BOLLINGEN PRIZE FOR POETRY BY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN 1949-2003     ADRIENNE RICH

The Bollingen Prize, awarded for distinguished achievement in American poetry, was originally conferred by the Library of Congress with funds established in 1948 by the philanthropist Paul Mellon. An admirer of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung, Mellon named the prize after the Swiss town where Jung spent his summers. The award was first made annually and then changed to a biennial award in 1965. The award is currently made under the auspices of Yale University to an American citizen for a distinguished book of poetry, or in recognition of a poet's entire achievement.

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