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Daniel Mason

ダニエル・メイソン

Danieru Meison

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
c. 1976 （Palo Alto, California）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Palo Alto, California

Career

Occupations
novelist, physician, psychiatrist
Active Years
2002-2024
Affiliations
Stanford Hospital, Stanford University
Nominations
International Dublin Literary Award longlist (North Woods)

Education

Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / Biology
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: United States
UCSF School of Medicine
Medicine
Degree: MD
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: United States
Wrote first novel as medical student

Awards

Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize
2020
Result: 受賞
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award
2024
Work: North Woods
Organization: PEN Oakland
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

O. Henry Award 1 appearances
  1. Edition 100 (2022) Winner
    Work: The Wolves of Circassia

    A historical short story shaped by danger, exile, and survival at the margins of empire.

    A historical short story shaped by danger, exile, and survival at the margins of empire.

    short storyrelationshipsmemory

Works

Major Works

The Piano Tuner

2002 Historical fiction

A piano tuner travels to Burma.

colonialismculture clash
Adaptations
  • [Opera] The Piano Tuner / Nigel Osborne (2004)
Translations
  • Published in 28 countries

Bibliography

  • The Piano Tuner (2002), A Far Country (2007), Death of the Pugilist... (2008), The Winter Soldier (2018), A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth (2020), North Woods (2023)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into 28 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Meticulous historical detailRich natural descriptions
Recurring Motifs
medicinehistorynature

Legacy

American novelist and psychiatrist known for historical fiction.

Trivia

  • Married to novelist Sara Houghteling.