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'''Horace Gregory''' (April 10, 1898 in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] – March 11, 1982 in [[Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts]]) was a prize-winning American [[poet]], translator of classic poetry, [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] and college professor. He was awarded the [[Bollingen Prize]] in 1965.<ref name="NY Times obit"/> |
'''Horace Gregory''' (April 10, 1898 in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] – March 11, 1982 in [[Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts]]) was a prize-winning American [[poet]], translator of classic poetry, [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] and college professor. He was awarded the [[Bollingen Prize]] in 1965.<ref name="NY Times obit"/> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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A graduate of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] in 1923, he was the author of eight books of poems. He translated poems by the Roman poets [[Catullus]] and [[Ovid]], and wrote biographies of [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler]] and [[Amy Lowell]].<ref name="NY Times obit">{{cite web |title=Horace Gregory, Poet, Critic, Essayist and Biographer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html |website=The New York Times | |
A graduate of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] in 1923, he was the author of eight books of poems. He translated poems by the Roman poets [[Catullus]] and [[Ovid]], and wrote biographies of [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler]] and [[Amy Lowell]].<ref name="NY Times obit">{{cite web |title=Horace Gregory, Poet, Critic, Essayist and Biographer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 29, 2018 |date=March 13, 1982}}</ref> In 1925, he married poet and editor [[Marya Zaturenska]] (Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, 1938; 1902–1982).<ref>[http://user.icx.net/~richmond/fgcgathering/zaturenska.html Marya Zaturenska<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828003309/http://user.icx.net/~richmond/fgcgathering/zaturenska.html |date=2008-08-28 }}</ref> They had two children: Patrick Bolten Gregory and Joanna Elizabeth Zeigler née Gregory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/21/obituaries/marya-zaturenska-lyric-poet-received-pulitzer-prize-in-38.html|title=Marya Zaturenska, Lyric Poet Received Pulitzer Prize in '38|date=1982-01-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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His collected essays, ''Spirit of Time and Place'', were published in 1973. He wrote book reviews that were published in |
His collected essays, ''Spirit of Time and Place'', were published in 1973. He wrote book reviews that were published in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=Horace+Gregory&srchst=p&submit.x=18&submit.y=8&submit=sub&hdlquery=&bylquery=Horace+Gregory&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=06&day2=19&year2=2009|title=Search Results|last=Gregory|first=Horace|work=The New York Times|access-date=2015-11-01}}</ref> His work appeared in ''The New Yorker'',<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=horace+gregory&queryType=nonparsed&submitbtn.x=0&submitbtn.y=0&submitbtn=Submit Search : The New Yorker<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Contemporary Poetry'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id%3Dcontemporary_poetry_prose%26issue%3Dcontemporary_poetry_prose_7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214158/http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/exist/mod_mag/magazine_issue.htm?id=contemporary_poetry_prose&issue=contemporary_poetry_prose_7|archive-date=July 21, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2009| title=Modernist Magazines Project }}</ref> ''The Wisconsin Literary Magazine'',<ref>[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=div&did=LITERATURE.V21I01.I0001&isize=text&pview=hide The Literature Collection: The Wisconsin literary magazine (Volume XXI, Number 1): Contents<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and ''Poetry Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/g5.html |title=Poetry magazine: Historical Index |access-date=2009-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013013628/http://www.poetrymagazine.org/magazine/g5.html |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}</ref> |
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Gregory's poetry has been described as "literary" and "exhibit[ing] an awareness of the lives of working people, sometimes taking the form of the elegiac monologue."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/horace-gregory|title=Horace Gregory |
Gregory's poetry has been described as "literary" and as "exhibit[ing] an awareness of the lives of working people, sometimes taking the form of the elegiac monologue."<ref name="Horace Gregory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/horace-gregory|title=Horace Gregory|date=2018-12-28|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> Poet Richard Eberhart said: "The ruthlessness of the city used to be his interest; he used to depict realistic characters and situations within it. Now there is the general serenity, poise and lyrical concern with language." He added: "Gregory is lyrical and straight-forward in these poems."<ref name="Horace Gregory"/> [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/29/obituaries/edgar-johnson-93-biographer-of-dickens-and-scott-is-dead.html Edgar Johnson], biographer of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sir Walter Scott]] among others, said that "Mr. Gregory is not one of those scholar-critics who write only for other scholar-critics. He is a scholar without pedantry, who concentrates not on exhibitionism but illumination."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html|title=Horace Gregory, Poet, Critic, Essayist and Biographer, Dies|date=1982-03-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Gregory was a professor of English at [[Sarah Lawrence College]] for 26 years, from 1934 to 1960, when he became Professor Emeritus.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html| title=HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES| date=March 13, 1982| work=The New York Times }}</ref> |
Gregory was a professor of English at [[Sarah Lawrence College]] for 26 years, from 1934 to 1960, when he became Professor Emeritus.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/13/obituaries/horace-gregory-poet-critic-essayist-and-biographer-dies.html| title=HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES| date=March 13, 1982| work=The New York Times }}</ref> One of his students was future children's poet [[Myra Cohn Livingston]].<ref name=":3">Rochman, Hazel. "Myra Cohn Livingston." ''American Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors'', edited by Glenn E. Estes, Gale, 1987. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 61. ''Gale Literature Resource Center''. Accessed 19 May 2023.</ref> |
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He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the [[Gotham Book Mart]] for [[Edith Sitwell]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/29/archives/everybody-wants-to-be-a-poet-number-has-doubled.html?sq=Horace+Gregory+Zaturenska&scp=4&st=p| title=Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled| author=MICHIKO KAKUTANI| date=August 29, 1979| work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the [[Gotham Book Mart]] for [[Edith Sitwell]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/29/archives/everybody-wants-to-be-a-poet-number-has-doubled.html?sq=Horace+Gregory+Zaturenska&scp=4&st=p| title=Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled| author=MICHIKO KAKUTANI| date=August 29, 1979| work=The New York Times}}</ref> During the end of his life, Gregory and his wife were residents of [[Palisades, New York|Palisades]], [[Rockland County]], New York.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} |
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During the end of his life, Gregory and his wife were residents of [[Palisades, New York|Palisades]], [[Rockland County]], New York.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} |
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His papers are at [[Syracuse University]].<ref>[http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/gregory_h.htm Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
His papers are at [[Syracuse University]].<ref>[http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/gregory_h.htm Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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* 1942 [[Russell Loines Award for Poetry|Russell Loines Memorial Fund Poetry Award]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/05/10/archives/gets-1000-poetry-prize-horace-gregorys-work-lauded-by-henry-seidel.html?sq=Horace%2520Gregory&scp=7&st=cse| title=GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded | author=Henry Seidel Canby| date=May 10, 1942 | work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
* 1942 [[Russell Loines Award for Poetry|Russell Loines Memorial Fund Poetry Award]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/05/10/archives/gets-1000-poetry-prize-horace-gregorys-work-lauded-by-henry-seidel.html?sq=Horace%2520Gregory&scp=7&st=cse| title=GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded | author=Henry Seidel Canby| date=May 10, 1942 | work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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* 1961 [[List of winners of the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship|Academy of American Poets Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/16/archives/horace-gregory-gets-poetry-prize.html?sq=Horace%2520Gregory&scp=10&st=cse| title=Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize| date=November 16, 1961 | work=The New York Times | |
* 1961 [[List of winners of the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship|Academy of American Poets Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/16/archives/horace-gregory-gets-poetry-prize.html?sq=Horace%2520Gregory&scp=10&st=cse| title=Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize| date=November 16, 1961 | work=The New York Times | access-date=May 4, 2010}}</ref> |
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* 1965 [[Bollingen Prize]]<ref name="NY Times obit"/> |
* 1965 [[Bollingen Prize]]<ref name="NY Times obit"/> |
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* Fortune for Mirabel, 1941 |
* Fortune for Mirabel, 1941 |
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* ''Poems, 1930-1940'' (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1941) |
* ''Poems, 1930-1940'' (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1941) |
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* ''The Triumph of Life: Poems of Consolation for the English-Speaking World, 1943'' |
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* ''The Door in the Desert'' (1951) |
* ''The Door in the Desert'' (1951) |
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* ''Medusa in Gramercy Park'' (Macmillan; 1961) |
* ''Medusa in Gramercy Park'' (Macmillan; 1961) |
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===Translations=== |
===Translations=== |
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* {{cite book| title=The poems of Catullus| url=https://archive.org/details/poemsofcatullus00caturich| url-access=registration| |
* {{cite book| title=The poems of Catullus| url=https://archive.org/details/poemsofcatullus00caturich| url-access=registration|author=Gaius Valerius Catullus | publisher=Covici-Friede| year=1931 }} |
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* {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEj8qFPT65sC& |
* {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEj8qFPT65sC&q=Horace+Gregory| title=The Metamorphoses|author=Ovid | publisher=Signet Classic| year=1958| isbn=978-0-451-52793-6 }} |
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authors=Ovid| publisher=Signet Classic| year=1958| isbn=978-0-451-52793-6 }} |
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*''Love Poems of Ovid'' (1964) |
*''Love Poems of Ovid'' (1964) |
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[[Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers]] |
[[Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 4 December 2023
Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 11, 1982 in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) was a prize-winning American poet, translator of classic poetry, literary critic and college professor. He was awarded the Bollingen Prize in 1965.[1]
Life[edit]
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 1923, he was the author of eight books of poems. He translated poems by the Roman poets Catullus and Ovid, and wrote biographies of Whistler and Amy Lowell.[1] In 1925, he married poet and editor Marya Zaturenska (Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, 1938; 1902–1982).[2] They had two children: Patrick Bolten Gregory and Joanna Elizabeth Zeigler née Gregory.[3]
His collected essays, Spirit of Time and Place, were published in 1973. He wrote book reviews that were published in The New York Times.[4] His work appeared in The New Yorker,[5] Contemporary Poetry,[6] The Wisconsin Literary Magazine,[7] and Poetry Magazine.[8]
Gregory's poetry has been described as "literary" and as "exhibit[ing] an awareness of the lives of working people, sometimes taking the form of the elegiac monologue."[9] Poet Richard Eberhart said: "The ruthlessness of the city used to be his interest; he used to depict realistic characters and situations within it. Now there is the general serenity, poise and lyrical concern with language." He added: "Gregory is lyrical and straight-forward in these poems."[9] Edgar Johnson, biographer of Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott among others, said that "Mr. Gregory is not one of those scholar-critics who write only for other scholar-critics. He is a scholar without pedantry, who concentrates not on exhibitionism but illumination."[10]
Gregory was a professor of English at Sarah Lawrence College for 26 years, from 1934 to 1960, when he became Professor Emeritus.[11] One of his students was future children's poet Myra Cohn Livingston.[12]
He and Marya Zaturenska attended a 1948 reception at the Gotham Book Mart for Edith Sitwell.[13] During the end of his life, Gregory and his wife were residents of Palisades, Rockland County, New York.[citation needed]
His papers are at Syracuse University.[14]
Awards[edit]
- 1942 Russell Loines Memorial Fund Poetry Award[15]
- 1961 Academy of American Poets Fellowship[16]
- 1965 Bollingen Prize[1]
Works[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- Chelsea Rooming House (Covici, Friede; 1930)
- No Retreat (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1933)
- Chorus for Survival (Covici, Friede; 1935)
- Fortune for Mirabel, 1941
- Poems, 1930-1940 (Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 1941)
- The Triumph of Life: Poems of Consolation for the English-Speaking World, 1943
- The Door in the Desert (1951)
- Medusa in Gramercy Park (Macmillan; 1961)
- Collected Poems (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964)
- Another Look (Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1976)
Criticism[edit]
- Pilgrim of the Apocalypse: a critical study of D.H. Lawrence. The Viking Press. 1933.
- The Shield of Achilles: essays on beliefs in poetry. Harcourt, Brace. 1944.
- A History of American Poetry, 1900-1940. Harcourt, Brace and company. 1947.
- Amy Lowell: portrait of the poet in her time. T. Nelson. 1958.
- The World of James McNeill Whistler. Nelson. 1959.
- The Dying Gladiators, and other essays. Grove Press. 1961.
Translations[edit]
- Gaius Valerius Catullus (1931). The poems of Catullus. Covici-Friede.
- Ovid (1958). The Metamorphoses. Signet Classic. ISBN 978-0-451-52793-6.
- Love Poems of Ovid (1964)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Horace Gregory, Poet, Critic, Essayist and Biographer, Dies". The New York Times. March 13, 1982. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- ^ Marya Zaturenska Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Marya Zaturenska, Lyric Poet Received Pulitzer Prize in '38". The New York Times. 1982-01-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ Gregory, Horace. "Search Results". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ Search : The New Yorker
- ^ "Modernist Magazines Project". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
- ^ The Literature Collection: The Wisconsin literary magazine (Volume XXI, Number 1): Contents
- ^ "Poetry magazine: Historical Index". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ a b "Horace Gregory". Poetry Foundation. 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Horace Gregory, Poet, Critic, Essayist and Biographer, Dies". The New York Times. 1982-03-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "HORACE GREGORY, POET, CRITIC, ESSAYIST AND BIOGRAPHER, DIES". The New York Times. March 13, 1982.
- ^ Rochman, Hazel. "Myra Cohn Livingston." American Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors, edited by Glenn E. Estes, Gale, 1987. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 61. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 19 May 2023.
- ^ MICHIKO KAKUTANI (August 29, 1979). "Everybody Wants to Be a Poet; Number Has Doubled". The New York Times.
- ^ Horace Gregory Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
- ^ Henry Seidel Canby (May 10, 1942). "GETS $1,000 POETRY PRIZE; Horace Gregory's Work Lauded". The New York Times.
- ^ "Horace Gregory Gets Poetry Prize". The New York Times. November 16, 1961. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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