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第40回（1959年） Winner
Stanley Kunitz
スタンレー・キュニッツ
Sutanrē Kyunitsu
ペンネーム:
Dilly Tante（Used as a pseudonym when editing）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1905-07-28 （Worcester, Massachusetts, United States）
- 死没
- 2006-05-14 （New York City, United States） 100歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Judaism (background)
- 居住地歴
- New York City (Manhattan) → Provincetown, Massachusetts → Worcester, Massachusetts (birthplace/childhood)
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Editor, Translator, Professor
- 活動期間
- 1926年〜2005年
- 所属
- Fine Arts Work Center (founder/leader), Poets House (supporter/participant), Columbia University School of the Arts (adjunct professor)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Carl Jung (psychological/symbolic influence)
- 影響を与えた人物
- James Wright, Mark Doty, Louise Glück, Carolyn Kizer
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Harvard College | English | BA, MA | 1922–1927 | United States |
Harvard University
Harvard College
/ English
学位:
BA, MA
期間:
1922–1927
卒業年:
1927
国:
United States
Received BA (summa cum laude) in 1926 and MA in 1927. Was discouraged from doctoral study due to antisemitism of the time.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Selected Poems, 1928-1958 | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | winner |
| 1995 | National Book Award for Poetry | Passing Through: the Later Poems, New and Selected | — | National Book Foundation | winner |
| 1998 | Robert Frost Medal | — | — | Poetry Society of America (awarding organization) | recipient |
| 1998 | Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award | — | — | The Peace Abbey | recipient |
| 2006 | L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award | The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden | — | PEN New England | winner |
| — | Bollingen Prize | — | — | Bollingen Prize Committee | recipient |
| — | National Medal of Arts | — | — | United States government (awarding body) | recipient |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1959
対象作品:
Selected Poems, 1928-1958
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
winner
National Book Award for Poetry
1995
対象作品:
Passing Through: the Later Poems, New and Selected
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
winner
Robert Frost Medal
1998
主催:
Poetry Society of America (awarding organization)
結果:
recipient
Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award
1998
主催:
The Peace Abbey
結果:
recipient
L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award
2006
対象作品:
The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
主催:
PEN New England
結果:
winner
Bollingen Prize
主催:
Bollingen Prize Committee
結果:
recipient
National Medal of Arts
主催:
United States government (awarding body)
結果:
recipient
受賞・候補エディション
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第34回（1987年） Winner
作品
代表作
Intellectual Things
1930年 PoetryEarly collection characterized by intellectual and philosophical poems.
intellectphilosophy
Passport to the War
1944年 PoetryCollection that includes wartime poems; initially went largely unnoticed though it contains some well-known pieces.
warloss
Selected Poems, 1928-1958
1958年 Poetry (selected)Selected poems from early to mid career. This volume won the Pulitzer Prize.
lossself-exploration
The Testing-Tree
1971年 PoetryA pivotal collection marking a stylistic shift to more personal, breath-based free verse.
renewaltime
Passing Through: the Later Poems, New and Selected
1995年 Poetry (selected)A collection focusing on later poems; winner of the 1995 National Book Award.
agingmemorygardens
The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
2005年 Essays / MemoirLate-life collection of essays reflecting on gardens, poetry, and a century of experience.
gardensreminiscencereflection on poetry
全著作
- Intellectual Things (1930)
- Passport to the War (1944)
- Selected Poems, 1928-1958 (1958)
- The Testing-Tree (1971)
- The Terrible Threshold: Selected poems, 1940-1970 (1974)
- The Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928–1978 (1979)
- Next-to-Last Things: New Poems and Essays (1985)
- Passing Through: the Later Poems, New and Selected (1995)
- The Collected Poems of Stanley Kunitz (2000)
- The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden (2005)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Symbolic and psychologically influencedEarly work intellectual and philosophical; later work more personal and breath-based free verseCondensed imagery with disciplined narrative lines
- 頻出モチーフ
- loss and renewalgardens and naturememory and timeself-exploration
評価・遺産
A major influence on late 20th-century American poetry. Contributed to library and poetry communities, taught for decades, received numerous major awards, and continued publishing into his centenarian years, influencing subsequent generations of poets.
資料所蔵先
- The Stanley Kunitz Papers, Princeton University
大衆文化への影響
- Influence on literary communities through Poets House and the Fine Arts Work Center
引用
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In a murderous time the heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking. It is necessary to go through dark and deeper dark and not to turn.
出典: Excerpt from the poem in The Testing-Tree (1971年)
豆知識
- Divided his time between Manhattan and Provincetown for much of his life.
- Served twice as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (precursor to Poet Laureate).
- Died at age 100 and continued writing into his centenary year.