Hyam Plutzik

Hyam Plutzik

Hyam Plutzik (July 13, 1911- January 8, 1962), a Pulitzer prize finalist, was a poet and Professor of English at the University of Rochester.

Books

*The Three (Yale University Prize Poem, 1933). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1933. (Pamphlet)
*Death at the Purple Rim (Yale University Prize Poem, 1941). Brooklyn: The Artisan Press, 1941. 37pp
*Aspects of Proteus, a book of poems. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 94pp.
*Apples from Shinar: a book of poems. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1959. 59pp.
*Horatio. New York: Atheneum, 1961. 89pp.
*Hyam Plutzik: The Collected Poems, with a foreword by Anthony Hecht. St. Paul, Minn.: BOA Editions, 1987. 313pp.

Poems In Periodicals

Pluzak also published poems in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, Sewanee Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poetry-New York, Hopkins Review, Epoch, Furioso, Prairie Schooner, Yale Review, American Scholar, Antioch Review, New World Writing, The Nation ”, Saturday Review, Voices, Transatlantic Review, the Christian Science Monitor, and Kenyon Review.

Awards

*Yale University: Prize Poem (J.S. Cook Award for “The Three”), 1933
*Yale University: Prize Poem (J.S. Cook Award for “The Purple Rim”), 1941
*National Institute of Arts and Letters: Award for accomplishment in lyric and narrative poetry. 1950
*Poetry Awards Prize: for a Book of Verse (now known as Borestone Award). Shared award with Rolfe Humphries. 1951
*University of Rochester Summer Faculty Fellowship for Creative Writing. 1954
*Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship for study of science as background to modern poetry 1954-1955.
*University of Rochester Summer Faculty Fellowship for Creative Writing. 1954
*University of Rochester Summer Faculty Fellowship for Creative Writing. 1958
*Lillian Fairchild Award (Rochester) for Best Work of Imagination. 1959
*“Horatio” selected as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 1961
*The City of Rochester declares May 11, 2002, Hyam Plutzik Day in recognition of his contributions to the community. “Sprig of Lilac” is noted as the official poem of the Lilac Festival.

References

External links

* http://www.hyamplutzikpoetry.com


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