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James Emanuel (born June 15, 1921〔 – September 28, 2013) was a poet and scholar from Alliance, Nebraska. Emanuel, who is ranked by some critics as one of the best〔(Nebraska-Born Poet Finds Fame Overseas ) by Avishay Artsy, Nebraska Public Radio interview with Emanuel, accessed May 6, 2006.〕〔Interview with James Emanuel by Dan Schneider, Cosmoetica, reference to wording of Dean's Award for Distinguished Achievement received by James Emanuel in 2007 from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.〕 and most neglected poets of the 20th century,〔(James Emanuel, a neglected poet from AFAR ), African American Registry, accessed Nov. 29, 2007. This citation states, "In the annals of American poetry it is hard to picture a more neglected poet than James A. Emanuel."〕 published more than 300 poems, 13 individual books, an influential anthology of African American literature, an autobiography, and more. He is also credited with creating a new literary genre, jazz-and-blues haiku, often read with musical accompaniment.〔 ==Life== Born in Nebraska in 1921, Emanuel was raised in the state. He spent his early years in the western United States where he worked at a variety of jobs. At age twenty he joined the United States Army and served as confidential secretary to the Assistant Inspector General of the U.S. Army Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.〔 After his discharge, he did his undergraduate work at Howard University and obtained graduate degrees from Northwestern University (M.A.) and Columbia University (Ph.D.). He then moved to New York city where he taught at the City College of New York (CUNY), where in the 1960s he taught the college's first class on African-American poetry and mentored future scholars such as Addison Gayle Jr.〔"(James A. Emanuel, Poet Who Wrote of Racism, Dies at 92 )" by William Yardley, The New York Times, Oct. 11, 2013.〕 Emanuel also worked as editor, with his first editorial project being the publication of a collection of poetry by Langston Hughes, whom Emanuel considered his mentor.〔(James A. Emanuel: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress ), prepared by T. Michael Womack, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000. Accessed May 6, 2006.〕 As the years passed Emanuel became frustrated with the state of racism in America. When he was offered teaching positions at universities in Europe in the late 1960s, he moved overseas. When his only child, James A. Emanuel, Jr., committed suicide in Los Angeles two decades later after being beaten by, in Emanuel's words "three cowardly cops," he vowed never to return to the United States.〔 Emanuel eventually taught at the University of Toulouse (as a Fulbright scholar in 1968–1969), at the University of Grenoble, and at the University of Warsaw. He lived in Paris, France at the time of his death.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/books/james-a-emanuel-poet-who-wrote-of-racism-dies-at-92.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Emanuel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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