American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第26回（2005年） Winner
Don West
ドナルド・リー・ウェスト
Don West
別名:
Donald L. West / Donald Lee West
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1906-06-06 （Devil's Hollow, Gilmer County, Georgia, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1992-09-29 （Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.） 86歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Christianity (Protestant; influenced by the Social Gospel)
- 居住地歴
- Monteagle, Tennessee, U.S. → Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. → Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. → Pipestem, West Virginia, U.S. → Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
経歴
- 職業
- writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer, civil-rights activist
- 活動期間
- 1929年〜1992年
- 所属
- Highlander Folk School (co-founder), Southern Folk School and Libraries (founder), Appalachian South Folklife Center (founding supporter), Oglethorpe University (faculty), Kentucky Workers Alliance (organizational director)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Myles Horton, Alva Taylor, Willard Uphaus, Social Gospel movement
- 影響を与えた人物
- Hedy West (daughter, folksinger), Activists in Appalachian folk and labor movements
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Memorial University | — | — | — | 1920年代 - 1929 | United States |
| Vanderbilt Divinity School | — | — | — | 研究・研修（年不明） | United States |
Lincoln Memorial University
期間:
1920年代 - 1929
卒業年:
1929
国:
United States
Expelled during protests while a student but later returned and graduated
Vanderbilt Divinity School
期間:
研究・研修（年不明）
国:
United States
Studied under Alva Taylor and Willard Uphaus; influenced by the Social Gospel movement
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Crab-Grass
1931年 poetryEarly poetry collection addressing Southern workers and poverty.
laborthe American Southpoverty
Songs for Southern Workers: Songbook of the Kentucky Workers Alliance
1937年 songbook / labor songsSongbook for the Kentucky Workers Alliance collecting labor songs and poems.
labor movementsolidarityfolk culture
Clods of Southern Earth
1946年 poetry (with drawings)A widely read poetry collection from the 1940s depicting Southern land and workers' lives; sold tens of thousands of copies.
landlaborcommunity
No Lonesome Road: Selected Prose and Poems
2004年 selected prose and poemsA later edited selection compiling West's prose and poetry.
memoirsocial justiceregional culture
全著作
- Crab-Grass (1931)
- Songs for Southern Workers: Songbook of the Kentucky Workers Alliance (1937)
- Clods of Southern Earth (1946)
- No Lonesome Road: Selected Prose and Poems (ed. Jeff Biggers & George Brosi, 2004)
作風・主題
- 文体
- conversational, folk-influenced dictionsocially and politically engaged writing
- 頻出モチーフ
- Southern workerspoverty and solidarityland and naturecommunity and song
評価・遺産
Don West was known as an advocate for Southern workers and the poor, contributing to educational movements and folk culture. His collection 'Clods of Southern Earth' reached a wide readership, and his role in founding the Highlander Folk School influenced grassroots activism.
記念館・博物館
- Appalachian South Folklife Center Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, U.S. 1964年開館
資料所蔵先
- FBI FOIA files (hosted on the Internet Archive)
- Biographical and editorial materials related to the University of Illinois Press publication
大衆文化への影響
- The character 'Tod North' in Clancy Sigal's novel 'Going Away' is considered to be at least partly modeled on West
引用
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"I have never been a card carrying, dues paying member of the communist party... But I have worked closely with people whom I knew to be communist. And I would never red-bait."
出典: Interview with Don West, Southern Oral History Program (January 22, 1975) (1975年)
豆知識
- Led protests in high school including against the film 'The Birth of a Nation' and was expelled at one point.
- Co-founded the Highlander Folk School with Myles Horton, later founded his own Southern Folk School and Libraries.
- 'Clods of Southern Earth' sold tens of thousands of copies in the 1940s.
- Subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee but did not testify.
- His daughter Hedy West became a well-known folksinger.
- FBI files on Don West were released via FOIA and are available on the Internet Archive.