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Annalyn Swan

アナリン・スワン

Annalyn Swan

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
国籍
United States
言語
English

経歴

職業
author, editor, professor, music critic, art critic
活動期間
1973年〜
所属
Princeton University (former trustee), Leon Levy Biography Center at CUNY Graduate Center (advisory board)

学歴

Princeton University
期間: 1969–1973
卒業年: 1973
国: United States
Phi Beta Kappa graduate. First woman editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian.
King's College, Cambridge
学位: MA
期間: 1973–1975
国: United Kingdom
Attended as a Marshall Scholar.

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
2005
対象作品: De Kooning: An American Master
部門: Biography or Autobiography
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography)
2005
対象作品: De Kooning: An American Master
部門: Biography
主催: National Book Critics Circle
結果: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography)
2005
対象作品: De Kooning: An American Master
部門: Biography
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: 受賞
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award
1981
主催: ASCAP Foundation
結果: 受賞
Front Page Award
主催: Front Page (news/media award)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

De Kooning: An American Master

2004年 Biography

A comprehensive biography of Dutch-American painter Willem de Kooning, based on extensive research and interviews, tracing his life, artistic development, and role in modern art and Abstract Expressionism.

biographymodern artAbstract Expressionismartist's life

All the Money in the World

2008年 Non-fiction

Co-authored with Peter W. Bernstein, a nonfiction work examining global wealth and financial history from a broad perspective.

financial historyeconomics

Francis Bacon: Revelations

2021年 Biography

Co-authored with Mark Stevens, a comprehensive biography of British painter Francis Bacon exploring his life, work, and cultural impact.

biographymodern and contemporary artartist's psyche

全著作

  • De Kooning: An American Master (with Mark Stevens)
  • All the Money in the World (with Peter W. Bernstein)
  • Francis Bacon: Revelations (with Mark Stevens)

作風・主題

文体
meticulous fact-based narrationbiographical writing incorporating art-critical perspective
頻出モチーフ
contrast between artists' creative process and private lifecultural context of modern art

評価・遺産

Annalyn Swan is a highly regarded biographer and critic in the field of art biography; her work, including De Kooning, earned a Pulitzer Prize and influenced modern art scholarship and life-writing.

関連学会

  • Phi Beta Kappa

引用

  • The elusiveness of its subject makes the achievements of De Kooning: An American Master that much more dazzling.
    出典: Janet Maslin, review in The New York Times (2004年)

豆知識

  • First woman editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian.
  • Attended King's College, Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar.
  • Married to art critic Mark Stevens; they have two children.
  • Won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for De Kooning.
  • Has received awards for music criticism including the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award and a Front Page Award.