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第48回（2006年） Winner
Caroline Elkins
キャロライン・エルキンス
Kyarorain Erukinsu
別名:
Caroline Fox
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1969-01-01 （Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey → Cambridge, Massachusetts
経歴
- 職業
- Professor of History, Professor of African and African American Studies, non-fiction writer
- 活動期間
- 1991年〜
- 所属
- Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School (Affiliated Professor), Harvard's Center for African Studies
- ノミネート
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction finalist (2022), Lionel Gelber Prize finalist
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Township High School | — | — | — | 1983-1987 | United States |
| Princeton University | Department of History | History | BA summa cum laude | 1987-1991 | United States |
| Harvard University | Department of History | History | PhD | 1991-2001 | United States |
Ocean Township High School
期間:
1983-1987
卒業年:
1987
国:
United States
Three-sport varsity athlete (soccer, field hockey, basketball)
Princeton University
Department of History
/ History
学位:
BA summa cum laude
期間:
1987-1991
卒業年:
1991
国:
United States
Varsity soccer and golf
Harvard University
Department of History
/ History
学位:
PhD
期間:
1991-2001
卒業年:
2001
国:
United States
Master's and PhD
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction | Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya | — | Columbia University | Winner |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Recipient |
| — | Fulbright | — | — | Fulbright Program | Recipient |
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2006
対象作品:
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
主催:
Columbia University
結果:
Winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
Recipient
Fulbright
主催:
Fulbright Program
結果:
Recipient
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
2005年 Historical NonfictionThe untold story of Britain's gulag in Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising in the 1950s.
ColonialismViolenceMau Mau UprisingDetention Camps
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
2022年 Historical NonfictionA comprehensive history of the British Empire focusing on its legacy of violence.
British EmpireViolenceColonial RuleLiberal Imperialism
全著作
- Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya (2005)
- Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (2022)
- Settler Colonialism in the 20th Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies (ed. 2005)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Meticulously researched using archivesIncorporates ethnographic fieldworkUses oral interviews extensively
- 頻出モチーフ
- Imperial violenceCover-up of colonial abusesHistorical reckoning
評価・遺産
Renowned historian who exposed the brutalities of the British Empire in Kenya, winning the Pulitzer Prize. Served as expert witness in Mau Mau survivors' lawsuit against the UK government, leading to compensation and apology.
引用
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Imperial Reckoning is history of the highest order: meticulously researched, brilliantly written, and powerfully dramatic.
出典: Pulitzer Prize Committee (2006年)
豆知識
- Three-sport varsity athlete in high school (soccer, field hockey, basketball), recruited to Princeton where she played varsity soccer and golf.
- Married with two children.
- Her research led to the discovery of 300 boxes of secret UK files on Kenyan detention camps.