Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第26回（2010年） Winner
Elif Batuman
エリフ・バトゥマン
Elif Batuman
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1977 （New York City）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- New Jersey → New York City → Istanbul → Samarkand
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Academic, Journalist
- 活動期間
- 2006年〜2024年
- 所属
- The New Yorker, Koç University
- 影響を受けた人物
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Leo Tolstoy
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Stanford University | — | Comparative Literature | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard College
学位:
BA
卒業年:
1999
国:
United States
Stanford University
Comparative Literature
学位:
PhD
国:
United States
Studied Uzbek language in Samarkand
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | — | Rona Jaffe Foundation | winner |
| 2010 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2018 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | The Idiot | — | Columbia University | finalist |
| 2018 | National Magazine Award | Japan's Rent-a-Family Industry | — | — | winner (later returned) |
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
2007
主催:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
結果:
winner
Whiting Award
2010
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
winner
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2018
対象作品:
The Idiot
主催:
Columbia University
結果:
finalist
National Magazine Award
2018
対象作品:
Japan's Rent-a-Family Industry
結果:
winner (later returned)
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Possessed
2010年 MemoirA memoir based on her experiences as a comparative literature graduate student at Stanford University, detailing adventures with Russian books.
Russian literaturePassion for literature
The Idiot
2017年 NovelA semi-autobiographical novel partly based on her experiences at Harvard in the mid-1990s and teaching English in Hungary in 1996.
College lifeRomanceIdentity
Either/Or
2022年 NovelSequel-like novel to The Idiot.
GenderSexuality
全著作
- The Possessed (2010)
- The Idiot (2017)
- Either/Or (2022)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Humorous and winsome style influenced by Russian literatureInfectious delight in literary genius
- 頻出モチーフ
- Russian literaturePersonal experiencesGender and sexuality
評価・遺産
Known as a Pulitzer finalist and staff writer for The New Yorker, a prominent contemporary American author.
豆知識
- Turkish-American parents.
- Came out as queer at age 38.
- Studied Uzbek in Samarkand.