When Yale awarded the annual Bollingen Prize* in poetry (and $1,000) to John Crowe Ransom, no one was more surprised than John Crowe Ransom. Said that self-effacing poet, teacher and critic ...
The Bollingen Prize, established by Financier Paul Mellon in 1945, at that time was administered by the Library of Congress, was shortly moved to the Yale Library. Contact us at letters@time.com ...
This was MacLeish's second major award in three weeks. On January 9 he received the 1952 Bollingen Prize in Poetry, sponsored by the Yale University Library. Want to keep up with breaking news?