BSFA Award
1回登壇
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第55回（2023年） Winner
Alaya Dawn Johnson
アラヤ・ドーン・ジョンソン
Araya Dōn Jonson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1982 （Washington, D.C.）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Washington, D.C. → New York City → Mexico City
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Novelist
- 活動期間
- 2007年〜2024年
- ノミネート
- Nebula Award nominee, Best Novelette (2013, They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass), Andre Norton Award nominee (2013, The Summer Prince), National Book Award Longlist, Young People's Literature (2013, The Summer Prince)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | East Asian Languages and Cultures | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico | — | Mesoamerican studies | Master's degree | — | Mexico |
Columbia University
East Asian Languages and Cultures
学位:
Bachelor of Arts
卒業年:
2004
国:
United States
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mesoamerican studies
学位:
Master's degree
国:
Mexico
Thesis on fermented food and its ritual symbolism in pre-Columbian Mexico
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | World Fantasy Award | Trouble the Saints | Best Novel | World Fantasy Convention | Winner |
| 2015 | Andre Norton Award | Love Is the Drug | Young Adult Novel | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Winner |
| 2015 | Nebula Award | A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i | Best Novelette | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Winner |
World Fantasy Award
2021
対象作品:
Trouble the Saints
部門:
Best Novel
主催:
World Fantasy Convention
結果:
Winner
Andre Norton Award
2015
対象作品:
Love Is the Drug
部門:
Young Adult Novel
主催:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
結果:
Winner
Nebula Award
2015
対象作品:
A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i
部門:
Best Novelette
主催:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Summer Prince
2013年 Science fiction 289ページYoung adult novel set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk Brazilian arcology ruled by a nanotech-empowered matriarchy.
matriarchycyberpunkqueer identity
Trouble the Saints
2020年 Fantasy 352ページSpeculative novel set in an alternate 1940s New York.
racemagichistorical fiction
The Library of Broken Worlds
2023年 Young adult fantasy 448ページAdventure revolving around a library of broken worlds.
knowledgedestructionregeneration
Racing the Dark
2007年 Fantasy 368ページFantasy set on islands resembling pre-modern Polynesia where people bind elemental powers.
natureelemental bindingculture
Love Is the Drug
2014年 Young adult science fiction 344ページPrep-school student in Washington, D.C. whose memory loss connects to a global influenza pandemic.
pandemicmemory lossromance
全著作
- The Summer Prince
- Love Is the Drug
- Trouble the Saints
- The Library of Broken Worlds
- Racing the Dark
- The Burning City
- Moonshine
- Wicked City
- The Inconstant Moon
- Reconstruction
作風・主題
- 文体
- speculative fictionurban fantasysolarpunk
- 頻出モチーフ
- cultural intersectionspower and controlalternate histories
評価・遺産
Prominent African-American speculative fiction writer, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner, spanning YA to adult fiction.
豆知識
- Literary guest of honor and keynote speaker at the 39th Life, the Universe, & Everything (LTUE).
- Earned a master's in Mesoamerican studies from UNAM in Mexico City after moving there.