Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1993) Winner
Charles D'Ambrosio
チャールズ・D・アンブロシオ
Charles D'Ambrosio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Seattle, Washington
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Seattle, Washington → Portland, Oregon → Iowa (University of Iowa / Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Short story writer, Essayist, Professor / Instructor
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Iowa Writers' Workshop (faculty), Portland State University MFA Program (former faculty), Tin House Summer Writers Workshop (visiting instructor), Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers (visiting instructor)
- Influenced By
- Work often compared to Raymond Carver / Carveresque
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Oberlin College
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (finalist) | The Point | — | Hemingway Foundation / PEN | finalist |
| 1995 | The New York Times Notable Book | The Point | — | The New York Times | 選出 |
| 2007 | PEN/Faulkner Award (finalist) | The Dead Fish Museum | — | PEN / Faulkner | finalist |
| 2006 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Washington State Book Award (Fiction) | The Dead Fish Museum | Fiction | Washington Center for the Book | 受賞 |
| — | Lannan Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | American Academy of Arts and Letters (Academy Award) | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Rasmuson Fellowship / United States Artists grant | — | — | United States Artists / Rasmuson | 受賞（助成） |
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (finalist)
1995
Work:
The Point
Organization:
Hemingway Foundation / PEN
Result:
finalist
The New York Times Notable Book
1995
Work:
The Point
Organization:
The New York Times
Result:
選出
PEN/Faulkner Award (finalist)
2007
Work:
The Dead Fish Museum
Organization:
PEN / Faulkner
Result:
finalist
Whiting Award
2006
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Washington State Book Award (Fiction)
2007
Work:
The Dead Fish Museum
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Washington Center for the Book
Result:
受賞
Lannan Foundation Fellowship
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Academy Award)
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Rasmuson Fellowship / United States Artists grant
2007
Organization:
United States Artists / Rasmuson
Result:
受賞（助成）
Awards & Nominations
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2006) Winner
Oregon Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2007) Winner
Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 180 (2008, held 7 times in year) Fellowship
Works
Major Works
The Point
1995 Short story collectionA debut collection of short stories set around Seattle and the American Northwest. Features understated realism exploring father-son relationships, drifters, and working-class life.
father-son relationshipsAmerican Northwestrealism
The Dead Fish Museum
2006 Short story collectionSecond collection of stories, many first published in The New Yorker. Uses dark humor and restrained prose to explore loneliness and family relationships.
lonelinessfamilyNorthwest landscapes
Orphans
2005 Essay collectionA collection of essays including pieces that gained a small-circulation cult following. Mixes personal memoir and critical reflection.
memorynostalgialiterary criticism
Loitering
2014 Essay collectionAn essay collection published by Tin House Books, containing sharp reflections on the life of a writer, reading, and personal observation.
craft of writingreading experienceself-observation
Bibliography
- The Point (short story collection, 1995)
- Orphans (essay collection, 2005)
- The Dead Fish Museum (short story collection, 2006)
- Loitering (essay collection, 2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained realismconcise, cool prose (Carveresque)dry humor
- Recurring Motifs
- father-son tensionsNorthwest landscapes and outskirtsloneliness and alienation
Legacy
Considered an important contemporary American short fiction writer, often compared to Raymond Carver. He has critical acclaim for both stories and essays and has been a finalist and recipient of several literary awards.
Quotes
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...in the last few years, writers in this book review have lamented the decline of slice-of-life realism, pronouncing it dead at least once. But pronouncing things dead is the job of critics, and the truth is that understated realism remains a robust tradition, as evidenced by the work of, among others, Charles D'Ambrosio, whose stories frequently appear in The New Yorker. Eleven years after the publication of his first book, "The Point," and one year after his book of essays, "Orphans," along comes "The Dead Fish Museum," which largely traverses the same Carveresque territory staked out in his debut: the charged relationships between fathers and sons, drifters and workers, in the outskirts of the American Northwest.
Source: The New York Times (review) (2006)
Trivia
- Published the essay collection Orphans in 2005; the small print run sold out and was not reprinted, gaining a cult status.
- Received a Whiting Award in 2006.
- The Dead Fish Museum won the Washington State Book Award for Fiction in 2007.
- Married writer/musician Heather Larimer in 2005; the couple divorced in 2008.
- Named a Rasmuson Fellow and received a $50,000 grant from United States Artists.