Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1 appearances
Donald Ray Pollock
ドナルド・レイ・ポロック
Donarudo Rei Porokku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-12-23 （Ross County, Ohio, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Knockemstiff, Ohio → Chillicothe, Ohio
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, laborer, truck driver
- Active Years
- 2008-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio University - Chillicothe | — | — | — | — | United States |
Ohio University - Chillicothe
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize | Knockemstiff | — | PEN America | winner |
| 2009 | Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose | Knockemstiff | — | English Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale | winner |
| 2012 | Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of the Year | The Devil All the Time | — | Publishers Weekly | selected |
| 2012 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | recipient |
| 2012 | Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing | The Devil All the Time | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Grand Prix de Littérature Policière | The Devil All the Time | — | — | winner |
| 2013 | Deutscher Krimi Preis (Third Place International Category) | The Devil All the Time | International | — | third place |
| 2013 | Prix Mystère de la critique (First Place) | The Devil All the Time | — | — | first place |
| 2017 | Deutscher Krimi Preis (First Place International Category) | The Heavenly Table | International | — | first place |
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
2009
Work:
Knockemstiff
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose
2009
Work:
Knockemstiff
Organization:
English Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Result:
winner
Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of the Year
2012
Work:
The Devil All the Time
Organization:
Publishers Weekly
Result:
selected
Guggenheim Fellowship
2012
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
recipient
Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing
2012
Work:
The Devil All the Time
Result:
winner
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
2012
Work:
The Devil All the Time
Result:
winner
Deutscher Krimi Preis (Third Place International Category)
2013
Work:
The Devil All the Time
Category:
International
Result:
third place
Prix Mystère de la critique (First Place)
2013
Work:
The Devil All the Time
Result:
first place
Deutscher Krimi Preis (First Place International Category)
2017
Work:
The Heavenly Table
Category:
International
Result:
first place
Awards & Nominations
Prix Mystère de la critique
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Knockemstiff
2008 Gothic, crimeCollection of short stories based on his experiences growing up in Knockemstiff, Ohio.
violencepovertyrural life
Translations
- French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, English editions
Bibliography
- Knockemstiff (2008)
- The Devil All the Time (2011)
- The Heavenly Table (2016)
Adaptations
- The Devil All the Time film adaptation (2020), narrated by himself
Translations of Works
- The Devil All the Time translated into 21 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Hillbilly GothicSouthern Ohio Gothic
- Recurring Motifs
- violencedeceitscrushed dreams
Legacy
American writer acclaimed for his 'Hillbilly Gothic' and 'Southern Ohio Gothic' fiction.
In Popular Culture
- Daughter Amber Pollock
Trivia
- Has a daughter named Amber Pollock.
- Worked at Mead Paper Mill as laborer and truck driver until age 50.