CWA KAA Gold Dagger
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第25回（1979年） Winner
Richard Stanley Francis (Dick Francis)
リチャード・スタンリー（ディック）・フランシス
Richard Stanley (Dick) Francis
ペンネーム:
Dick Francis（Pen name / commonly used author name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1920-10-31 （Coedcanlas (Pembrokeshire), Wales）
- 死没
- 2010-02-14 （Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands） 89歳
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire → Lived in Blewbury (then Berkshire, now Oxfordshire) for nearly 30 years → Florida, USA (1980s) → Cayman Islands (from 1992)
経歴
- 職業
- Jockey, Novelist, Journalist
- 活動期間
- 1957年〜2010年
- 所属
- Detection Club, Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- 所属団体
- Detection Club, Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- 影響を与えた人物
- Felix Francis (son)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Edgar Award (Best Novel) | Forfeit | Best Novel | Mystery Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Edgar Award (Best Novel) | Whip Hand | Best Novel | Mystery Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Edgar Award (Best Novel) | Come to Grief | Best Novel | Mystery Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Gold Dagger | Whip Hand | Fiction | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Cartier Diamond Dagger (Lifetime Achievement) | — | Lifetime Achievement | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1996 | MWA Grand Master Award | — | Lifetime Achievement | Mystery Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | The British honours system | 叙勲 |
| 2000 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | The British honours system | 叙勲（昇進） |
| 1991 | Honorary Doctorate | — | — | Tufts University | 授与 |
| 1984 | Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize | Proof | — | Japan Adventure Fiction Association | 受賞 |
Edgar Award (Best Novel)
1970
対象作品:
Forfeit
部門:
Best Novel
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
受賞
Edgar Award (Best Novel)
1981
対象作品:
Whip Hand
部門:
Best Novel
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
受賞
Edgar Award (Best Novel)
1996
対象作品:
Come to Grief
部門:
Best Novel
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
受賞
Gold Dagger
1979
対象作品:
Whip Hand
部門:
Fiction
主催:
Crime Writers' Association
結果:
受賞
Cartier Diamond Dagger (Lifetime Achievement)
1989
部門:
Lifetime Achievement
主催:
Crime Writers' Association
結果:
受賞
MWA Grand Master Award
1996
部門:
Lifetime Achievement
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1983
主催:
The British honours system
結果:
叙勲
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2000
主催:
The British honours system
結果:
叙勲（昇進）
Honorary Doctorate
1991
主催:
Tufts University
結果:
授与
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
1984
対象作品:
Proof
主催:
Japan Adventure Fiction Association
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Sport of Queens (autobiography)
1957年 Autobiography / Non-fictionAutobiography recounting his life as a jockey and experiences including WWII service.
horse racingmemoir
Dead Cert
1962年 Crime fiction / ThrillerA crime thriller set in the horse-racing world; protagonist Alan York, a young jockey, becomes embroiled in conspiracy and crime.
horse racingbetrayalrevenge
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Dead Cert (1974) / Tony Richardson (1974)
- [Television (Soviet)] Favorit (1976) (1976)
Forfeit
1968年 Crime fictionA crime novel featuring a reporter as protagonist; draws on family experiences including his wife's illness.
investigationpersonal hardship
Whip Hand
1979年 Crime fictionFeatures Sid Halley, a former jockey who lost an arm; a story about revenge and justice.
disability and comebackrevengecorruption in horse racing
映像化・舞台化
- [TV film] Whip Hand (TV adaptation) (1979)
Come to Grief
1995年 Crime fictionA Sid Halley novel; one of the author's notable detective works that won the Edgar Award.
justicesettling the past
全著作
- The Sport of Queens (1957)
- Dead Cert (1962)
- Forfeit (1968)
- Whip Hand (1979)
- Come to Grief (1995)
- Under Orders (2006)
- Dead Heat (2007) (with Felix Francis)
翻案
- Film adaptations such as Dead Cert (1974)
- TV movies featuring Sid Halley (1979–1980)
- BBC Radio adaptations (multiple)
- Video game/text-adventure adaptations (High Stakes, Twice Shy)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Matter-of-fact, accessible narration that incorporates professional and horse-racing detailPrimarily first-person narration with plot-driven pacing
- 頻出モチーフ
- horse racing and its peripheral industriesinjury/disability and recoveryuse of professional expertise to resolve problemsresourceful protagonists
健康
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Heart disease (bypass surgery)2006Underwent coronary bypass surgery in 2006; required ongoing health management afterward.
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Right foot amputation2007Right foot was amputated in 2007; affected mobility but he continued writing.
評価・遺産
Dick Francis achieved international success as a bestselling crime novelist specializing in horse-racing settings and solid plotting. He won multiple major awards and left a lasting influence on the mystery genre.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Mystery Writers of America (award honoree)
大衆文化への影響
- Widely remembered as the jockey of Devon Loch in the Grand National, whose fall became a famous anecdote
- Numerous novels adapted for film, TV, radio and games, influencing popular culture
引用
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Each one, you think to yourself, 'This is the last one,' but then, by September, you're starting again.
出典: Interview (1989; on his writing routine) (1989年)
豆知識
- Won over 350 races as a professional jockey and was British National Hunt Champion Jockey in 1953–54.
- Rode Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National; the horse inexplicably fell close to victory.
- Only author to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel three times (1970, 1981, 1996).
- His wife Mary contributed heavily to research and editing; they worked as a team on many novels.
- Published more than forty international bestsellers in his lifetime.