Quill Award
1回登壇
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第1回（2005年） Winner
Elizabeth Kostova
エリザベス・コストヴァ
Erizabesu Kosutova
別名:
Elizabeth Johnson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1964-12-26 （New London, Connecticut, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- New London, Connecticut, U.S. (birthplace) → Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. (raised) → Ljubljana, Slovenia (lived there in 1972) → Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. (studied/lived)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Author
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Bram Stoker, Victorian literature, Stories about vampires and folklore told by her father (familial influence)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | — | 学士号 | — | United States |
| University of Michigan | — | — | MFA（Master of Fine Arts） | — | United States |
Yale University
学位:
学士号
国:
United States
Undergraduate degree (major not specified in available sources)
University of Michigan
学位:
MFA（Master of Fine Arts）
卒業年:
2004
国:
United States
Won the 2003 Hopwood Award while at the University of Michigan; much of the debut novel was completed during her MFA studies.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Hopwood Award | Novel-in-Progress | — | University of Michigan | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Quill Award | The Historian | デビュー作賞（Debut Author of the Year） | Quill Awards | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Book Sense Book of the Year (Best Adult Fiction) | The Historian | ベスト成人向けフィクション | American Booksellers Association | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Lord Ruthven Award | The Historian | — | Lord Ruthven Award (organization) | 受賞 |
Hopwood Award
2003
対象作品:
Novel-in-Progress
主催:
University of Michigan
結果:
受賞
Quill Award
2005
対象作品:
The Historian
部門:
デビュー作賞（Debut Author of the Year）
主催:
Quill Awards
結果:
受賞
Book Sense Book of the Year (Best Adult Fiction)
2006
対象作品:
The Historian
部門:
ベスト成人向けフィクション
主催:
American Booksellers Association
結果:
受賞
Lord Ruthven Award
2006
対象作品:
The Historian
主催:
Lord Ruthven Award (organization)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
Lord Ruthven Award
1回登壇
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第0回（2006年 第2回開催） Winner
作品
代表作
The Historian
2005年 Historical fiction, Gothic, ThrillerThe Historian weaves the Dracula legend with historical research in an epistolary, multi-layered novel. Set among libraries, archives, and sites across Eastern Europe, it explores the nature of history and the nature of evil.
intersection of history and folklorethe nature of good and evilbooks and scholarship (libraries, archives)
映像化・舞台化
- [Film rights (option)] Film rights (no film produced)
翻訳
- Published and translated in 28 countries
The Swan Thieves
2010年 Literary fictionA psychological novel centered on painters and a portrait, exploring art, memory, and the nature of creativity as the characters' pasts intersect.
art and creativitymemory and the influence of the pastlove and obsession
The Shadow Land
2017年 Travel/historical fictionSet largely in Eastern Europe (notably Bulgaria), this is a journey-and-discovery novel in which the protagonist becomes entangled in another person's life and confronts memory and identity.
journey and discoverymemory, loss, and identityEastern European history and culture
全著作
- The Historian — 2005
- The Swan Thieves — 2010
- The Shadow Land — 2017
翻案
- Film rights: purchased by Sony for approximately USD 1.5 million (no film produced)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Victorian-influenced, richly descriptive prosebibliographic/scholarly approach (layering sources and letters)multi-layered, episodic narrative structure
- 頻出モチーフ
- libraries and archival documentsletters and diariestraces of history and mapsvampire/Dracula legend
評価・遺産
Elizabeth Kostova achieved major commercial success with her debut novel The Historian and is known for blending vampire legend with scholarly research. In 2007 she founded the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation to support Bulgarian literature and translation, contributing to cultural exchange.
資料所蔵先
- Library of Congress (collection of Bulgarian folk music recordings deposited)
大衆文化への影響
- The Historian became a bestseller and entered popular culture; the work and author have been referenced in popular media (e.g., used as a clue on Jeopardy!).
引用
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Dracula is a metaphor for the evil that is so hard to undo in history.
出典: Interview/press (quoted in contemporary coverage) (2005年)
豆知識
- Her debut novel's manuscript was reportedly the subject of a multi-house auction, with an advance reported around USD 2 million.
- Sony purchased film rights for the novel for approximately USD 1.5 million, but no film has been produced to date.
- The Historian was one of the first debut novels to reach No.1 on The New York Times bestseller list upon release.
- Won the Hopwood Award at the University of Michigan in 2003.
- Established the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation in 2007 to support Bulgarian creative writing and translations.
- Her sister, Victoria Johnson, is also an author.