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Russell Edson

ラッセル・エドソン

Rassuru Edson

Aliases: Russell Edelstein

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-12-12 （Manhattan, New York, US）
Died
2014-04-29 （Darien, Connecticut） age 85
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Manhattan, New York City → Darien, Connecticut

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Illustrator
Active Years
1951-2009

Education

Art Students League of New York
Period: 10代時
Country: United States
Studied art as a teenager
Black Mountain College
Country: United States
Alumnus

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
1974
Category: Poetry
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
1976
Category: Creative Writing
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
1977
Category: Creative Writing
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
1981
Category: Creative Writing
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Fellowship
Whiting Award
1989
Category: Poetry
Organization: Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
1992
Category: Creative Writing
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Fellowship

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

See Jack

2009 Prose poetry collection

Final book of prose poems published by University of Pittsburgh Press.

AbsurditySurrealism

The Rooster's Wife

2005 Poems

Collection of prose poems published by BOA Editions.

Everyday absurdity

The Falling Sickness

1975 Book of plays

A book of plays published by New Directions.

Surrealism

Gulping's Recital

1984 Novel

Novel published by Guignol Books.

Fable-like elements

The Song of Percival Peacock

1992 Novel

Novel published by Coffee House Press.

Fantasy
Adaptations
  • [Music] The Song of Percival Peacock / Franklin Stover (2017)

Bibliography

  • See Jack (2009)
  • The Rooster's Wife (2005)
  • The Tormented Mirror (2001)
  • The Tunnel (1994)
  • The Wounded Breakfast (1985)
  • With Sincerest Regrets (1980)
  • The Reason Why the Closet-Man Is Never Sad (1977)
  • Edson's Mentality (1977)
  • The Intuitive Journey (1976)
  • Gulping's Recital (1984)
  • The Clam Theater (1973)
  • The Childhood Of An Equestrian (1973)
  • Ceremonies in Bachelor Space (1951)
  • Wuck Wuck Wuck! (1984)
  • The Song of Percival Peacock (1992)
  • Tick Tock (1992)
  • What a Man Can See (1969)
  • The Brain Kitchen (1965)
  • The Very Thing That Happens (1964)
  • Appearances (1961)
  • A Stone Is Nobody's (1961)
  • The Falling Sickness (1975)

Adaptations

  • Ketchup opera (music by Franklin Stover)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Prose poetrySurrealismFable-like
Recurring Motifs
Absurd everyday lifeDream-like imageryGrotesque

Legacy

Pioneer of American prose poetry, known for his unique surrealistic style as a poet and writer.

Trivia

  • Son of cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson.
  • Lived in Darien, Connecticut with his wife Frances.