Whiting Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 2 (1986) Winner
Ruth Stone
ルース・ストーン
Ruth Stone
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1915-06-08 （Roanoke, Virginia）
- Died
- 2011-11-19 （Goshen, Vermont） age 96
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Roanoke, Virginia → Indianapolis, Indiana → Goshen, Vermont
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, teacher, author
- Active Years
- 1959-2011
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets
- Influenced
- Bianca Stone
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | — | — | BA | — | United States |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | National Book Award | In the Next Galaxy | Poetry | National Book Foundation | won |
| 2009 | Pulitzer Prize | What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems | Poetry | Columbia University | finalist |
| 1999 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Ordinary Words | Poetry | National Book Critics Circle | won |
| 1971 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | Poetry | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | won |
| 1975 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | Poetry | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | won |
| 1986 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | won |
National Book Award
2002
Work:
In the Next Galaxy
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
won
Pulitzer Prize
2009
Work:
What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award
1999
Work:
Ordinary Words
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
won
Guggenheim Fellowship
1971
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
won
Guggenheim Fellowship
1975
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
won
Whiting Award
1986
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In the Next Galaxy
2002 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of the 2002 National Book Award.
galaxyordinary life
What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems
2008 PoetryNew and selected poems. Pulitzer finalist 2009.
lovelife
Ordinary Words
2000 PoetryPoetry collection. National Book Critics Circle Award winner.
ordinary wordsnature
Bibliography
- In an Iridescent Time
- Topography and Other Poems
- Unknown Messages
- Cheap: New Poems and Ballads
- American Milk
- Second-Hand Coat: Poems New and Selected
- The Solution
- Who is the Widow's Muse?
- Simplicity
- Ordinary Words
- In the Next Galaxy
- In the Dark
- What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Distinguished by its tendency to draw imagery and language from the natural sciences
Legacy
American poet who received acclaim late in life, author of thirteen books of poetry, multiple awards. Her home in Vermont is being converted into a writer's retreat.
Museums
- Ruth Stone House Goshen, Vermont
Archives
- Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
In Popular Culture
- Documentary film Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind (2022)
Trivia
- Her granddaughter Bianca Stone is also a poet and visual artist.