Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1934) Winner
Robert Hillyer
ロバート・ヒリヤー
Rōbāto Hiryā
Aliases:
Robert Silliman Hillyer
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1895-06-03 （East Orange, New Jersey）
- Died
- 1961-12-24 （Wilmington, Delaware） age 66
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- East Orange, New Jersey → Kent, Connecticut → Cambridge, Massachusetts → France → Wilmington, Delaware
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, professor of English literature
- Active Years
- 1917-1961
- Affiliations
- Harvard University, Trinity College (Connecticut), Kenyon College, University of Delaware
- Memberships
- St. Anthony Hall, Conservative Poetry Society of America
- Influenced By
- John Dos Passos
- Influenced
- Theodore Roethke, Howard Nemerov, Norman Mailer
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | 1913-1917 | United States |
Kent School
Country:
United States
Prep school
Harvard University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1913-1917
Year of Graduation:
1917
Country:
United States
Graduated cum laude
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer | — | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1934
Work:
The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer
1933 PoetryCollection of his early verse that won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
lovedeathnature
A Letter to Robert Frost and Others
1937 PoetryCollection including the light verse 'Letter to Robert Frost.'
friendshipnature
The Relic & Other Poems
1957 PoetryLate collection of poems.
deathreminiscence
Bibliography
- Sonnets and Other Lyrics (1917)
- The Five Books of Youth (1920)
- Alchemy: A Symphonic Poem (1920)
- The Hills Give Promise (1923)
- The Coming Forth by Day (1923)
- The Halt in the Garden (1925)
- The Seventh Hill (1928)
- The Gates of the Compass (1930)
- The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer (1933)
- A Letter to Robert Frost and Others (1937)
- In a Time of Mistrust (1939)
- Pattern of a Day (1940)
- Poems for Music, 1917–1947 (1947)
- The Death of Captain Nemo (1949)
- The Suburb by the Sea (1952)
- The Relic & Other Poems (1957)
- The Collected Poems (1961)
Translations by Author
- A Book of Danish Verse: Translated in the Original Meters (1922)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metered verserhymed poetrytraditional forms like sonnetsconservative
- Recurring Motifs
- deathlovenaturewar experiences
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet known for traditional, rhymed verse opposing modernism. Longtime professor at Harvard and other institutions.
Archives
- Syracuse University
- University of Delaware
Quotes
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a conservative and religious poet in a radical and blasphemous age.
Source: Self-description (1919)
Trivia
- Volunteered for Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in WWI alongside John Dos Passos.
- Collaborated with Dos Passos on unpublished novel 'Great Novel'.
- Editor of The Harvard Advocate.
- President of Conservative Poetry Society of America, criticized T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.