Talk:Bollingen Prize

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[edit] Poetry and Translation Prizes

If you search in google for "Bollingen Prize translation" then the first hit you get says:

"Bollingen Prize -- Encyclopædia Britannica ... In 1961 the Bollingen Foundation also established a prize for translation. ... In 1961 the Bollingen Foundation also established a prize for translation. ... www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9080497 - Similar pages"

Using this link is useless unless you are registered with the Britannica. But from the little information there it is clear there is a second Bollingen prize (one for translation). And this page also refers to the prize and moreover says: the winner in 1963 was Richard Wilbur. I also think that Robert Fitzgerald won the prize for his translation of the Illiad and also that Walter Arndt won it for his translation of Eugene Onegin.

Beyond this I can't seem to find any information about the prize. Can anyone else shed some light? Number 0 16:27, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Aha! This mini bio of Fitzgerald says he won the first Bollingen translation award for the Iliad in 1961, which seems to tie in with everything else so I shall something saying that in the main article. Number 0 16:59, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bollingen Poetry Translation Prize

I see that every year or two someone else gets curious about this prize. I'm starting a list below for eventual transfer to the article. Easchiff 03:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Awarded annually 1961-1963, 1965 & 1967.

[edit] American award?

I notice that it isn't indicated anywhere in the body that this is specifically an American award. I'm guessing it's not just coincidence that all the winners have been Americans. But can anyone know for sure if the recipient has to be an American?--Lairor (talk) 06:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Good point! The webpage for the Prize includes a description: "Among the most prestigious prizes available to American writers, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry has, for more than fifty years, been a force in shaping contemporary American letters. Early Bollingen Prize winners—Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, E.E. Cummings, to name a few—are today widely considered to be writers whose work defined a new American literature of the twentieth century. More recent winners—John Ashbery, Robert Creeley, Louise Glück, Anthony Hecht, John Hollander, Stanley Kunitz, W.S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, Mark Strand, and Richard Wilbur—represent an exciting stylistic diversity in American writing; the work of these poets will influence and characterize the future of American poetry in all its variety." I'll update the article accordingly. Easchiff 12:35, 9 March 2008 (UTC)