Philip K. Dick Award
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2003) Winner
Carol Emshwiller
キャロル・エムシュウィラー
Kyaroru Emushuwirā
Aliases:
Agnes Carolyn Fries
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1921-04-12 （Ann Arbor, Michigan）
- Died
- 2019-02-02 （Durham, North Carolina） age 97
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ann Arbor, Michigan → France (childhood) → Germany (childhood) → Italy (postwar) → Levittown, New York → New York City → Owens Valley, California (summers) → Durham, North Carolina
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1955-2019
- Affiliations
- New York University, Clarion West
- Influenced
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | Music | — | B.A. | -1945 | United States |
| Art school in Ann Arbor | — | — | — | — | United States |
| École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts | — | — | — | — | France |
University of Michigan
Music
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
-1945
Year of Graduation:
1945
Country:
United States
B.A. in music
Art school in Ann Arbor
Country:
United States
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Country:
France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nebula Award for Best Short Story | Creature | Best Short Story | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Nebula Award for Best Short Story | I Live With You | Best Short Story | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Philip K. Dick Award | The Mount | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | World Fantasy Award—Collection | The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
2003
Work:
Creature
Category:
Best Short Story
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result:
受賞
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
2006
Work:
I Live With You
Category:
Best Short Story
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result:
受賞
Philip K. Dick Award
2003
Work:
The Mount
Result:
受賞
World Fantasy Award—Collection
1991
Work:
The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories
Result:
受賞
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
2005
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Carmen Dog
1988 Science Fiction/Magical RealismA fantasy novel where women turn into dogs, with feminist themes.
FeminismTransformationGender
The Mount
2002 Science FictionAliens breed humans as pets in a dystopia.
DominationResistanceHumanity
Ledoyt
1995 Cowboy Novel/SFCowboy novel.
Leaping Man Hill
1999 Cowboy NovelCowboy novel.
The Secret City
2007 Science FictionHer last novel.
Bibliography
- Joy in Our Cause (1974)
- Verging on the Pertinent (1989)
- The Start of the End of It All (1990)
- Venus Rising (1992)
- Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories (2002)
- I Live With You (2005)
- The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Avant-gardeExperimentalNew WaveFeminist
- Recurring Motifs
- Owens Valley settingsTransformationGender rolesMagical realism
Legacy
Known as an avant-garde SF writer, winner of Nebula and other awards. Highly praised as a feminist voice.
Archives
- Northern Illinois University, Rare Books and Special Collections
Quotes
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A major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, most consistently feminist voices in fiction.
Source: Ursula K. Le Guin
Trivia
- Married to artist Ed Emshwiller.
- Three children: Eve (botanist), Susan (author), Peter (actor/novelist).
- Worked with Red Cross in postwar Italy.