Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2008) Winner
Tom Sleigh
トム・スレイ
Tomu Surei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Mount Pleasant, Texas
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Mount Pleasant, Texas → Utah (childhood) → California → Provincetown, Massachusetts (Fine Arts Work Center) → Brooklyn, New York
Career
- Occupations
- poet, dramatist, essayist, translator, academic
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (faculty), New York University (faculty), University of Iowa (faculty), UC Berkeley (faculty), Johns Hopkins University (faculty), Hunter College MFA Program (director, faculty)
- Influenced By
- Robert Browning, Wallace Stevens, John Keats, Philip Larkin, Ezra Pound, Charles Baudelaire, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Evergreen State College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars | — | Writing Seminars | MA | — | United States |
California Institute of the Arts
Country:
United States
Evergreen State College
Country:
United States
Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars
Writing Seminars
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Completed MA (year unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Space Walk | — | The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards | 受賞 |
| — | Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| — | The Shelley Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Foundation Grant | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 助成 |
| 2011 | Anna-Maria Kellen Prize / Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin | — | — | American Academy in Berlin | 受賞・フェロー |
| — | Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | 助成 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts grants (two) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成（受領） |
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2008
Work:
Space Walk
Organization:
The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
Result:
受賞
Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
The Shelley Award
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Foundation Grant
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
助成
Anna-Maria Kellen Prize / Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin
2011
Organization:
American Academy in Berlin
Result:
受賞・フェロー
Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
助成
National Endowment for the Arts grants (two)
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
助成（受領）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
House of Fact, House of Ruin
2017 PoetryA poetry collection that examines the collapse of the contemporary world and the pursuit of facts. Combining difficulty and lyricism, it explores humanity against backdrops like refugees and war.
memoryruinrefugeesfact and truth
Station Zed
2015 PoetryA collection exploring urbanity, the body, and intersections of the everyday and the uncanny. Noted for experimental imagery and strong musicality.
urban lifethe bodyimagery
Space Walk
2007 PoetryA poetry volume using space, alienation, and ruptures between the individual and society as motifs. Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award in 2008.
alienationspaceindividual vs society
Army Cats
2011 PoetryA collection that poetically addresses military themes, violence, and unsettling forces within the everyday.
violencemilitarythe uncanny in daily life
The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing In an Age of Refugees
2017 EssaysAn essay collection on refugees, displacement, and geopolitical tensions. Presents literary responses to contemporary humanitarian and political issues.
refugeesmigrationpolitics and humanitarianism
Herakles
2000 Translation (classical drama)An English translation of Euripides' Herakles, re-presenting the classical tragedy in contemporary language.
classicstragedyheroism and madness
Bibliography
- After One (1983)
- Waking (1990)
- The Chain (1996)
- The Dreamhouse (1999)
- Far Side of the Earth (2003)
- Bula Matari / Smasher of Rocks (2005)
- Interview with a Ghost (2006)
- Space Walk (2007)
- Army Cats (2011)
- Station Zed (2015)
- House of Fact, House of Ruin (2017)
- The Land Between Two Rivers (2017)
- Herakles (translation, 2000)
Adaptations
- Ice Trucker Pilgrimage (multi-media opera, 2006; San Francisco Film Festival)
- Rubber (stage play, Midtown International Theatre Festival; won Best of the Fest)
Translations by Author
- Herakles (Euripides) — English translation (Oxford University Press, USA, 2000)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- epic and philosophical narrationstrong musicality and experimental imagerya realism that engages the physical world
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryruinrefugees and displacementphysicalityurbanity and alienation
Legacy
Regarded as a prominent contemporary American poet. Combines poetic craft with social engagement and is a multifaceted writer who has also worked in translation and theater.
Quotes
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Browning for his technique, Wallace Stevens for a certain quality of gravitas, Keats for the sense of posthumous existence... they would be my fathers and mothers.
Source: AGNI: Interview with Tom Sleigh by Allegra Wong (2003) (2003)
Trivia
- Won the 2008 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for Space Walk (prize about $100,000).
- Serves as director of the Hunter College MFA Program in Creative Writing.
- Translated Euripides' Herakles into English.
- Several of his plays have been produced in addition to his poetry publications.