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第82回（2013年） Winner
Ayad Akhtar
アヤド・アクタール
Ayad Akhtar
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1970-10-28 （Staten Island, New York, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Islam
- 居住地歴
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. (raised) → New York City, New York, U.S.
経歴
- 職業
- Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Actor
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属団体
- PEN America (President)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Jerzy Grotowski, Andre Gregory
- 影響を与えた人物
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | Theater and Religion (major) | — | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University School of the Arts | Film Directing (MFA) | — | MFA | — | United States |
Brown University
Theater and Religion (major)
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Acted in and directed student plays
Columbia University School of the Arts
Film Directing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
国:
United States
Master of Fine Arts in film directing
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Disgraced | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | Won |
| 2013 | Obie Award | Disgraced | Best Playwriting | Obie Awards | Won |
| 2015 | Tony Award for Best Play | Disgraced | Best Play | American Theatre Wing / Tony Awards | Nominated |
| 2018 | Tony Award for Best Play | Junk | Best Play | American Theatre Wing / Tony Awards | Nominated |
| 2017 | Steinberg Playwright Award | — | — | Steinberg Foundation | Won |
| 2017 | Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama | Junk | — | Edward M. Kennedy Prize | Won |
| 2021 | American Book Award | Homeland Elegies | — | Before Columbus Foundation (American Book Awards) | Won |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2013
対象作品:
Disgraced
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
Won
Obie Award
2013
対象作品:
Disgraced
部門:
Best Playwriting
主催:
Obie Awards
結果:
Won
Tony Award for Best Play
2015
対象作品:
Disgraced
部門:
Best Play
主催:
American Theatre Wing / Tony Awards
結果:
Nominated
Tony Award for Best Play
2018
対象作品:
Junk
部門:
Best Play
主催:
American Theatre Wing / Tony Awards
結果:
Nominated
Steinberg Playwright Award
2017
主催:
Steinberg Foundation
結果:
Won
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama
2017
対象作品:
Junk
主催:
Edward M. Kennedy Prize
結果:
Won
American Book Award
2021
対象作品:
Homeland Elegies
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation (American Book Awards)
結果:
Won
受賞・候補エディション
American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第42回（2021年） Winner
作品
代表作
American Dervish
2012年 Novel (coming-of-age)A coming-of-age novel about a Pakistani-American boy growing up in Milwaukee, exploring religion, family, and identity.
Immigrant experienceReligion and faithIdentity
Disgraced
2012年 Play (drama)A drama that examines religion, race, and assimilation in America through escalating tensions among a group of characters.
American-Muslim experienceRacismIdentity
映像化・舞台化
- [Theatre (productions)] Disgraced
翻訳
- Arabic translation 'Al-Makhzi'
The Invisible Hand
2014年 Play (political/economic drama)A tense play about a kidnapped stock trader in Pakistan that interrogates global economics and moral dilemmas.
EconomicsEthicsGlobalization
Junk: The Golden Age of Debt
2016年 Play (historical/economic drama)A large-scale play about 1980s Wall Street exploring power, ethics, and the excesses of finance.
Financial historyPower and ethicsCritique of capitalism
Homeland Elegies
2020年 Novel (fiction blended with memoir)A book blending fact and fiction about belonging and dispossession in post-9/11 America, drawn from the author's life.
Belonging and dispossessionAmerican sociopoliticsImmigration and identity
映像化・舞台化
- [Television (limited series, in development)] Homeland Elegies / Oren Moverman
McNeal
2024年 Play (AI ethics)A contemporary play about artificial intelligence and the ethics of creativity; notable Broadway production.
Artificial intelligenceEthics of creationTechnology and humanity
全著作
- American Dervish (2012)
- Homeland Elegies (2020)
- Disgraced (play, 2013)
- The Who & The What (play, 2014)
- The Invisible Hand (play, 2015)
- Junk: The Golden Age of Debt (play, 2016)
- McNeal (play, 2024)
翻案
- Television adaptation of Homeland Elegies (in development, starring Kumail Nanjiani)
- The War Within (2005) - co-writer and actor
作品の翻訳
- Arabic translation of Disgraced 'Al-Makhzi'
作風・主題
- 文体
- Contemporary theatrical realismSharp observations on politics and economicsBlending personal experience with public issues
- 頻出モチーフ
- Immigrant experience and assimilationConflicts of religion and faithClash of economics and ethicsIdentity and belonging
評価・遺産
Ayad Akhtar has made a significant mark on 21st-century American theatre and literature, particularly for works addressing the American-Muslim experience and questions of economics and ethics. With a Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony nominations, he is recognized as a writer who provokes contemporary social dialogue.
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (awardee)
資料所蔵先
- Library of Congress holdings (catalog records)
大衆文化への影響
- Television adaptation of Homeland Elegies in development, starring Kumail Nanjiani
- Appeared as an actor in HBO's Too Big to Fail
引用
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The theater is an art form scaled to the human, and stubbornly so... The act of gathering to witness the myths of our alleged origins enacted — this is the root of the theater's timeless magic.
出典: Acceptance speech for the Steinberg Playwright Award (published in The New York Times) (2017年)
豆知識
- Served as president of PEN America from 2020 to 2023.
- Won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'Disgraced'.
- Co-wrote and acted in the 2005 film 'The War Within'.
- 'Homeland Elegies' was widely named among the best books of 2020 and won the 2021 American Book Award.