Frost Medal
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The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement.
The medal was first awarded in 1930, to three individuals
- In Memory of Bliss Carmen (Canadian)
- In memory of George Edward Woodberry
- and to Jessie Rittenhouse.
For the next 53 years the Frost Medal was awarded only eleven times, to poets at the end of their carrers. In 1984 it became an annual award to a living poet. Since 1995, the recipient of the Frost Medal has delivered the Frost Medal Lecture, a retrospective reading and talk that is the highlight of the Annual Awards Ceremony.
Robert Frost was the fourth recipient of the Frost Medal, in 1941, after he had retired from Amherst College.
[edit] Awardees
The Frost Medal winners (each year is a link to Wikipedia article for that year in literature):
- 2005 — Marie Ponsot
- 1984/1985 — Robert Penn Warren (75th Birthday Celebration)
- 1971 — Melville Cane
- 1955 — Leona Speyer
- 1930 — In Memory of Bliss Carmen
- 1930 — In memory of George Edward Woodberry
- 1930 — Jessie Rittenhouse
[edit] See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of American literary awards
- List of literary awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
