Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
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Edition 4 (1962) Winner
Albert Joseph Guerard
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Albert Joseph Guerard
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-01-01 （Houston, Texas, United States）
- Died
- 2000-11-15 （Stanford, California, United States） age 86
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Houston, Texas (birth) → Cambridge, Massachusetts (Harvard, faculty) → Stanford, California (Stanford, faculty)
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, novelist, professor, short story writer
- Active Years
- 1934-1999
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (faculty), Stanford University (faculty), Amherst College (brief teaching)
- Influenced By
- Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, André Gide
- Influenced
- Alice Adams, John Hawkes, Alison Lurie, Robert Crichton, Frank O'Hara, Harriet Doerr
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | — | B.A. | 1930–1934 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | M.A. | 1934–1936 | United States |
| Stanford University | — | — | Ph.D. | 1936–1938 | United States |
Stanford University
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1930–1934
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
United States
Harvard University
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1934–1936
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
United States
Stanford University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1936–1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
United States
Doctorate (Ph.D.)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Academy Award in Literature (American Academy of Arts and Letters) | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award | — | 教育 | Stanford University | 受賞（1977-78） |
| 1983 | Walter J. Gores Award | — | 教育 | Stanford University | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
1956
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Academy Award in Literature (American Academy of Arts and Letters)
1964
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award
1977
Category:
教育
Organization:
Stanford University
Result:
受賞（1977-78）
Walter J. Gores Award
1983
Category:
教育
Organization:
Stanford University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Night Journey
1950 Novel (war/psychological)A novel drawing on his World War II psychological warfare experience, exploring propaganda, intelligence and individual psychology during war.
warpsychologymemory
The Triumph of the Novel: Dickens, Dostoevsky and Faulkner
1976 Literary criticismA critical study examining how Dickens, Dostoevsky and Faulkner broke away from realism and transformed the novel form.
modernismnarrative formbeyond realism
The Touch of Time: Myth, Memory, and the Self
1980 Memoir / EssaysA memoir and collection of essays interweaving personal recollection and critical reflection on memory, selfhood, myth and literature.
memoryselfmyth
Bibliography
- The Past Must Alter (1937)
- The Hunted (1944)
- Maquisard: A Christmas Tale (1945)
- Night Journey (1950)
- The Bystander (1958)
- The Exiles (1962)
- Christine/Annette (1985)
- Gabrielle: An Entertainment (1992)
- The Hotel in the Jungle (1995)
- Maquisard: A Christmas Tale (1995 reissue)
- Suspended Sentences (short stories, 1999)
- Robert Bridges: A Study of Traditionalism in Poetry (1942)
- Joseph Conrad (1947)
- Thomas Hardy: The Novels and Stories (1949)
- André Gide (1951)
- Conrad the Novelist (1958)
- The Triumph of the Novel (1976)
- The Touch of Time (1980)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- clear, analytical proseinterdisciplinary approach to modernism and postmodernismbridging traditional texts and contemporary interpretation
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the selfmyth and narrativewar and psychologythe relation between writers and tradition
Health
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emphysema晩年（長年）Suffered from emphysema for many years; respiratory illness contributed to his death.
Legacy
Left a substantial body of novels and critical works; noted for educational innovation at Stanford (freshman seminar program) and for establishing an interdisciplinary doctoral program in Modern Thought and Literature. Also recognized as an influential teacher of many writers.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (associated)
Archives
- Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections (papers and correspondence)
Trivia
- His father, Albert Léon Guérard, was also a professor at Stanford.
- Served in psychological warfare during World War II; this experience informed some of his fiction.
- Named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1956.
- Received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1964.