Drue Heinz Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1991) Winner
Elizabeth Graver
エリザベス・グレイヴァー
Elizabeth Graver
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-07-02 （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles (birthplace) → Williamstown, Massachusetts (raised) → Boston, Massachusetts (residence/employment)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor
- Active Years
- 1991-
- Affiliations
- Boston College — English & Creative Writing
- Nominations
- National Book Award Fiction Longlist (2013) — The End of the Point
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Washington University in St. Louis | — | — | M.F.A. | — | United States |
| Cornell University (graduate work) | — | — | — | — | United States |
Wesleyan University
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
Washington University in St. Louis
Degree:
M.F.A.
Year of Graduation:
1999
Country:
United States
Cornell University (graduate work)
Country:
United States
Reported to have done graduate work (not necessarily a completed degree)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Drue Heinz Literature Prize | Have You Seen Me? | — | University of Pittsburgh Press | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2023 | National Jewish Book Award (Sephardic Culture) | Kantika | セファルディ文化 | Jewish Book Council | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Edward Lewis Wallant Award | Kantika | — | University of Hartford (Greenberg Center) | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts Book Award (Fiction) | Kantika | フィクション | Massachusetts Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Julia Ward Howe Prize | Kantika | — | Julia Ward Howe Prize organization | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Jewish Fiction Award | Kantika | — | Jewish Libraries / relevant organizations | 受賞 |
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
1991
Work:
Have You Seen Me?
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Jewish Book Award (Sephardic Culture)
2023
Work:
Kantika
Category:
セファルディ文化
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
受賞
Edward Lewis Wallant Award
2024
Work:
Kantika
Organization:
University of Hartford (Greenberg Center)
Result:
受賞
Massachusetts Book Award (Fiction)
2024
Work:
Kantika
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
Massachusetts Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Julia Ward Howe Prize
2024
Work:
Kantika
Organization:
Julia Ward Howe Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Jewish Fiction Award
2024
Work:
Kantika
Organization:
Jewish Libraries / relevant organizations
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kantika
2023 Historical novel / Family fictionInspired by the migration story of the author's Turkish Sephardic Jewish maternal grandmother, Kantika traces a family's movement from Turkey to Spain, Cuba and New York, exploring memory, migration and intergenerational ties.
migrationmemoryfamily historySephardic culture
Translations
- Turkish translation
- German translation
The End of the Point
2013 Family novel / Literary fictionSet in a summer community on the Massachusetts coast from 1942 to 1999, the novel meditates on place and family across half a century.
sense of placeintergenerational relationshipsmemory
Awake
2005 Literary fictionA contemporary novel exploring human relationships and psychological interiority.
familypersonal growth
The Honey Thief
2000 Contemporary novel / FamilyA contemporary novel that explores a mother-daughter relationship; reviewers note its refusal to guarantee neat resolution or redemption.
mother-daughter relationshipforgiveness and absence
Unravelling
1999 Historical fiction / Labor historySet in 19th-century Lowell textile mills, it tells the story of an independent young woman and the life she fashions for herself.
laborwomen's independence19th-century America
Have You Seen Me?
1991 Short story collectionA collection of short stories; winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
individual memorymoments of ordinary life
Bibliography
- Have You Seen Me? (1991)
- Unravelling (1999)
- The Honey Thief (2000)
- Awake (2005)
- The End of the Point (2013)
- Kantika (2023)
Translations of Works
- Kantika — Turkish translation
- Kantika — German translation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous historical detail and close family chroniclepsychologically rich proselayered treatment of generations and place
- Recurring Motifs
- migration and diasporamemory and recallfamily continuity and rupturesense of place (coasts, hometowns)
Legacy
Elizabeth Graver is a contemporary American writer praised for her explorations of family history and migration. Her multiple literary awards and long academic career have made a notable contribution to contemporary letters.
Quotes
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In Graver’s vision, migration is never simply a one-way street... Kantika is a meticulous endeavor to preserve the memories of a family, an elegy and a celebration both.
Source: Ayten Tartici, New York Times Book Review (review) (2023)
Trivia
- Both parents were English professors at Williams College.
- Has taught English and creative writing at Boston College since 1993.
- Married to civil rights lawyer James Pingeon and is the mother of two daughters.