Anne Carson ( born Anne Carson , born June 21, 1950 , Toronto ) - Canadian Hellenist, writer and poetess, essayist, translator. Writes in English.
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| Occupation | poet , translator , essayist |
| Language of Works | English |
| Awards | Pushkart Prize (1997), Griffin Prize (2001), Eliot Prize (2001) |
| Awards |  MacArthur Scholarship (2000) |
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Biography and Creativity
She grew up in small towns in Canada, where her father served in banks. She studied at the University of Toronto , where she received bachelor's and master's degrees in classics, defended her thesis on the work of Sappho . She also attended St. Andrews University with C. Dover . Carson is a teacher of classical languages and literature at universities in Canada and the United States, translator Simonida , Sappho, Aeschylus , Sophocles , Euripides , Catullus . She introduces classical mythology in her poems, connecting Simonides with Celan , Sappho with Gertrude Stein , and Plato with Keats .
Recognition
Creativity Carson praised Harold Bloom and Susan Sontag . She is the winner of the Pushkart Prize ( 1997 ), the Griffin and Eliot Prizes (both 2001 ), the Pen Club Prize for Poetic Translation ( 2010 ), was awarded the Order of Canada ( 2005 ), as well as many other literary awards and distinctions. The poems and essays by Carson are translated into French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Polish, Russian.
Based on the book "Creation" ( eng. Decreation ) about the medieval nun- runner Margarita Poretanskaya and Simone Weyl staged William Forsythe ballet of the same name (2007). Verses Carson from the book Men in the Off Hours created a multimedia performance by Canadian composer Linda Bouchard Killer Little World (2009). Lyrics Carson also put on music by Michelle van der Aa .
Honorary Doctor of Literature at the University of St. Andrews (2014) [3] .
Works
Author of more than 18 books.
- Short Talks ( 1986 )
- Eros the Bittersweet ( 1986 , essay)
- Goddesses And Wise Women ( 1992 )
- Glass, Irony and God ( 1995 )
- Plainwater: Essays and Poetry ( 1996 )
- Autobiography of Red ( 1998 , novel in verse)
- The Mirror of Simple Souls ( 1999 )
- Economy of the Unlost ( 1999 , essay)
- Men in the Off Hours ( 2000 )
- The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos ( 2001 )
- If not winter ( 2002 , translations from Sappho)
- Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera ( 2005 )
- Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides ( 2006 )
- Antigonick ( 2012 )
- Red Doc ( 2013 , the continuation of the novel in verse Autobiography of Red )
Literature
- Harold Bloom. American and Canadian women poets, 1930-present. - Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. - Vol. Viii. - 223 p. - (Modern Critical Views). - ISBN 978-0791063316 .
- Upton L. Defensive measures: poetry of the Niedecker, Bishop, Glück, and Carson. Lewisburg: Bucknell UP, 2005
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Babelio
- ↑ 2014 | Laureation address: Anne Carson | University of St Andrews Archival copy of April 8, 2016 on Wayback Machine (eng.)
Links
- Anne Carson The Literary Encyclopedia (English)
- Anne Carson Griffin Poetry Prize (English)
- Carson, Anne L'Encyclopédie canadienne (Fr.)
- Anne Carson Les éditions José Corti (Fr.)
- Anne Carson - Geffen Playhouse YouTube.com
- Mikhail Yampolsky about the book Ann Carson Decreation
- Ann Carson. Isaiah Book / Trans. from English Gali-Dana Singer
- Ann Carson. Essay about what I think the most / Per. from English Gali-Dana Singer