Each
year the Department presents a number of special prizes. Although
most are awarded for written work done during the year, students may
not always apply for these awards directly. In some cases a faculty
member must nominate the student or the student's work for the award.
- Miron Cristo-Loveanu Prize. In memory of Miron
Cristo-Loveanu (graduate student in English, 1941-42), the faculty
awards a prize for the best Master's Essay in the Department.
Nomination Required.
- Robert John Bennett Memorial Award. In memory of
Robert John Bennett (M.A. English, 1968), an award given for the best
paper expressing original thought either in the field of comparative
literature or between literature and such fields as science, music, and
art. All GSAS departments may participate, but each ordinarily makes
only one nomination. The submission need not have been written to
fulfill an academic requirement.
- Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize. The Department offers a
prize to any degree candidate who writes the best unpublished example
of English lyric verse.
- The Bunner Award. In memory of Henry Cuyler Bunner,
this award honors the candidate for a Columbia degree who presents the
best essay on any topic dealing with American literature.
- The Marietta C. Pino Book Award. Given by Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Pino, in memory of their daughter who was a student in
the Department, this award is intended to help promising graduate
students purchase course-related books. Financial need is the most
important criterion.
- M. C. Cohen Dissertation Prize. Awarded biannually. A
gift of Dr. Cohen, who received his Ph.D. from the Department.
- The Rachel Wetzsteon Prize has been established in
loving memory of Rachel Wetzsteon, an esteemed poet, editor, and member
of the Columbia University Ph.D. class of 1999. It shall be awarded
annually to that candidate for the Master of Arts degree in the
Columbia University Department of English and Comparative Literature
who, in the judgment of the department's Prize Committee, has written
the best master's thesis on either twentieth- or twenty-first century
poetry. The prize shall be in the amount of two hundred twenty-five
dollars ($225). Both continuing and terminal masters students shall be
eligible for the prize, with preference being given to neither class of
student. If the Prize Committee determines that no essay in a given
year merits the awarding of the prize, the prize monies for that year
shall be added to the prize amount for the following year.
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