National Poetry Series
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Rachel Wetzsteon
レイチェル・トッド・ウェッツステオン
Reicheru Todd Wetzsteon
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-11-25 （New York City, New York, U.S.）
- Died
- 2009-12-25 （New York City, New York, U.S.） age 42
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Manhattan, New York City → Baltimore (study) → New Jersey (William Paterson University, teaching)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, University instructor, Critic, Editor
- Active Years
- 1989-2009
- Affiliations
- Barnard College (teaching), William Paterson University (teaching), The New Republic (poetry editor)
- Influenced By
- John Hollander, Marie Borroff
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | English | BA | 在学〜1989年卒業 | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | Graduate School | English | MA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | Graduate School | English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Yale University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
/ English
Degree:
BA
Period:
在学〜1989年卒業
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United States
Studied with Marie Borroff and John Hollander
Johns Hopkins University
Graduate School
/ English
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Graduate School
/ English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Witter Bynner Poetry Prize | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| — | Ingram Merrill Foundation grant | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | 受給 |
| 1993 | National Poetry Series | Other Stars | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
Witter Bynner Poetry Prize
2001
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Ingram Merrill Foundation grant
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
受給
National Poetry Series
1993
Work:
Other Stars
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Other Stars
1994 PoetryEarly poetry collection combining formal technique with urban themes.
urban lifeformpersonal memory
Home and Away
1998 PoetryA collection exploring distance between home and outside, travel and settlement.
hometravelidentity
Sakura Park
2006 PoetryContains poems inspired by a park named for cherry trees; intersects seasonal sensibility and urban landscape.
seasonalityurban landscapememory
Silver Roses
2010 PoetryPosthumously published collection dealing with loss, recollection, and wit.
lossrecollectionwit
Bibliography
- The Other Stars (Penguin, 1994)
- Home and Away (Penguin, 1998)
- Sakura Park (Persea, 2006)
- Silver Roses (Persea, 2010)
- Criticism and essays (including Influential Ghosts: A Study of Auden's Sources)
- Editor: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson; Virginia Woolf, Night and Day (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Formal poetry influenced by the New Formalismwitty voiceprecise meter and sonic awareness
- Recurring Motifs
- urban landscapeseasonal changehome and lossmixture of humor and melancholy
Legacy
Wetzsteon was praised for her wit and formal skill; memorial prizes at Columbia University and the Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award at Map Literary were established in her name. She is remembered for contributions to urban perspectives in contemporary poetry and formalist technique.
Trivia
- Columbia University's English Department established a memorial prize in her name starting in 2010.
- The William Paterson University literary journal Map Literary has produced the Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award biennially since 2014.
- Her work appeared in major magazines including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New Republic, The Nation, and the Village Voice.