American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第23回（2002年） Winner
Alexander Kuo
アレクサンダー・クオ
Alexander Kuo
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1939-01-19 （Boston, Massachusetts, USA）
- 死没
- 2025-06-11 86歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Boston (birth) → Chongqing (childhood) → Shanghai (childhood) → Hong Kong (raised) → United States (education & career)
経歴
- 職業
- teacher, poet, fiction writer, essayist
- 活動期間
- 1960年〜2012年
- 所属
- Washington State University (Professor), Peking University (visiting), Jilin University (visiting), Beijing Forestry University (visiting), Hong Kong Baptist University (visiting)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Donald Justice, Philip Roth
- 影響を与えた人物
- Sherman Alexie (mentee)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox College | — | English / English Literature | B.A. | 1957-1961 | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writer's Workshop) | — | Creative Writing (Iowa Writer's Workshop) | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Knox College
English / English Literature
学位:
B.A.
期間:
1957-1961
卒業年:
1961
国:
United States
Studied with Sam Moon and Gogisgi
University of Iowa (Iowa Writer's Workshop)
Creative Writing (Iowa Writer's Workshop)
学位:
M.F.A.
国:
United States
Studied with Donald Justice and Philip Roth
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | American Book Award | Lipstick and Other Stories | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts (grant) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成（複数回） |
| 1991 | Fulbright Scholar | — | — | Fulbright Program | 受与 / 任命 |
| 2003 | Rockefeller Foundation grant (Bellagio residency) | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 助成 |
American Book Award
2002
対象作品:
Lipstick and Other Stories
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts (grant)
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
助成（複数回）
Fulbright Scholar
1991
主催:
Fulbright Program
結果:
受与 / 任命
Rockefeller Foundation grant (Bellagio residency)
2003
主催:
Rockefeller Foundation
結果:
助成
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Window Tree
1974年 PoetryAn early collection of poems reflecting personal memory and cultural background.
memoryidentity
Lipstick and Other Stories
2001年 Short storiesA collection of short stories dealing with cross-cultural experiences and family history. Critically acclaimed and winner of the American Book Award.
immigrationcultural hybridityfamily
Chinese Opera
1998年 NovelA novel set at the cultural crossroads of China and America, interweaving history and personal narratives.
historycultural conflict
Mao’s Kisses: A Novel of June 4, 1989
2019年 NovelFiction set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen events, questioning the relationship between politics and the individual.
politicsmemoryreconsideration of history
A Chinaman’s Chance: New and Selected Poems 1960-2010
2011年 PoetryA selected poems collection covering 1960-2010, featuring multicultural perspectives and personal retrospection.
multiculturalismretrospection
翻訳
全著作
- The Window Tree (1974)
- New Letters from Hiroshima, and Other Poems (1974)
- Changing the River (1986)
- This Fierce Geography (1998)
- A Chinaman’s Chance: New and Selected Poems 1960-2010 (2011)
- Meeting Words at the Gate (Bilingual English/Chinese, 2015)
- Chinese Opera (novel, 1998)
- Lipstick and Other Stories (short stories, 2001)
- Panda Diaries (novel, 2006)
- White Jade and Other Stories (short stories, 2008)
- The Man Who Dammed the Yangtze: A Mathematical Novel (2011)
- shanghai.shanghai.shanghai (novel, 2015)
- Mao’s Kisses: A Novel of June 4, 1989 (novel, 2019)
- My Private China (nonfiction, 2013)
作風・主題
- 文体
- experimental and metaphorical stylepolyphonic narration reflecting cultural hybridity
- 頻出モチーフ
- immigration and belongingmemory and family historyintersection of Eastern and Western cultures
評価・遺産
Alexander Kuo was known for works depicting the cultural crossroads of East Asia and America, offering multicultural voices across poetry, fiction, and essays. As a university professor he mentored many writers and contributed to US-China academic and literary exchange.
関連学会
- Washington State University (departmental affiliation)
資料所蔵先
- Washington State University library/archives (possible holdings)
大衆文化への影響
- Mentioned as a mentor and influence for writers such as Sherman Alexie
引用
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Kuo's writing makes demands on the reader in a way comparable to Franz Kafka or Jorge Luis Borges.
出典: Robert H. Abel (review), Asian Review of Books, 2001 (2001年)
豆知識
- Born in Boston in 1939 but raised in China and Hong Kong during early childhood.
- Won the American Book Award in 2002 for Lipstick and Other Stories.
- Longtime English professor at Washington State University; retired in 2012.
- Known as one of the mentors of Sherman Alexie.
- Died on June 11, 2025, at age 86.