Anne Carson
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| Anne Carson | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 21 1950 Image:Flag of Canada.svg Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Debut works | Eros the Bittersweet |
Anne Carson (June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, and translator, as well as a professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan. For many years she lived in Montreal and taught at McGill University. Reticent about her private life, the biography published in current editions of her books reads, simply, "Anne Carson lives in Canada."
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[edit] Life and work
Though distinguished, Carson's academic training did not run a straight path. The fascination with classical literature which dominates her work began to take root in high school. There, a Latin instructor offered to initate her into the world and language of Ancient Greece and tutored the future poet privately [1]. Enrolling at St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto, she left twice--at the end of her first and second years. Carson, disconcerted by curricular constraints (particularly by a required course on Milton), defected to the world of graphic arts for a short time [2]. She did eventually return to the University of Toronto where she completed her B.A. in 1974, her M.A. in 1975 and her Ph.D. in 1981 [3].
A professor of the classics, with background in classical languages, comparative literature, anthropology, history, and commercial art, Carson blends ideas and themes from many fields in her writing. She frequently references, modernizes, and translates Greek mythology. She has published ten books as of 2006, all of which blend the forms of poetry, essay, prose, criticism, translation, dramatic dialogue, fiction, and non-fiction.
Anne Carson is a Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, for Fall 2007.
[edit] Selected works
Odi et Amo Ergo Sum, PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1986.
- Eros the Bittersweet (1986) Princeton University Press
- Glass, Irony, and God (1992) New Directions Publishing Company
- Short Talks (1992) Brick Books
- Plainwater (1995) Knopf
- Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (1998) Knopf
- Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Ceos with Paul Celan (1999) Princeton University Press
- Men in the Off Hours (2001) Knopf
- The Beauty of the Husband (2002) Knopf
- If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (2002) Knopf
- Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (2005) Knopf
- Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides (translation) (2006) New York Review Books Classics
[edit] Selected awards and honors
- Lannan Literary Award (1996)
- Pushcart Prize (1997)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1998)
- MacArthur Fellowship (2000)
- Griffin Poetry Prize (2001) for Men in the Off Hours
- T. S. Eliot Prize (2001) for The Beauty of the Husband
[edit] External links
- Poems by Anne Carson at PoetryFoundation.org
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography
- Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including audio clip
- Hermetic Hotties/What is Anne Carson doing on The L Word? by Meghan O'Rourke, Slate
- Criticism of Carson's poetry in "Subduing the reader" by Laurie Smith in Magma, No. 23, Summer 2002
- Anne Carson Biography by Ian Rae.
- Classic Carson by Val Ross in U of T Magazine, Spring 2001.
- Anne Carson interview on KCRW's "Bookworm," August 7, 1997, discussing the roots of her writing, particularly in "Plainwater" and "Glass, Irony and God"
[edit] References
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Carson, Anne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Canadian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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