Academy of American Poets Fellowship
Description
O Apoio Essencial à Poesia Americana de Excelência
A Academy of American Poets Fellowship é um dos prémios mais prestigiados e cobiçados na área da poesia nos Estados Unidos. Instituída em 1946, a bolsa é concedida anualmente a um poeta americano que demonstrou um historial de publicação excecional e um impacto significativo na paisagem literária do país. O objetivo principal da bolsa é apoiar poetas em fases avançadas das suas carreiras, permitindo-lhes continuar o seu trabalho criativo sem as pressões financeiras habituais.
Valor e Propósito da Bolsa
O valor da bolsa é substancial, atualmente fixado em $100,000, o que a torna uma das bolsas de maior valor financeiro para um poeta nos Estados Unidos. Este montante generoso visa proporcionar segurança financeira e liberdade criativa, permitindo ao poeta dedicar-se inteiramente à sua arte. A bolsa não é atribuída a um livro específico, mas sim ao corpo de trabalho de um poeta e ao seu potencial futuro.
Critérios e Processo de Seleção
Os critérios para a atribuição da Academy of American Poets Fellowship são rigorosos. Os candidatos não se inscrevem diretamente; são nomeados por um painel de poetas, críticos e académicos de renome. Este processo de nomeação garante que apenas poetas cujas contribuições são amplamente reconhecidas e respeitadas pela comunidade literária sejam considerados. O painel de jurados, que muda anualmente, avalia a obra publicada do poeta, a sua influência na poesia contemporânea, a originalidade da sua voz e a profundidade do seu impacto.
Relevância e Impacto
A relevância da bolsa reside na sua capacidade de honrar e sustentar a carreira de poetas estabelecidos, cujas vozes podem não receber a atenção comercial que merecem. Ao fazê-lo, a Academy of American Poets Fellowship contribui para a preservação e promoção da poesia americana, garantindo que estes artistas possam continuar a enriquecer a cultura com as suas perspetivas únicas. A bolsa também serve como um selo de aprovação, elevando o perfil do poeta e abrindo novas oportunidades para a publicação e divulgação do seu trabalho.
Laureados Notáveis
Ao longo dos anos, a bolsa foi concedida a alguns dos nomes mais importantes da poesia americana, incluindo Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Ashbery, Adrienne Rich, Louise Glück (que mais tarde ganharia o Prémio Nobel da Literatura), e Natasha Trethewey, entre muitos outros. A lista de laureados reflete a diversidade e a riqueza da poesia americana, abrangendo diferentes estilos, temas e origens.
A Academy of American Poets
A Academy of American Poets, a organização que concede a Fellowship, foi fundada em 1934 com o objetivo de apoiar e promover a poesia em todas as suas formas e de torná-la mais acessível ao público.
A bolsa é uma das suas iniciativas mais importantes e de maior impacto. A organização também administra outros prémios e programas, mas a Fellowship destaca-se pelo seu prestígio e pelo valor financeiro significativo que oferece.
Winners
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English romantic poet (1772-1834)
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
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Samuel Smiles
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Prince Phillip
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Samuel S. Janus
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Paterson
Reed Markham
Robert G. Allen
Praveen Vertex
An Ordinary Human Being
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
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Samuel Palmer
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Peter Borden
Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel McChord Crothers
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Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
Samuel Hoffenstein
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Samuel Hazo
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Princess Anne
Richard Harris
Richard St. John Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002) was a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot (1967), as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) and for his portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), his last film. He also played a British aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse (1970), and a gunfighter in the Clint Eastwood directed western Unforgiven (1992)
Samuel Grafton
Robert Hewison
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Price Cobb
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Samuel Gompers
Samuel Goldwyn
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Peter Drucker
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Samuel Foote
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Samuel Cunningham
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Raymond Hull
Raymond Hull (1919-1985) was a Canadian playwright, television screenwriter, and lecturer. He also wrote many non-fiction books, numerous magazine articles, short stories, and poetry. He is best known as the co-author of the book The Peter Principle with Laurence J. Peter
Denis Johnston
(William) Denis Johnston (June 18, 1901 - August 8, 1984) was an Irish writer. He wrote mostly plays, but also works of literary criticism, a book-length biographical essay of Jonathan Swift, a memoir and an eccentric work of philosophy. He also worked as a war correspondent, and as both a radio and TV producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. His first play, The Old Lady Says No!, helped establish the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre; his second, The Moon in the Yellow River, has been performed around the globe in numerous productions featuring such actors as Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains and Errol Flynn, although not all in the same production
Samuel C. Florman
Pope John XXIII
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Pliny the Younger
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Polo Hofer
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Samuel Adams
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Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Butler
English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902) English poet (1612-1680)
Plutarch
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Samuel A. Lucero
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Samual Rutherford
Polybius
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Anna Jameson
Sam Walton
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Sam Walter Foss
Pope Julius III
Italian pope 1550-1555 (1487 - 1555)
Porterfield
Sam Snead
United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
Sam Rayburn
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Sam Peckinpah
Sam Malone
Sally Koch
Saleh Aburuman
Graduate of Harvard Medical School, Outstanding Neurologist, And a graduate for Social Dynamics in MIT
Plontius
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
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Plotinus
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Polly Whitney
Plautus
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Pliny
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Barbara Adams
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Joseph Fischer
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Pinarius
Claude Monet
Sam Levenson
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Ray Kurzweil
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Sam Keen
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Sakshi Tanwar
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F. Phelps
Pierre Bayle
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Anne Brown
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Sam James Ervin Jr.
Sam Ewig
Sam Houston
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F. E. Smedley
Sam Ervin
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Ann Landers
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Sam Donaldson
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Sam Brown
Dr. Joyce Brothers
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Salvador De Madriaga
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Salvador Dalí
surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)