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Alex Sanchez

アレックス・サンチェス

Arekkusu Sanchesu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1957 (Mexico City)
国籍
Mexican American
言語
English
居住地歴
Mexico City (birth) place → United States (emigrated 1962)

経歴

職業
Author
活動期間
2001年〜2024年

学歴

Fine Arts Work Center
Writing
国: United States
Studied writing under Michael Cunningham et al.

受賞歴

American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
2002
対象作品: Rainbow Boys
主催: American Library Association
結果: 受賞
Lambda Literary Award
2004
対象作品: So Hard to Say
部門: 児童・ヤングアダルト文学
主催: Lambda Literary Foundation
結果: 受賞
Florida Book Award Gold Medal
2009
対象作品: Bait
部門: ヤングアダルト小説
結果: 受賞
Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award
2011
対象作品: Bait
結果: 受賞
Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize
2011
主催: Lambda Literary Foundation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Rainbow Boys

2001年 Young Adult novel

Coming of age story of three gay and bisexual teenage boys

lovefriendshipcoming of ageLGBT

Rainbow High

2003年 Young Adult novel

Sequel to Rainbow Boys

lovefriendshipcoming of ageLGBT

So Hard to Say

2004年 Young Adult novel

Story about a group of 13-year-olds

lovefriendshipcoming of ageLGBT

You Brought Me the Ocean

2020年 Graphic novel

Graphic novel based on Aqualad

loveLGBT

全著作

  • Rainbow Boys (2001)
  • Rainbow High (2003)
  • Rainbow Road (2005)
  • So Hard to Say (2004)
  • Getting It (2006)
  • The God Box (2007)
  • Bait (2009)
  • Boyfriends with Girlfriends (2011)
  • You Brought Me the Ocean (2020)
  • The Greatest Superpower (2021)

作風・主題

文体
Realistic portrayal of adolescent strugglesDirectly addresses LGBT themes
頻出モチーフ
love and friendshipexploration of sexualitycoming of age

評価・遺産

Known for LGBTQ+ themed young adult novels, winner of numerous awards, faced some book challenges but gained support.

大衆文化への影響

  • Books challenged and attempted to be banned from school reading lists

豆知識

  • Parents of German and Cuban heritage
  • Books faced challenges in some libraries
  • Cited in 2016 American Heritage Dictionary for 'majorly'