Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 92 (2010) Winner
Rae Armantrout
レイ・アーマントラウト
Rei Armantrout
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-04-13 （Vallejo, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Methodist
- Residence History
- San Diego, California → Seattle area, Washington
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1978-2024
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Diego
- Memberships
- Language poets
- Influenced By
- William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Ron Silliman
- Nominations
- National Book Award nominee (Versed), 2018 National Book Award Poetry finalist (Wobble)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego State University | — | English and American literature | — | 1965頃 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | Creative writing | MA | — | United States |
San Diego State University
English and American literature
Period:
1965頃
Country:
United States
Transferred from anthropology to English and American literature
University of California, Berkeley
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
San Francisco State University
Creative writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Versed | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2009 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Versed | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2010
Work:
Versed
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
2009
Work:
Versed
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2008
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Versed
2009 Poetry collectionPoetry collection based on cancer treatment experience.
Everyday lifeLanguageExperience
Wobble
2018 Poetry collectionExplores contemporary instability.
InstabilityPolitics
Up to Speed
2004 Poetry collectionBibliography
- Extremities (1978)
- The Invention of Hunger (1979)
- Precedence (1985)
- Necromance (1991)
- Made To Seem (1995)
- Veil: New and Selected Poems (2001)
- Up to Speed (2004)
- Next Life (2007)
- Versed (2009)
- Money Shot (2011)
- Just Saying (2013)
- Itself (2015)
- Partly (2016)
- Wobble (2018)
- Conjure (2020)
- Finalists (2022)
- Go Figure (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Language poetryStanzaic lyricProse poetryLine breaks creating suspense
- Recurring Motifs
- Local and domesticEveryday experienceDestabilization of meaning
Legacy
Prominent American poet associated with Language poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Known for concise, sharp poems exploring language and experience.
Archives
- Stanford University
- UC San Diego
Trivia
- She is a quilter.
- Original member of the West Coast Language poetry group.