Bollingen Foundation

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The Bollingen Foundation was a mid-20th-century American philanthropic organization best known for its influential support of the arts, humanities, and scholarly publishing, including major works in psychology, literature, and cultural studies.

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instanceOf philanthropic foundation
BollingenPrizeAdministeredBy Library of Congress NERFINISHED
BollingenPrizeFirstAwarded 1949
collaboratedWith Pantheon Books NERFINISHED
Princeton University Press NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1968
endowed Bollingen Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork arts
cultural studies
humanities
literary studies
psychology
scholarly publishing
foundedBy Mary Conover Mellon NERFINISHED
Paul Mellon NERFINISHED
inception 1945
knownFor advancing interdisciplinary humanities research
supporting modernist literature
supporting publication of Jung’s collected works in English
laterBollingenPrizeAdministeredBy Yale University Library NERFINISHED
legalForm private foundation
locatedIn New York City
mission to foster scholarship and creative work in the arts and humanities
namedAfter Bollingen, Switzerland NERFINISHED
Carl Jung’s retreat at Bollingen NERFINISHED
notableWork Bollingen Series NERFINISHED
Bollingen Series XLVI: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung NERFINISHED
primaryActivity grant-making
publishing support
sponsored Bollingen Series of books NERFINISHED
translations of major works in cultural history
translations of major works in literature
translations of major works in philosophy
translations of major works in psychology
successor Andrew W. Mellon Foundation NERFINISHED
supportedAuthor Carl Gustav Jung NERFINISHED
Erich Neumann NERFINISHED
T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED
W. H. Auden NERFINISHED
supportedField analytical psychology
art history
classical studies
comparative religion
literary criticism
mythology
supportedInstitution Princeton University Press NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Bollingen Prize for Poetry namedAfter Bollingen Foundation
Bollingen Prize for Poetry sponsor Bollingen Foundation