Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1997) Winner
William Matthews
ウィリアム・マシューズ
Wiriamu Mashūzu
Aliases:
William Procter Matthews III
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-11-11 （Cincinnati, Ohio）
- Died
- 1997-11-12 （New York） age 55
- Nationality
- アメリカ人
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cincinnati, Ohio → New Haven, CT (Yale) → Chapel Hill, NC → Boston, MA → Ithaca, NY → Seattle, WA → Boulder, CO → Iowa City, IA → New York City, NY
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Essayist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1966-1997
- Affiliations
- Emerson College (Writer-in-Residence), Cornell University, University of Washington (Seattle), University of Colorado Boulder, University of Iowa, City College of New York
- Memberships
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (President), Poetry Society of America (President)
- Nominations
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize finalist (Time & Money)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | English | BA | 1960-1964頃 | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | English | MA | — | United States |
Berkshire School
Country:
United States
Yale University
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1960-1964頃
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United States
MA Thesis: The Parataxic Mode
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | Fellow |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Fellow |
| 1980 | Poet in Residence at The Frost Place | — | — | The Frost Place | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | Winner |
| 1996 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Time & Money | 詩部門 | National Book Critics Circle | Winner |
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
Fellow
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
Fellow
Poet in Residence at The Frost Place
1980
Organization:
The Frost Place
Result:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1997
Organization:
Poetry Foundation
Result:
Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award
1996
Work:
Time & Money
Category:
詩部門
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Time & Money
1996 PoetryNew Poems collection that won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Everyday lifeBasketballJazz
Search Party: Collected Poems
2004 Collected PoemsPosthumous collected poems.
SportsJazz figures
After All: Last Poems
1998 PoetryPosthumous last poems collection.
LifeReminiscence
Bibliography
- The Parataxic Mode: Concerning Defoe's Use of Irony in Moll Flanders
- Broken Syllables
- Ruining the New Road
- The Cloud
- Matthews' Compleat Palmistry
- Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems
- Sticks and Stones
- Rising and Falling
- Flood
- Good
- A Happy Childhood
- Foreseeable Futures
- Sleek For the Long Flight
- Blues if You Want
- Curiosities (Poets on Poetry)
- Selected Poems and Translations, 1969-1991
- The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial
- Time & Money: New Poems
- After All: Last Poems
- The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews
- The Satires of Horace
- Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews
Translations by Author
- The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (translator)
- The Satires of Horace (translator)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetry with strong subject matterPoems focusing on everyday life and historical events
- Recurring Motifs
- Early years of professional basketballHistorical Jazz figures
Legacy
Prominent 20th-century American poet known for insisting on subject matter in poetry. Won National Book Critics Circle Award for Time & Money. Also renowned academic and creative writing director.
Trivia
- Had two sons: Sebastian Matthews and Bill Matthews
- American tax resister