Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1987) Winner
William Morris Meredith Jr.
ウィリアム・モリス・メレディス・ジュニア
Uiriamu Morisu Meredith Junia
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-01-09 （New York City, U.S.）
- Died
- 2007-05-30 （New London, Connecticut, U.S.） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City (birthplace) → Uncasville, Connecticut → Montville, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- poet, author, educator, professor
- Active Years
- 1944-2007
- Affiliations
- Connecticut College (faculty), Academy of American Poets (Chancellor), Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (instructor)
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- Robert Frost, W. B. Yeats, Archibald MacLeish
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox School for Boys | — | — | — | 〜1936 | United States |
| Princeton University | — | English | BA | 1936–1940 | United States |
Lenox School for Boys
Period:
〜1936
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
United States
Princeton University
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1936–1940
Year of Graduation:
1940
Country:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude; senior thesis on Robert Frost.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞 |
| 1997 | National Book Award for Poetry | Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems | — | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Times Book Award | Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems | — | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1988
Work:
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
受賞
National Book Award for Poetry
1997
Work:
Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1975
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Award
1988
Work:
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 69 (1988) Winner
Works
Major Works
Love Letter from an Impossible Land
1944 PoetryMeredith's first collection combining formal technique with personal lyricism.
lovelossintrospection
Ships and Other Figures
1948 PoetryA mid-period collection using the sea and voyages as recurring imagery.
seavoyageloss
The Wreck of the Thresher and Other Poems
1964 PoetryRepresentative 1960s collection including poems on accidents and historical events.
accidenthistorytragedy
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
1987 Poetry (selected poems)A selected poems volume collecting major work; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.
memorytimelimits of language
Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems
1997 Poetry (selected poems)A later selected poems volume; winner of the 1997 National Book Award.
languageagingrecovery
Bibliography
- Love Letter from an Impossible Land (1944)
- Ships and Other Figures (1948)
- The Open Sea and Other Poems (1957)
- The Wreck of the Thresher and Other Poems (1964)
- Earth Walk: New and Selected Poems (1970)
- Hazard the Painter (1975)
- The Cheer (1980)
- Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems (1987)
- Reasons for Poetry, and The Reason for Criticism (1982)
- Poems Are Hard to Read (1991)
- Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems (1997)
Adaptations
- Documentary film 'Marathon'
Translations by Author
- Guillaume Apollinaire, Alcools: Poems, 1898-1913 — translator (1964)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyric formalism balancing form and depthclear, restrained diction
- Recurring Motifs
- seanatureaging and memorylimits of language
Health
-
stroke (expressive aphasia)1983–1985Interrupted writing and teaching. Intensive therapy restored many language abilities.
Legacy
William Meredith was a major 20th-century American poet, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He taught for decades at Connecticut College, served as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and is celebrated for his formal skill and introspective themes.
Museums
- William Meredith Papers (Special Collections, Connecticut College) Special Collections, Charles E. Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA Opened in 1994
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Connecticut College Special Collections (William Meredith Papers)
- Princeton University Library Special Collections (William Meredith and Robert Drew papers)
- William Meredith papers holdings at Washington University in St. Louis
In Popular Culture
- Documentary 'Marathon' (2008) about Meredith's life
Quotes
-
Poetry is hard to read.
Source: Essay 'Poems Are Hard to Read' (1991)
Trivia
- His first collection was selected by Archibald MacLeish for the Yale Series of Younger Poets.
- Served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1978–1980).
- Lived with his partner Richard Harteis from the 1970s until his death.