Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1995) Winner
André Aciman
アンドレ・アシマン
Andre Aciman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-01-02 （Alexandria, Egypt）
- Died
- :null
- Nationality
- Italian, American
- Languages
- English, French, Italian, Greek, Ladino, Arabic
- Religion
- Judaism (Sephardic)
- Residence History
- Alexandria, Egypt → Rome, Italy → New York City, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1995-
- Affiliations
- Graduate Center, City University of New York (faculty), New York University (former faculty), Princeton University (former faculty), Bard College (former faculty)
- Influenced By
- Marcel Proust
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehman College | — | Comparative Literature | BA | 1969–1973 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Comparative Literature | MA, PhD | — | United States |
Lehman College
Comparative Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1969–1973
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
United States
Harvard University
Comparative Literature
Degree:
MA, PhD
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Whiting Award | Out of Egypt | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2007 | Lambda Literary Award | Call Me by Your Name | ゲイ小説 | Lambda Literary Foundation | winner |
Whiting Award
1995
Work:
Out of Egypt
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award
2007
Work:
Call Me by Your Name
Category:
ゲイ小説
Organization:
Lambda Literary Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Lambda Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
Call Me by Your Name
2007 Novel (romance, coming-of-age)A coming-of-age novel set in Italy about a romance between two young men; themes include desire, memory, and time.
memorydesirenostalgiahomosexuality
Adaptations
- [Film] Call Me by Your Name / Luca Guadagnino (2017)
Translations
- Call Me by Your Name (Japanese translation)
Out of Egypt
1995 Memoir / Non-fictionA memoir recounting childhood in Alexandria, family life, and the exile from Egypt.
exilefamilymemory
Eight White Nights
2010 NovelA novel with episodic elements; Aciman has described it as one of his best works.
lonelinesslovememory
Find Me
2019 Novel (sequel)A sequel to Call Me by Your Name, following the later lives of the characters.
timereunionmaturity
Enigma Variations
2017 NovelA novel with interconnected characters and episodic, experimental elements.
identityloneliness
Bibliography
- Out of Egypt (1995)
- Call Me by Your Name (2007)
- Eight White Nights (2010)
- Harvard Square (2013)
- Enigma Variations (2017)
- Find Me (2019)
- Roman Year (2024)
Adaptations
- Call Me by Your Name — Film (2017)
Translations of Works
- Call Me by Your Name (Japanese translation)
- Out of Egypt (Japanese translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, finely detailed proseProustian focus on memory and timeEmphasis on memory and desire
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and reminiscenceexile and identitydesire and lossnostalgia
Legacy
Aciman has received international recognition for works exploring memory, exile and desire; the film adaptation of Call Me by Your Name raised his public profile. He is also noted in academic and critical contexts for his engagement with Proustian studies and exile literature.
Academic Societies
- Associations related to Comparative Literature (associated)
In Popular Culture
- Widespread media exposure from the film adaptation of Call Me by Your Name
Quotes
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"Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine."
Source: Novel: Call Me by Your Name (2007)
Trivia
- His mother was deaf.
- Family are Sephardic Jews of Turkish and Italian origin.
- Born in Alexandria, later moved to Rome and then to New York.