Poet david ferry, a distinguished scholar in residence at suffolk university, has won the 2012 national book award in poetry for bewilderment. On wednesday, november, national book awardwinning poet david ferry and critically acclaimed author jamaica kincaid will read from their works as part of the althea ward clark w21 reading series of the program in creative writing at the lewis center for the arts. Poet david ferry who will be reading as part of hunters distinguished writers series on october 23 was recently shortlisted for the national book award in poetry for his latest collection bewilderment. New and selected poems and translations 1999 won the american academy of poets lenore marshall poetry prize, the rebekah johnson bobbitt national prize. Brookline poet david ferry wins national book award wbur. Poet and translator david ferry, profiled by spencer. Three years after that award, he is now finishing his translation of the aeneid. Poet and translator, david ferry, is the recipient of the national book award, the lenore marshall poetry prize, and the harold morton landon translation award, among other honors. The odes of horace by david ferry overdrive rakuten. Ferry is the author of eight books of poetry, including bewilderment. David ferry, a finalist for the national book critics circle award in poetry for his translation of gilgamesh in 1992, has translated the odes of horace, the eclogues of virgil, and the epistles of horace.
Rsvp here please note that your rsvp is requested but not required. He was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1998, was awarded the ruth lilly poetry prize for lifetime achievement in 2011 and won the 2012 national book award for poetry for bewilderment. David ferry won the national book award in his 80s. A conversation with poet david ferry on the occasion of. Poet david ferry will give the 52 nd annual theodore roethke memorial poetry reading at 8 p. Poet david ferry reads from his collection bewilderment, which won last years national book award for poetry. In this video, arthur sze visits his high school, the lawrenceville school, and offers advice from his years of experience as a poet. David ferry his numerous honors include the ingram merrill award for poetry and translation 1993, the library of congress rebekah johnson bobbitt national prize for poetry 2000 and the poetry foundations ruth b. New poems and translations 2012, which won the national book award for poetry. The national book award for poetry is one of five annual national book awards, which are given by the national book foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by us citizens.
National book award poetry kitsap regional library. Sze is the recipient of the 20 jackson poetry prize and won the 2019 national book award in poetry for. Thursday, may 28, kane halls room, also known as the roethke auditorium. The panelists are five writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field. To read david ferrys bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. David ferry s new poems, in their grace and profundity, spiritual wisdom and utilitarianism, reach toward immortality, and may achieve it. David ferry, a finalist for the national book critics circle award in poetry for his translation of gilgamesh in 1992, has translated the odes of horace, the eclogues of. New poems and translations by david ferry heavenly.
Poet david ferry on writing verse, reading poems, winning. In addition to his lauded translations of the odes of horace and virgils the eclogues, georgics, and the aeneid, among other works, ferry is a prizewinning poet in his own right. David ferry is the author of a number of books of poetry and has translated several works from classical languages. David ferry, a finalist for the national book critics circle award in poetry for his translation of gilgamesh, is a poet and translator who has also won the lenore marshall poetry prize, given by the academy of american poets, and the rebekah johnson bobbitt national prize for poetry, given by the library of congress.
David ferry photo by stephen ferry david ferry of massachusetts yesterday won the 2012 national book award in. New poems and translations, which won the 2012 national book award for poetry and was praised by the. Lecture and a poetry reading by david ferry wheaton. Poet of no country january 2001 library of congress. Poet david ferry shortlisted for the national book award.
Come and hear david read from this collection and answer audience questions on october 23 at 7. Winner of the national book award in 2012 for his collection bewilderment, ferry has long been lauded for his translations, among them virgils eclogues but it wasnt until 2006, at the age of 82, that he embarked on the monumental task of. The category poetry was established in 1950 and has been awarded annually save. David ferry was born in 1924 in orange, new jersey. Radar map david epstein summer outlook hurricane outlook maps. David ferry is an acclaimed american poet, professor, and translator. He was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1998, was awarded the ruth lilly poetry prize for lifetime achievement in 2011, and won the 2012 national book award for poetry for bewilderment. The passionate nature and originality of ferrys prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath away. David ferry, who, at the age of eightyeight, has just won the national book award for poetry, is a special kind of thief. David ferry jeffrey brown profiles david ferry, a poet concerned with making connections to classical literature. The winner of the 2012 national book award for poetry elegantly ponders the limits of language and life.
Ferry was recently honored with the ruth lilly poetry prize as well as the national. New poems and translations and was still at work on virgils aeneid which he published in 2018 today, on the occasion of his 96th birthday, i revisit this correspondence to celebrate and honor david. He will be joined in conversation by rosanna warren. New poems and translations and was still at work on virgils aeneid which he. New poems and translations 2012, won the national book award for poetry. These are the quiet, careful poems of the crafts master, singing about the human condition as casually and ferociously as it is lived. He had just won the national book award for bewilderment. Acclaimed poettranslator david ferrys latest collection, bewilderment, is an odd collection, in that the authors poems on the experiences of advanced age he is now 88 years old and his various translations from the latin. He has published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism.
Poet david ferry on writing verse, winning awards at 88 youtube. New poems and translations ferrys book, a collection of his own poems and translations of the latin verse of horace and virgil, was praised by the judges for its grace and profundity, spiritual wisdom and utilitarianism. Ferrys book, a collection of his own poems and translations of the latin verse of horace and virgil, was praised by the judges for its grace and profundity, spiritual wisdom and utilitarianism. He carries us to places we cant possibly visit, from the mesopotamia.
Ferry was recently honored with the ruth lilly poetry prize as well as the national book award for poetry. Poet david ferry reads from his collection bewilderment. To read david ferrys bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry. David ferry, a finalist for the national book critics circle award in poetry for his translation of gilgamesh, is a poet and translator who has also won the lenore marshall poetry prize, given by the academy of american poets, and the rebekah john. In fact, he was in the middle of the most ambitious poetic project of his life. Princeton student patience haggin will also read from her recent translation work. David ferry to give annual theodore roethke reading may 28. New and selected poems and translations 1999, university of chicago press. A conversation with poet david ferry on the occasion.
Ferry was recently honored with the ruth lilly poetry prize. Ferrys translations, which include some of the worlds major works of poetry are known for their fluency and grace. New and selected poems and translations he won the lenore marshall poetry prize, given by the academy of american poets, and the rebekah. In poem after poem, his diction modulates beautifully between plainspoken high eloquence.
In 2012, david ferry capped a long career as a poet with a national book award, given in honor of his book bewilderment. David ferry poet and translator, david ferry, is the recipient of the national book award, the lenore marshall poetry prize, and the harold morton. National world politics crime marijuana animals business jobs weather. Poet david ferry on writing verse, winning awards at 88 pbs newshours jeffrey brown profiles eightyeightyearold david ferry, who was recently honored with the ruth lilly poetry prize as well as the national book award for poetry. Scrim from bewilderment i sit here in a shelter behind the words of what im writing, looking out as if. In 2001, he received an award in literature from the american academy of arts.
Writers jamaica kincaid and david ferry read at lewis. Ferry, david, 1924 winner of the 2012 national book award for poetry. Poet and translator, david ferry, is the recipient of the national book award, the lenore marshall poetry prize, and the harold morton landon translation award, among other honors the academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. Later that evening, david ferry read from his most recent books of poetry including on this side of the river. He won the national book award for poetry for his 2012 collection bewilderment. David ferrys new poems, in their grace and profundity, spiritual wisdom and utilitarianism, reach toward immortality, and may achieve it. National book awards american literary award britannica.
David ferry, sophie chantal hart professor emeritus at wellesley college, has been awarded the 2000 rebekah johnson bobbitt national prize for poetry for his book of no country i know. David ferry is an acclaimed american poet and translator. This is one of the great books of poetry of this young century. The passionate nature and originality of ferrys prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that. His most recent book bewilderment 2012 received the national book award for poetry and was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. And now it has been translated by our very best living translator from latin, poet david ferry. Dan chiasson, the new yorker to read david ferrys bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means.
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