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X. J. Kennedy

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X. J. Kennedy

別名: Joe Kennedy / Joquel Kennedy
ペンネーム: Joe Kennedy（Used in youth for science-fiction fandom fanzines and pulp fiction）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1929-08-21 （Dover, New Jersey, United States）
国籍
American
言語
English
居住地歴
Peabody, Massachusetts, United States

経歴

職業
Poet, Translator, Anthologist, Editor, Children's author, Educator
活動期間
1945年〜
所属
University of Michigan (faculty), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (faculty), Tufts University (faculty, 1963–1978), Wellesley College (visiting professor), University of California, Irvine (visiting professor), University of Leeds (visiting professor)

学歴

Seton Hall University
学位: BSc
期間: 1946–1950
卒業年: 1950
国: United States
Columbia University
学位: MA
期間: 1950–1951
卒業年: 1951
国: United States
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
期間: 1955–1956
卒業年: 1956
国: France
Studied there for a period; postgraduate study
University of Michigan
English
期間: 1956–1962
国: United States
Pursued graduate work toward a Ph.D. but did not complete

受賞歴

Lamont Poetry Prize
1961
対象作品: Nude Descending a Staircase
主催: Academy of American Poets
結果: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Award (Poetry)
1985
対象作品: Cross Ties: Selected Poems
部門: 詩
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: 受賞
Shelley Memorial Award
1970
主催: Poetry Society of America
結果: 受賞
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
部門: 軽詩
主催: American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果: 受賞（初代受賞者）
Robert Frost Medal
2009
部門: 生涯功労
主催: Poetry Society of America
結果: 受賞
Poets' Prize
2004
対象作品: The Lords of Misrule: Poems, 1992–2002
主催: Poets' Prize
結果: 受賞
Jackson Poetry Prize
2015
主催: Poets & Writers
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts (grant)
主催: National Endowment for the Arts
結果: 助成
National Council of Teachers of English Year 2000 Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry
2000
部門: 児童詩
主催: National Council of Teachers of English
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Nude Descending a Staircase

1961年 Poetry

An early landmark collection featuring formal technique and satirical verse. Winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize.

SatireFormal verseEveryday life

Cross Ties: Selected Poems

1985年 Poetry (Selected Poems)

A selected poems volume gathering key works; won the Los Angeles Times Book Award.

RetrospectionLight verse

The Lords of Misrule: Poems, 1992–2001

2002年 Poetry

A collection of poems from 1992–2001; recipient of the Poets' Prize.

Social satirePerspective of aging

Lysistrata (translation)

1999年 Translation of classical drama

A new English version of Aristophanes' Lysistrata.

Classical translationComedy

全著作

  • Nude Descending a Staircase: Poems, Songs, a Ballad (1961)
  • Growing into Love (1969)
  • Breaking and Entering (1971)
  • Cross Ties: Selected Poems (1985)
  • The Lords of Misrule: Poems, 1992–2001 (2002)
  • That Swing: Poetry, 2008–2016 (2016)
  • Numerous children's poetry books (including the Brats series)
  • Numerous textbooks (e.g. Literature: An Introduction)

作家による翻訳

  • Aristophanes' Lysistrata, new English version (1999)

作風・主題

文体
Light verseFormal verse (meter and traditional forms)Witty, satirical voice
頻出モチーフ
HumorSatireObservations of daily lifeAllusion and adaptation of classics

評価・遺産

X. J. Kennedy is celebrated for both his light verse and formal poetry, and has had wide influence through textbooks and children's poetry. He has received numerous major awards and is known for a long-standing contribution to American letters.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters (associated awards)
  • Poetry Society of America (associated awards)

資料所蔵先

  • Open Places records (State Historical Society of Missouri)

豆知識

  • Born Joseph Charles Kennedy; added the initial 'X' to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy.
  • Active in science-fiction fandom in his youth and published fanzines.
  • Married to Dorothy Mintzlaff Kennedy (1931–2018); father of five children.
  • Resides in Peabody, Massachusetts.