Frost Medal

Description

Origem e Propósito

A Frost Medal é um dos prémios mais prestigiados da poesia americana, concedido anualmente pela Poetry Society of America (PSA). Fundada em 1910, a PSA tem como missão promover a poesia e apoiar os poetas nos Estados Unidos.

A Frost Medal, em particular, é atribuída para honrar um poeta americano pelo conjunto da sua obra ou por uma obra específica que tenha tido um impacto significativo no panorama poético. O prémio não se limita a um género específico de poesia, podendo abranger poesia lírica, narrativa, experimental, entre outras formas.

Homenagem a Robert Frost

O nome do prémio é uma homenagem a Robert Frost, um dos poetas americanos mais celebrados do século XX, conhecido pela sua representação da vida rural da Nova Inglaterra e pelo uso de linguagem coloquial.

Processo de Seleção e Cerimónia

A seleção dos laureados é feita por um comité de jurados composto por poetas, críticos e académicos de renome. A cerimónia de entrega do prémio, geralmente realizada em Nova Iorque, é um evento importante no calendário literário americano, atraindo poetas, editores, académicos e amantes da poesia.

A medalha em si, frequentemente feita de bronze ou outro metal precioso, é um símbolo tangível do reconhecimento e do prestígio associados a este galardão.

Laureados Ilustres

Ao longo dos anos, a Frost Medal foi concedida a alguns dos nomes mais influentes da poesia americana, incluindo:

  • T.S. Eliot
  • Ezra Pound
  • Marianne Moore
  • Elizabeth Bishop
  • John Ashbery
  • Adrienne Rich
  • W.S. Merwin

Impacto e Relevância Cultural

A atribuição do prémio a estes poetas sublinha o seu papel fundamental na definição e evolução da poesia americana moderna e contemporânea. A relevância da Frost Medal reside não só no reconhecimento individual dos poetas, mas também na sua capacidade de destacar tendências e movimentos dentro da poesia americana. Ao honrar diferentes estilos e vozes ao longo das décadas, o prémio reflete a diversidade e a vitalidade da produção poética nos Estados Unidos.

Legado e Continuidade

A Poetry Society of America, através da Frost Medal, continua a desempenhar um papel crucial na promoção e valorização da poesia como forma de arte essencial, incentivando novas gerações de poetas e garantindo que a obra dos grandes mestres seja celebrada e perpetuada.

A história da Frost Medal está intrinsecamente ligada à história da Poetry Society of America, refletindo as mudanças e os desenvolvimentos na paisagem literária americana desde o início do século XX. A sua longevidade e a qualidade dos seus laureados solidificam a sua posição como um dos prémios literários mais importantes e respeitados nos Estados Unidos, com um impacto duradouro na literatura e na cultura.

Winners

2026
Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi --

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2025
Robert Hall

Robert Hall --

2024
Robert G. Ingersoll

Robert G. Ingersoll --

Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism

2023
Robert Half

Robert Half --

2022
Price Cobb

Price Cobb --

Price Cobb is an American racecar driver.

2021
Vilhjlmur Stefnsson

Vilhjlmur Stefnsson --

2020
san

san --

A fine artist driven by passion but achieving through dedication.

2019
Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson --

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Icelandic: Vilhjelmur Stefensson) (November 3, 1879 - August 26, 1962) was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, of Icelandic descent. He was educated in the universities of North Dakota and of Iowa (A.B., 1903), US. He studied anthropology at the graduate school of Harvard University, and for two years was an instructor there

2018
Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai --

Vikrant belongs to Khargone City (M.P). He is an English teacher as well as an author and has written many books on English Grammar.

2017
Peter Kunkel

Peter Kunkel --

2016
Vikram Mahant

Vikram Mahant --

Recruiter

2015
Peter F. Drucker

Peter F. Drucker --

2014
Raymond Hull

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

2013
Ray Simard

Ray Simard --

2012
Robert Graves

Robert Graves GB

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

2011
Peter Drucker

Peter Drucker --

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 - November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described "social ecologist"

2010
Raymond Lindquist

Raymond Lindquist --

2009
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit --

2008
Vijay Samuel Benjamin

Vijay Samuel Benjamin --

Corporate & Leadership Development Trainer, Radical Thinker & Life-skill Coach.

2007
Vijay Krishna

Vijay Krishna --

2006
Plutarch

Plutarch --

Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)

2005
Robert Fulghum

Robert Fulghum --

Robert Fulghum (born June 4, 1937) is an American author, primarily of short essays

2004
Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger --

Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)

2003
VII Putnam

VII Putnam --

2002
Pooja

Pooja --

Pooja is the daughter of Raveena Tandon.

2001
Robert Henri

Robert Henri --

2000
Pliny

Pliny --

Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)

1999
Josh Billings

Josh Billings US

United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

1998
Pioneer Motto

Pioneer Motto --

1997
Sally Forth

Sally Forth --

1996
Pindar

Pindar --

Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)

1995
Anna Jameson

Anna Jameson --

1994
Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler --

United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

1993
Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc --

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman of Czech origin.

1992
Denis Johnston

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

1992
Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon --

Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928) is a British hairdresser and businessman

1991
Robert Francis Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy --

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925-June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was an American statesman. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was one of the younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and also one of his most trusted advisers, working closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement

1990
Samuel Cunningham

Samuel Cunningham --

Samuel Cunningham PC (Ire) (14 October 1862-23 August 1946) was a Northern Irish businessman, stockbroker and politician

1990
Vida D. Scudder

Vida D. Scudder --

1989
Pilpay

Pilpay --

1988
Pope John Paul I

Pope John Paul I --

Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, was the head of the Catholic Church from his election to the papacy on 26 August to his sudden death 33 days later on 28 September 1978.

1987
Victoria Holt

Victoria Holt --

1987
Victoria Lincoln

Victoria Lincoln --

1986
Plautus

Plautus --

comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC) a genus of Alcidae

1985
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd --

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1984
Victoria Damon

Victoria Damon --

1976
Victoria Billings

Victoria Billings --

1974
Victor Salerno

Victor Salerno --

CEO

1971
Victor Lownes

Victor Lownes --

1967
Pinarius

Pinarius --

1955
Pierre Abelard

Pierre Abelard --

Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician.

1952
Amy Grant

Amy Grant --

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian music and pop music, and a New York Times Bestselling author, TV personality, and occasional actress

1951
Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen --

Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is a liberal American author, journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter with The New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times

1947
Victor Kugler

Victor Kugler --

Victor Kugler was one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family and friends during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In Anne Frank's posthumously published diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, he was referred to under the name Mr. Kraler.

1943
Piero Ferrucci

Piero Ferrucci --

Piero Ferrucci is a psychotherapist and a philosopher.

1942
Dr. Joyce Brothers

Dr. Joyce Brothers --

US psychologist & television personality (1928 - )

1941
F. E. Smedley

F. E. Smedley --

1930
Victor Frankl

Victor Frankl --

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1930
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo FR

French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)

1930
Victor Kiam

Victor Kiam --

Victor K. Kiam (07 December 1926 - 27 May 2001) was an American entrepreneur and the owner of the New England Patriots from 1988-1991