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Golden Rose Award
The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919. The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. List of winners References {{Reflist American poetry awards Awards established in 1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluny Museum
Cluny () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern French Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire, in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Cluny Abbey, Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and many of its valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed. Geography The river Grosne (river), Grosne flows northward through the commune and crosses the town. See also * Cluniac Reforms * Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department References External links Official website (in French) Cluny, Communes of Saône-et-Loire Burgundy {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Francis (poet)
Robert Francis (August 12, 1901; Upland, Pennsylvania – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players —- and pitchers and artists. It demonstrates brilliantly an example of how any physical action is not just acting on the environment, but also an interactive communication with all elements of it, including the people. Life Robert Francis was born on August 12, 1901 in Upland, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1923. He would later attend the Graduate School of Education at Harvard where he once said that he felt that he'd come home. He lived in a small house he had built for himself in 1940, which he called Fort Juniper, near Cushman Village in Amherst, Massachusetts. Francis chose to name his home "Fort Juniper" since juniper is nearly indestructible. His main poetic mentor was Robert Frost, and indeed Francis's first vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel French Morse
Samuel French Morse (1916–1985) was an American poet and teacher. He had the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize named in his honor, which lasted from 1983–2009. The prize was for a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet, with a $1000 cash award, and publication of the winning manuscript by Northeastern University Press/UPNE. Life Samuel French Morse was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936 and from Harvard University in 1938, and from Boston University in 1952. From 1962 until 1985, he taught at Northeastern University. He married Jane, and they summered at Hancock, Maine. His first book, ''Time of Year'', had a preface by Wallace Stevens. Awards He won the Emily Clark Balch and the Arthur Davison Ficke Arthur Davison Ficke (November 10, 1883 – November 30, 1945) was an American poet, playwright, and expert of Japanese art. Ficke had a national reputation as "a poet's poet", and "one of America's most expert sonneteers". Unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Burnham Eaton
Dorothy may refer to: * Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Characters * Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character played by Sophie Aldred in ''Doctor Who'' *Dorothy, a goldfish on ''Sesame Street'' owned by Elmo *Dorothy the Dinosaur, a costumed green dinosaur who appears with ''The Wiggles'' * Dorothy (''MÄR''), a main character in ''MÄR'' *Dorothy Baxter, a main character on ''Hazel'' *Dorothy "Dottie" Turner, main character of ''Servant'' *Dorothy Michaels, Dustin Hoffman's character the movie ''Tootsie'' Film and television * ''Dorothy'' (TV series), 1979 American TV series *Dorothy Mills, a 2008 French movie, sometimes titled simply ''Dorothy'' *DOROTHY, a device used to study tornadoes in the movie '' Twister'' Music * Dorothy (band), a Los Angeles-based rock band *Dorothy, the title of an Old English dance and folk song by Seymour Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Minturn Howard
Frances Minturn Howard (March 15, 1905 New York City – July 23, 1995 Boston) was an American poet. Life She studied sculpture in Italy. In 1957, she met and corresponded with May Sarton. In 1959, Sylvia Plath came to dinner. She was published in ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''Saturday Review'', ''AGNI'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Poetry Magazine'', She was married to Thomas Clark Howard and lived at 46 Mount Vernon Street. Beacon Hill, Boston. Earlier in their marriage, they had lived in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. They also maintained a summer house on Rhode Island Avenue, in Newport, Rhode Island. Awards * 1955 Golden Rose Award * 1957 in poetry, 1957 Reynolds Lyric Award Works * Poetry * * Anthologies * * * Non-fiction * * References 1905 births 1995 deaths American women poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers People from Beacon Hill, Boston Poets from New York City Writers from Providence, Rhode Island Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer
Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer (November 18, 1886 in Manchester, Connecticut – 1948 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American poet and magazine editor. Life He graduated from Harvard University in 1911. He lived in Mountainville, New York. He edited ''The Outlook (New York)'' magazine, from 1913 to 1928, and was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt. His collection of Winslow Homer paintings, are held at Colby College Maine. His work appeared in ''The New Yorker''. He retired to Harpswell, Maine. Awards * Golden Rose Award The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919. The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. ... * 1938 Finalist for Pulitzer Prize Works Poetry * * * * * * * * * * Fiction * Anthologies * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge 1886 births 1948 deaths Harvard University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Elmore Hurd
Harry Elmore Hurd (April 23, 1889August 21, 1958) was an American poet and minister. Life Harry Hurd was born on April 23, 1889, in New Hampshire. He graduated from Boston University in 1916 and Harvard University in 1922. He was a Chaplain, First Lieutenant with the 33rd Engineers during World War I. He was a minister in Methodist and Congregational churches for eighteen years, in Haverhill, Quincy, and Reading. Hurd died on August 21, 1958, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Publications His work was publisher in ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Overland Monthly'', ''Voices'', ''Saturday Review'', Awards * Golden Rose Award The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919. The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. ... Works * Books * * * * * * Anthologies * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurd, Harry Elmore 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilbur
Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989. Early years Wilbur was born in New York City on March 1, 1921, and grew up in North Caldwell, New Jersey. In 1938 he graduated from Montclair High School, where he worked on the school newspaper. He graduated from Amherst College in 1942 and served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. He attended graduate school at Harvard University. Wilbur taught at Wellesley College, then Wesleyan University for two decades and at Smith College for another decade. At Wesleyan he was instrumental in founding the award-winning poetry series of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Eberhart
Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romantic sensibilities." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for ''Selected Poems, 1930–1965'' and the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry for ''Collected Poems, 1930–1976''. He was the grandfather of former Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington. Biography Early years Eberhart was born in 1904 in Austin, a small city in southeast Minnesota. He grew up on an estate of called Burr Oaks, since partitioned into hundreds of residential lots. He published a volume of poetry called ''Burr Oaks'' in 1947, and many of his poems reflect his youth in rural America. Eberhart began college at the University of Minnesota, but following his mother's death from cancer in 1921—the event which prompted him to begin writing poetry—he transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rose Benet
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ciardi
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Morton (poet)
David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet. Born in Elkton, Kentucky, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909. Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville ''Courier-Journal'', he became a teacher in the high school at Morristown, New Jersey. Beginning in 1924, he taught at Amherst College. His work appeared in ''Harper's Magazine.'' He is noted for having written a fan letter to Dashiell Hammett. Awards * Golden Rose Award The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919. The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. ... * National Arts Club Prize Works Poetry "The Kings Are Passing Deathward", ''Poetry X''* * * Nocturnes and Autumnals 1928 publisher Knickerbocker Press Criticism * Editor * * Anthologies * Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
