Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1937) Winner
Ruth Pitter
ルース・ピッター
Rūsu Pittā
Aliases:
Emma Thomas Pitter
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1897-11-07 （Ilford）
- Died
- 1992-02-29 （Unknown） age 94
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Anglican Baptized in 1948
- Residence History
- Ilford → Suffolk (Walberswick) → London
Career
- Occupations
- poet, furniture painter, factory worker, tray painter
- Active Years
- 1920-1990
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- George Herbert, Thomas Traherne, Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, W. B. Yeats, Hilaire Belloc, C. S. Lewis
- Influenced
- Philip Larkin
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coborn School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Coborn School
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Hawthornden Prize | A Trophy of Arms | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1954 | William E. Heinemann Award | The Ermine | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1955 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Companion of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 1979 | CBE | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Hawthornden Prize
1937
Work:
A Trophy of Arms
Result:
受賞
William E. Heinemann Award
1954
Work:
The Ermine
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
1955
Result:
受賞
Companion of Literature
1974
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
CBE
1979
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Trophy of Arms
1936 PoetryPoems 1926–1935. Winner of Hawthornden Prize.
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The Ermine
1953 PoetryPoems 1942–1952. Winner of William E. Heinemann Award.
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Bibliography
- First Poems (1920)
- First and Second Poems (1927)
- Persephone in Hades (1931)
- A Mad Lady's Garland (1934)
- A Trophy of Arms (1936)
- The Spirit Watches (1939)
- The Rude Potato (1941)
- Poem (1943)
- The Bridge (1945)
- Pitter on Cats (1946)
- Urania (1950)
- The Ermine (1953)
- Still by Choice (1966)
- Poems 1926–1966 (1968)
- End of Drought (1975)
- A Heaven to Find (1987)
- Collected Poems: 1990 (1990)
- Collected Poems (1996)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- traditional meter and rhyme19th century schemesavoids modernist experimentation
- Recurring Motifs
- naturereligioncatsgood vs. evil
Legacy
Traditional poet admired by C.S. Lewis and Larkin, overlooked in her time but recently reevaluated.
In Popular Culture
- C.S. Lewis considered her a potential wife.
- Friends with George Orwell's parents.
Quotes
-
As to my faith, I owe it to C. S. Lewis.
Source: Letter from Ruth Pitter (1985) -
Did I tell you I'd taken to Christianity? ... driven to it by the pull of C. S. Lewis and the push of misery.
Source: Letter from Ruth Pitter (1948)
Trivia
- Friends with George Orwell's parents and critiqued his early writing.
- C.S. Lewis said if he were to marry, it would be Ruth Pitter.
- Regular on BBC's The Brains Trust.