Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1994) Winner
Rosmarie Waldrop
ロスマリー・ヴァルドロップ
Rosmarie Waldrop
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1935-08-24 （Kitzingen, Germany）
- Nationality
- Germany, United States
- Languages
- German, English
- Residence History
- Kitzingen, Germany → Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States → Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, translator, essayist, publisher, professor
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- Burning Deck (co-editor and publisher), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected member)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne-Marie Albiach, Edmond Jabès
- Influenced
- American experimental poets / Language poets, Generations of translators and small-press publishers
- Nominations
- Best Translated Book Award (2013 nomination)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Würzburg | — | Literature, Art History, Musicology | — | 1954–1955 | Germany |
| University of Freiburg | — | Literature | — | 1955–1956 | Germany |
| University of Aix-Marseille | — | — | — | 1956–1957 | France |
| University of Michigan | — | Literature | Ph.D. | 1958–1966 | United States |
University of Würzburg
Literature, Art History, Musicology
Period:
1954–1955
Country:
Germany
Studied literature, art history and musicology
University of Freiburg
Literature
Period:
1955–1956
Country:
Germany
Participated in protests and encountered influential writers
University of Aix-Marseille
Period:
1956–1957
Country:
France
Early contact with French-language poetry
University of Michigan
Literature
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1958–1966
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United States
Completed Ph.D.; began serious work in poetry and translation
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | French government | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists | — | — | Foundation for Contemporary Arts | 助成金 |
| 2006 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 選出 |
| 2008 | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation | Lingos I - IX (translation of Ulf Stolterfoht) | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Best Translated Book Award (nomination) | Almost 1 Book / Almost 1 Life (translation of Elfriede Czurda) | — | Best Translated Book Award | ノミネート |
| 2021 | America Award in Literature | — | — | America Award (independent award) | 受賞（生涯業績） |
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Organization:
French government
Result:
受賞
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists
2003
Organization:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Result:
助成金
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result:
選出
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
2008
Work:
Lingos I - IX (translation of Ulf Stolterfoht)
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Best Translated Book Award (nomination)
2013
Work:
Almost 1 Book / Almost 1 Life (translation of Elfriede Czurda)
Organization:
Best Translated Book Award
Result:
ノミネート
America Award in Literature
2021
Organization:
America Award (independent award)
Result:
受賞（生涯業績）
Awards & Nominations
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2008) Winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2016) Winner
America Award in Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Aggressive Ways of the Casual Stranger
1972 poetryAn early collection of poems mixing language experiments with personal fragments.
language experimentationself and otherfragmentation
A Key Into the Language of America
1994 poetryA long-form poetic work exploring language and society in America.
languagecultureidentity
Blindsight
2004 poetryAn experimental poetry collection around vision and perception.
perceptionvisionlanguage
Gap Gardening: Selected Poems
2016 selected poemsSelected poems drawn from decades of work, crossing experiment and personal memory.
memorylanguage experimentationtranslatability
Bibliography
- The Aggressive Ways of the Casual Stranger (1972)
- When They Have Senses (1980)
- The Reproduction of Profiles (1987)
- Lawn of Excluded Middle (1993)
- A Key Into the Language of America (1994)
- Reluctant Gravities (1999)
- Blindsight (2004)
- Driven to Abstraction (2010)
- Gap Gardening: Selected Poems (2016)
- The Nick of Time (2021)
Translations by Author
- Edmond Jabès, The Book of Questions (translated, Wesleyan UP)
- Paul Celan: Collected Prose (translation)
- Ulf Stolterfoht, Lingos I - IX (translation)
- Elfriede Czurda, Almost 1 Book / Almost 1 Life (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- language-experimentalavant-gardefragmentary with philosophical reflection
- Recurring Motifs
- language and translationmemory and personal historyfragmentation and reconstruction
Legacy
Rosmarie Waldrop has made major contributions to American experimental poetry through her own writing, translations, and the small press Burning Deck. She introduced French-language poets to English readers, influenced Language poets and experimental writers, and has been recognized internationally for lifetime achievement.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Trivia
- Born Rosmarie Sebald.
- Married Keith Waldrop in 1959; together they founded Burning Deck Press.
- Her husband Keith Waldrop died in 2023.
- Known for translations of avant-garde French-language poets.