James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1946) Winner
Richard Aldington
リチャード・オールディントン
Richādo Ōrudington
Aliases:
Edward Godfree Aldington
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1892-07-08 （Portsmouth）
- Died
- 1962-07-27 （Sury-en-Vaux） age 70
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English, French, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek
- Residence History
- Portsmouth, Hampshire → Dover → London (Kensington, Hampstead etc.) → Paris → Provence (Port-Cros) → United States (temporary) → South France (Le Lavandou) → Sury-en-Vaux, Cher
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, biographer, critic, editor, translator
- Active Years
- 1910-1962
- Affiliations
- Editor of The Egoist, Contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, The Criterion, Poetry magazine
- Influenced By
- Ezra Pound, H.D., D. H. Lawrence, T. E. Hulme
- Influenced
- T. S. Eliot, Lawrence Durrell
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of London | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Dover College
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary education
University of London
Country:
United Kingdom
Did not complete degree due to family financial issues
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Wellington | — | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1946
Work:
Wellington
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Death of a Hero
1929 War novelSemi-autobiographical war novel condemning Victorian materialism.
Horrors of warCritique of VictorianismAnti-war
Images
1915 PoetryEarly Imagist poetry collection.
ImagismNatureWar
Wellington
1946 BiographyBiography of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Winner of James Tait Black Prize.
HistoryMilitary
Bibliography
- Images (1915)
- Death of a Hero (1929)
- Wellington (1946)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1955)
Translations by Author
- Translation of The Decameron
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ImagismFree verseMinimalismStark imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- War traumaAnti-traditionalismFeminismIconoclasm
Health
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WWI gas exposure1916-1919Lifelong health effects
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Nervous breakdown1925Loss of confidence in poetry
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Heart attack1962Cause of death
Legacy
Early Imagist poet and novelist known for war writings. Commemorated in Westminster Abbey Poet's Corner. Controversial biographer of T. E. Lawrence.
Archives
- Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale
- Southern Illinois University
In Popular Culture
- Westminster Abbey Poet's Corner (1985)
Trivia
- Early associate of Imagism
- Ex-husband of H.D.
- Caused scandal with T. E. Lawrence biography
- Honored in Soviet Union