Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1998) Winner
D. J. Waldie
ディージェイ・ウォルディ
Dī Jē Worudī
Aliases:
Donald J. Waldie
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-09-15 （Lakewood, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Lakewood, California
Career
- Occupations
- essayist, memoirist, translator, editor, former Deputy City Manager
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Affiliations
- City of Lakewood
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State University, Long Beach | — | Department of Comparative Literature | — | — | United States |
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Comparative Literature
Country:
United States
then a California state college
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | William R. and June Dale Prize for Urban and Regional Planning | — | — | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | 受賞 |
| 2014 | J. Thomas Owen History Award | — | — | Los Angeles City Historical Society | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1995 | National Endowment for the Arts fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1994 | California Arts Council fellowship | — | — | California Arts Council | 受賞 |
William R. and June Dale Prize for Urban and Regional Planning
2017
Organization:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Result:
受賞
J. Thomas Owen History Award
2014
Organization:
Los Angeles City Historical Society
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1998
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
1995
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
California Arts Council fellowship
1994
Organization:
California Arts Council
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
1996 memoirAccount of growing up in 1950s Lakewood, California's largest planned suburb.
suburban lifeCatholic upbringingparents' deathsurban development
Translations
- Italian: Holy Land: Ricordi Suburbani
Bibliography
- Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
- Where We Are Now
- California Romantica
- House
- Becoming Los Angeles
Translations by Author
- Translations of Stéphane Mallarmé
Translations of Works
- Italian translation of Holy Land
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentary stylelyric proseblend of personal and historical
- Recurring Motifs
- suburban aestheticsLos Angeles historyfaith and place
Legacy
Regarded as a thoughtful observer of Los Angeles' history, politics, and culture.
In Popular Culture
- Optioned by James Franco for film 'Suburban Memoir'
Quotes
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Other passages consider how suburban places have been viewed by their critics.
Source: Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir (1996)
Trivia
- Lives in the Lakewood house his parents bought in 1946.