Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1960) Winner
Ted Hughes
テッド・ヒューズ
Teddo Hyūzu
Aliases:
Edward James Hughes
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-08-17 （Mytholmroyd）
- Died
- 1998-10-28 （London） age 68
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire → Mexborough, Yorkshire → Cambridge → London → North Tawton, Devon → Lumb Bank, West Yorkshire
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Playwright, Children's writer, Translator
- Active Years
- 1957-1998
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- William Shakespeare, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Influenced
- Seamus Heaney
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexborough Grammar School | — | English | — | 1940s | United Kingdom |
| Pembroke College, Cambridge | — | English→Anthropology and Archaeology | サードクラス・オナーズ | 1951-1954 | United Kingdom |
Mexborough Grammar School
English
Period:
1940s
Country:
United Kingdom
Encouraged in poetry writing
Pembroke College, Cambridge
English→Anthropology and Archaeology
Degree:
サードクラス・オナーズ
Period:
1951-1954
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
United Kingdom
Transferred due to discomfort with literary academia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Hawk in the Rain | — | Somerset Maugham Award committee | 受賞 |
| 1960 | Hawthornden Prize | Lupercal | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | What is the Truth? | — | The Guardian | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Whitbread Book of the Year | Tales from Ovid | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Order of Merit (OM) | — | — | British Monarch | 叙勲 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1957
Work:
The Hawk in the Rain
Organization:
Somerset Maugham Award committee
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
1960
Work:
Lupercal
Result:
受賞
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1984
Work:
What is the Truth?
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Book of the Year
1998
Work:
Tales from Ovid
Result:
受賞
Order of Merit (OM)
1998
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1961) Winner
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1985) Winner
Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1994) Winner
Costa Book Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 27 (1997) Winner
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Edition 28 (1998) Winner
Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1998) Winner
T. S. Eliot Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1998) Winner
British Book Awards (The Nibbies)
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Hawk in the Rain
1957 PoetryEarly acclaimed poetry collection on nature and animals.
NatureAnimalsSurvival
Crow
1970 Epic poetryApocalyptic mythic sequence featuring the totemic Crow.
MythDestruction and creationNature
Birthday Letters
1998 PoetryIntimate poems reflecting on relationship with Sylvia Plath.
LoveLossRegret
The Iron Man
1968 Children's novelStory of a giant iron man and a boy, written for his children.
FriendshipPeace
Adaptations
- [Animated film] The Iron Giant / Brad Bird (1999)
Bibliography
- The Hawk in the Rain (1957)
- Lupercal (1960)
- Crow (1970)
- Birthday Letters (1998)
Translations by Author
- Tales from Ovid
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Powerful trochees and spondeesVivid nature imageryMythic and Jungian elements
- Recurring Motifs
- AnimalsViolence of natureCrowMythSurvival
Health
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Colon cancer1998Led to fatal heart attack
Legacy
One of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Poet Laureate 1984-1998. Known for unique style blending nature and myth.
Museums
- Lumb Bank (Arvon Centre) Hebden Bridge
- Ted Hughes Birthplace Mytholmroyd
Academic Societies
- Ted Hughes Society
Archives
- British Library
- Emory University
- University of Exeter
In Popular Culture
- Sylvia (2003 film, Daniel Craig as Hughes)
Quotes
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This house has been far out at sea all night, The woods crashing through darkness, the booming hills,
Source: The Hawk in the Rain, 'Wind' (1957) -
When God, disgusted with man, Turned towards heaven, And man, disgusted with God, Turned towards Eve,
Source: Crow (1970)
Trivia
- Married Sylvia Plath in 1956; she died by suicide in 1963
- Instant fame with first poetry collection
- Transferred to Anthropology at Cambridge