Awards & Winners

May Swenson

Date of Birth 28-May-1913
Place of Birth Logan
(Cache County, Utah, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Swenson, May, Anna Thilda May Swenson
Profession Writer, Poet, Playwright, Author
Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson was an American poet and playwright. She is considered one of the most important and original poets of the 20th century, as often hailed by the noted critic Harold Bloom. The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson, she grew up as the eldest of 10 children in a Mormon household where Swedish was spoken regularly and English was a second language. Much of her later poetry works were devoted to children. She also translated the work of contemporary Swedish poets, including the selected poems of Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer.

Awards by May Swenson

Check all the awards nominated and won by May Swenson.

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry New & selected things taking place

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Translation Windows & stones

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry Iconographs; poems

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems

1959


Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry A cage of spines

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry Another Animal