Prix Médicis
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David Vann
デイヴィッド・ヴァン
Deividdo Van
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-10-19 （Adak Island, Alaska）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- England, Warwick
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 2005-2021
- Affiliations
- University of Warwick
- Nominations
- 2nd place Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Prize, Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Finalist
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Grace Paley Prize | Legend of a Suicide | Short Fiction | Grace Paley Prize Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | California Book Award | Legend of a Suicide | — | Commonwealth Club of California | 受賞 |
| 2009 | AWP Nonfiction Award | Last Day On Earth | — | AWP | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Prix Médicis Étranger | Legend of a Suicide | best foreign novel | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | St. Francis College Literary Prize | Dirt | — | — | 受賞 |
Grace Paley Prize
2007
Work:
Legend of a Suicide
Category:
Short Fiction
Organization:
Grace Paley Prize Foundation
Result:
受賞
California Book Award
2008
Work:
Legend of a Suicide
Organization:
Commonwealth Club of California
Result:
受賞
AWP Nonfiction Award
2009
Work:
Last Day On Earth
Organization:
AWP
Result:
受賞
Prix Médicis Étranger
2010
Work:
Legend of a Suicide
Category:
best foreign novel
Result:
受賞
St. Francis College Literary Prize
2013
Work:
Dirt
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
St. Francis College Literary Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
Legend of a Suicide
2008 stories and a novellaStories and a novella about legend of a suicide.
suicidefamilyAlaska
Translations
- Published in 23 languages
Bibliography
- A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea (2005)
- Legend of a Suicide (2008)
- Caribou Island (2011)
- Last Day On Earth (2011)
- Dirt (2012)
- Goat Mountain (2013)
- Crocodile (2014)
Translations of Works
- Published in 23 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dark and violent imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- suicidefamily dysfunctionnature
Legacy
American novelist whose books have been published in 23 languages, won 14 prizes, and appeared on 83 best books lists.
In Popular Culture
- Featured in documentaries by BBC, CNN, etc.
Trivia
- Books selected for New Yorker Book Club
- Books optioned for film