (faculty), Mercer University (Ferrol Sams Distinguished Writer-in-Residence), Pacific University MFA Program (faculty), University of Arkansas (MFA Creative Writing program, spring semesters)

Education

University of Missouri
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United States
Graduated Phi Beta Kappa
University of Houston
Degree: Master of Arts
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: United States

Awards

Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
2005
Organization: Lannan Foundation
Result: 受賞
Lannan Literary Fellowship
1991
Organization: Lannan Foundation
Result: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1984
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
John Burroughs Medal (special award for Lifetime Achievement in Nature Poetry)
2018
Organization: John Burroughs Association
Result: 受賞（特別賞）
Theodore Roethke Prize
1981
Organization: Poetry Northwest
Result: 受賞
NEA Grant
1982
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 助成
NEA Grant
1988
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 助成
Pushcart Prize (selected)
1984
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize (selected)
1985
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize (selected)
1989
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize (selected)
1992
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize (selected)
1999
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize (finalist)
1994
Work: Firekeeper (Selected Poems)
Organization: Academy of American Poets
Result: ファイナリスト

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Expectations of Light

1981 Poetry

An early collection that combines natural observation with inward exploration, showcasing Rogers's emerging voice.

natureperceptiontime

Firekeeper, New and Selected Poems

1994 Poetry (selected)

A selected poems volume collecting hallmark pieces; the 1994 edition received critical acclaim and award recognition.

ecosystemsmemorylanguage and the world

Song of the World Becoming

2001 Poetry (new and collected)

A collected volume spanning 1981–2001 that includes 40 new poems and editorial indexes.

natural historyscience and poetrybecoming

Quickening Fields

2017 Poetry

A later collection that intertwines scientific imagination with deep respect for the natural world.

sciencewonders of naturesoul-searching

Bibliography

  • Quickening Fields (2017)
  • Holy Heathen Rhapsody (2013)
  • The Grand Array (2010)
  • Wayfare (2008)
  • Firekeeper, Selected Poems, Revised and Expanded Edition (2005)
  • Generations (2004)
  • Song of the World Becoming, New and Collected Poems, 1981 - 2001 (2001)
  • The Dream of the Marsh Wren, Writing as Reciprocal Creation (1999)
  • A Covenant of Seasons (1998)
  • Eating Bread and Honey (1997)
  • Firekeeper, New and Selected Poems (1994)
  • Geocentric (1993)
  • Splitting and Binding (1989)
  • Legendary Performance (1987)
  • The Tattooed Lady in the Garden (1986)
  • The Expectations of Light (1981)

Adaptations

  • Milwaukee County Zoo 'The Language of Conservation' poetry installations (permanent exhibit)
  • Green Mountain Falls: River Bench (public art bench with poems in tile)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Descriptive, meditative style that renders nature preciselyA style that incorporates scientific knowledge and observation into poetic imagination
Recurring Motifs
natureecosystemsintersection of science and poetrybecoming and change

Legacy

Pattiann Rogers is a significant voice in nature poetry, praised for fusing scientific perspective with poetic imagination. She has received numerous awards and grants, her papers are held at the Sowell Collection at Texas Tech University, and she has contributed to public poetry projects bringing poetry to broad audiences.

Museums

  • Milwaukee County Zoo (The Language of Conservation poetry installations) 10001 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4383, USA Opened in 2010
  • Green Mountain Falls: River Bench (public art) Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, USA (near Pikes Peak) Opened in 2003

Archives

  • The Sowell Collection, Texas Tech University (Pattiann Rogers papers)

Quotes

  • I wanted the poems to offer a new perspective, a different way of looking at landscapes and animals.
    Source: Comment by Pattiann Rogers for The Language of Conservation (Milwaukee County Zoo project) (2010)

Trivia

  • Her son is materials scientist John A. Rogers.
  • She served as honorary poet and curator for the Milwaukee County Zoo's permanent poetry exhibit 'The Language of Conservation'.
  • Received a special John Burroughs Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Nature Poetry in 2018.
  • Has received multiple NEA grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Lannan awards/fellowships.