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Brian Evenson

ブライアン・エヴェンソン

Buraian Evenson

ペンネーム: B. K. EvensonUsed for some popular fiction works

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1966-08-12 (Ames, Iowa)
国籍
United States
言語
English, French
宗教
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (former)
居住地歴
Ames, Iowa (birthplace) → Provo, Utah (BYU period) → Valencia, California (current)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Professor
活動期間
1994年〜2024年
所属
California Institute of the Arts, Brown University
影響を受けた人物
J. G. Ballard, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Cormac McCarthy
ノミネート
Edgar Award finalist (The Open Curtain, 2007), Shirley Jackson Award nominations (Last Days, 2007; The Warren, 2017)

学歴

Brigham Young University
Literary Arts
学位: BA
卒業年: 1988
国: United States
BA obtained
University of Washington
Literature
学位: MA, PhD
卒業年: 1994
国: United States
MA and PhD obtained

受賞歴

Guggenheim Fellowship
2017
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1998
対象作品: Two Brothers
結果: 受賞
Shirley Jackson Award
2019
対象作品: Song for the Unraveling of the World
結果: 受賞
World Fantasy Award
2020
対象作品: Song for the Unraveling of the World
部門: コレクション部門
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Father of Lies

1998年 Literary fiction

A novel exploring violence and Mormon themes

ViolenceLimits of knowledge

Last Days

2009年 Horror

Story revolving around a brotherhood of mutilation

ReligionMadness

Song for the Unraveling of the World

2019年 Weird fiction

Short story collection with dark humor and philosophical elements

Dark humorEpistemology

全著作

  • Altmann's Tongue (1994)
  • Father of Lies (1998)
  • The Open Curtain (2006)
  • Last Days (2009)
  • Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019)

作家による翻訳

  • Translations from French authors like Christian Gailly

作風・主題

文体
Literary minimalismDark humor
頻出モチーフ
Limits and consequences of knowledgeHorror of violence

評価・遺産

Known as an American writer of literary horror and weird fiction, often drawing on Mormon background. Recipient of World Fantasy Award and others.

資料所蔵先

  • Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

大衆文化への影響

  • Also works in video games and TV scripts

豆知識

  • Resigned from BYU amid controversy over violent content in Altmann's Tongue (1995)
  • Former Mormon missionary in France and Switzerland
  • Formally left the LDS Church in 2000