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John Frederick Nims

Born: 11/20/1913   Muskegon
Died: 01/19/1999
Parents: Frank McReynolds Nims, Anne Nims
Children: deceased: John, George; Frank, Sarah Hoyt, Emily Anne
Address(es):
Last known address:
Chicago , IL

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The complete poems of Michelangelo
- translated by John Frederick Nims. 		Poetry Adult Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press 1998
The Six-Cornered Snowflake and other poems Poetry Adult New York, N.Y. : New Directions 1990
Zany in denim Poetry Adult Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press 1990
A Local Habitation; Essays on Poetry Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1985
Image of Selected Poems Selected Poems Poetry Adult Chicago : University of Chicago Press 1982
The Kiss: A Jambalaya Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1982
Western Mind; an introduction to poetry Non Fiction Adult New York, Random House 1974
Sappho to Valéry: poems in translation Non Fiction , Poetry Adult New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press 1971
Of Flesh and Bone Poetry Adult New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers University Press 1967
Knowledge of the Evening; poems, 1950-1960 Poetry Adult New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press 1960
The Poems of St. John of the Cross. Original Spanish texts and new English versions Non Fiction , Poetry Adult New York, Grove Press 1959
A Fountain in Kentucky, and other poems Poetry Adult New York, Sloane 1950
The Iron Pastoral Poetry Adult New York, William Sloane Associates 1947
Other works:
- Contributor to anthologies, magazines

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern Poetry, 1991 1991
Guggenheim fellow, 1986-1987. 1986 -1987
Distinguished Fellowship, Academy of American Poets, 1982. 1982
Creative Arts Citation, Brandeis University, 1974. 1974
Award for Creative Writing, American Adademy of Arts and Letters, 1968. 1968
National Foundation Arts and Humanities Grantee, 1967-1968. 1967 -1968
Smith Mundt Grantee, 1958, 1959. 1958 -1959
Fulbright Grantee, 1952, 1953. 1952 -1953
Levinson Prize, 1944. 1944
Guarantors Prize, 1943. 1943
Harriet Monroe Memorial Award, 1942. 1942

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd ed. 1993

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Chicago Chicago , IL 1945
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Notre Dame Notre Dame , IN 1939
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) University of Notre Dame Notre Dame , IN 1937

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Editorial adviser Princeton University Press Princeton 1975 -1982
Editor Ovid's Metamorphoses 1965
faculty University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago , IL 1965 -1985
faculty
- 1964, 1968-1969, summer 1974 		Harvard University Cambridge 1964 -1969
faculty University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign , IL 1961 -1965
faculty University of Madrid Madrid, Spain 1958 -1960
University of Florence Florence, Italy 1953 -1954
Faculty Bocconi University Milan, Italy 1952 -1953
Member of editorial board Poetry Magazine 1945 -1948
Faculty University of Toronto Toronto 1945 -1946
Faculty
- not '45-46, and 52-54 		University of Notre Dame Notre Dame , IN 1939 -1958

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