Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1967) Winner
Bernard Malamud
バーナード・マラマッド
Bernard Malamud
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-04-26 （Brooklyn, New York, U.S.）
- Died
- 1986-03-18 （Manhattan, New York, U.S.） age 71
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Jewish (agnostic humanist)
- Residence History
- Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Borough Park, Flatbush), New York → Greenwich Village, New York → Corvallis, Oregon — while at Oregon State University → Bennington, Vermont — while at Bennington College → Upper West Side (Manhattan) — winter residence → Cambridge (burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, teacher, professor, author
- Active Years
- 1940-1985
- Affiliations
- Oregon State University (faculty), Bennington College (creative writing faculty), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (member)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Thomas Hardy, Charlie Chaplin (cinematic influence)
- Influenced
- Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick, Tobias Wolff
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City College of New York | — | English | BA | 1932–1936 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | English | MA | 1937–1942（課程は1937–38、論文提出で学位取得） | United States |
City College of New York
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1932–1936
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
United States
Received BA
Columbia University
English
Degree:
MA
Period:
1937–1942（課程は1937–38、論文提出で学位取得）
Year of Graduation:
1942
Country:
United States
Completed MA after submitting a thesis on Thomas Hardy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | National Jewish Book Award | The Assistant | — | Jewish Book Council | winner |
| 1959 | National Book Award for Fiction | The Magic Barrel | — | National Book Foundation | winner |
| 1967 | National Book Award for Fiction | The Fixer | — | National Book Foundation | winner |
| 1967 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | The Fixer | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | winner |
| 1969 | O. Henry Award | Man in the Drawer | — | O. Henry Prize | winner |
| 1984 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | The Stories | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | runner-up |
National Jewish Book Award
1958
Work:
The Assistant
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
winner
National Book Award for Fiction
1959
Work:
The Magic Barrel
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
winner
National Book Award for Fiction
1967
Work:
The Fixer
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1967
Work:
The Fixer
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
winner
O. Henry Award
1969
Work:
Man in the Drawer
Organization:
O. Henry Prize
Result:
winner
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1984
Work:
The Stories
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
runner-up
Awards & Nominations
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (1969) Winner
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Edition 13 (1983) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Natural
1952 Novel (sports fiction) 304 pagesTraces the life of Roy Hobbs, an unknown baseball player who achieves legendary status; explores themes of talent, myth, success and moral consequence.
American Dreammythic hero and downfallfate and morality
Adaptations
- [Film] The Natural (film) / Barry Levinson (1984)
The Assistant
1957 Novel 288 pagesSet in Brooklyn, it tells the story of Morris Bober, a Jewish immigrant grocer, and a drifter whose presence challenges the community and evokes themes of compassion and atonement.
immigrant experienceatonementcommunity and compassion
The Magic Barrel
1958 Short story collection 192 pagesA collection of short stories portraying immigrant Jewish urban life with allegorical and redemptive themes; one of Malamud's most acclaimed story collections.
love and redemptionallegoryimmigrant urban life
The Fixer
1966 Novel (historical subject) 288 pagesSet in the Russian Empire, the novel dramatizes antisemitism through the story of a Jewish man falsely accused and persecuted; examines justice and human dignity.
antisemitismjusticehuman dignity
Adaptations
- [Film] The Fixer (film) / John Frankenheimer (1968)
Bibliography
- The Light Sleeper (unpublished, burned)
- The Natural (1952)
- The Assistant (1957)
- A New Life (1961)
- The Fixer (1966)
- Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (1969)
- The Tenants (1971)
- Dubin's Lives (1979)
- God's Grace (1982)
- The Magic Barrel (short stories, 1958)
- Idiots First (short stories, 1963)
- Rembrandt's Hat (short stories, 1974)
- The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983)
- The People and Uncollected Stories (1989)
- The Complete Stories (1997)
Adaptations
- Film 'The Natural' (1984) / director: Barry Levinson
- Film 'The Fixer' (1968) / director: John Frankenheimer
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- allegorical and parable-like short fictionmorally charged narrationconcise, restrained prose
- Recurring Motifs
- immigrant hardship and urban lifeatonement and redemptionloneliness and solidarity
Legacy
Malamud is regarded as a major 20th-century American Jewish writer. He powerfully explored themes of immigration and atonement in his fiction, and the PEN/Malamud Award, named in his memory, recognizes excellence in the short story.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Archives
- Oregon State University Special Collections (Bernard Malamud Papers)
- Mount Auburn Cemetery (burial site)
In Popular Culture
- The Natural (1984 film), starring Robert Redford, is widely known
- The PEN/Malamud Award (est. 1988) continues to honor excellence in the short story
Quotes
-
I have discovered a short-story writer who is better than any of them, including myself.
Source: Flannery O'Connor (comment) -
The demands for justice and conscience shown in 'The Fixer' are emblematic of his moral tensions.
Source: Philip Roth (eulogy) (1986)
Trivia
- The Natural was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford.
- His bequest helped establish the PEN/Malamud Award, founded in 1988 to honor short fiction.
- His short stories have been highly praised; The Complete Stories was published in 1997.