Maurice English
Maurice English (October 21, 1909 – November 18, 1983) was a poet, journalist, and author who is noted for having headed the presses of the University of Chicago, Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Following his death, English’s family established the Maurice English Poetry Award, which honors an author in his or her sixth decade of life (fifty or beyond) for a distinguished book of poems published during the preceding calendar year. The award acknowledges that English's first volume of poetry, Midnight in the Century, was published in his 55th year. It carries an honorarium of $3,000 and a request for a public reading in Philadelphia.[3] The MEPAward was first given in 1985 to Jane Cooper for Scaffolding: New and Selected Poems (1985).[4]
Selected publications
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, Louis H.; English, Maurice (1963). The Testament of Stone: Themes of Idealism and Indignation from the Writings of Louis Sullivan. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.English, Maurice (1964). Midnight in the Century. Park Forest, Illinois: Prairie School Press.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.English, Maurice (1971). In Our Time. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press.
Recipients of the Maurice English Poetry Award
- 1985: Jane Cooper, Scaffolding: New and Selected Poems[4]
- 1986: Linda Pastan, A Fraction of Darkness[5]
- 1987: Philip Booth, Relations[6]
- 1988: David Ray, Sam's Book.[7]
- 1989: Jean Valentine, Home Deep Blue: New and selected poems.
- 1990: W. S. Merwin, Selected Poems[8]
- 1991: Richard Fein, Kafka's Ear[9]
- 2001: Kay Ryan, Say Uncle[10]
- 2002: Robert Bly, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars[11]
- 2003: Samuel Hazo, Just Once: New and Selected Poems[12]
- 2004: R. T. Smith, The Hollow Log Lounge[3]
- 2005: Caroline Knox, He Paves the Road with Iron Bars[13]
References
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- ^ English's date of birth is taken from the Social Security Death Index.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maurice English Dead at 74; Headed University Presses". The New York Times. November 20, 1983. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maurice English Poetry Award" (PDF). Philadelphia Art Alliance. 2005. Archived from the original (.pdf) on 2011-07-22.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.NY Times Staff (January 21, 1990). "Libraries Continue Season of Poetry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cullum, Linda E. (2004). Contemporary American ethnic poets: lives, works, sources. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-313-32484-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McNair, Wesley (2006). The Maine Poets: An Anthology. Down East Enterprise Inc. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-89272-708-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ray, David (2008). "Honors and Awards". davidraypoet.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Routledge Staff (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Routledge. p. 383. ISBN 1-85743-179-0. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contributors to Vol. 10, No. 1". The Ashville Review. 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Raymond, Matt; Urschel, Donna (17 July 2008). "Librarian of Congress Appoints Kay Ryan Poet Laureate". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hirsch, Edward (November 20, 2002). "Poet's Choice: Edward Hirsch on The Night Abraham Called To The Stars". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Just Once: New and Previous Poems by Samuel Hazo". Autumn House Press. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Brenda Shaughnessy Receives the James Laughlin Award". Academy of American Poets. September 5, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
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