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第20回（1999年） Winner
Elizabeth Strout
エリザベス・ストラウト
Erizabesu Sutorauto
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1956-01-06 （Portland, Maine, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Portland, Maine (raised) → Durham, New Hampshire (raised) → Oxford, England (studied, 1 year) → New York City (residence) → Brunswick, Maine (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, short-story writer, author
- 活動期間
- 1982年〜
- 所属
- Borough of Manhattan Community College (part-time instructor), Queens University of Charlotte (MFA faculty), Colgate University (NEH lecturer, fall 2007)
- ノミネート
- My Name Is Lucy Barton — Man Booker Prize longlist, Oh William! — Booker Prize 2022 shortlist, Tell Me Everything — Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards 2025 shortlist
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Syracuse University College of Law | — | — | J.D. | — | United States |
Bates College
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Graduated from Bates College in Lewiston; spent a year in Oxford afterwards
Syracuse University College of Law
学位:
J.D.
卒業年:
1982
国:
United States
Graduated with a J.D. in 1982; first story published that year
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Olive Kitteridge | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | winner |
| 2010 | Premio Bancarella | Olive Kitteridge | — | Premio Bancarella organization | winner |
| 2018 | The Story Prize | Anything Is Possible | — | The Story Prize | winner |
| 2022 | Siegfried Lenz Prize | — | — | Siegfried Lenz Foundation / prize committee | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2009
対象作品:
Olive Kitteridge
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
winner
Premio Bancarella
2010
対象作品:
Olive Kitteridge
主催:
Premio Bancarella organization
結果:
winner
The Story Prize
2018
対象作品:
Anything Is Possible
主催:
The Story Prize
結果:
winner
Siegfried Lenz Prize
2022
主催:
Siegfried Lenz Foundation / prize committee
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
Pulitzer Prize
1回登壇
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第93回（2009年） Winner
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第1回（2009年） Winner
Premio Bancarella
1回登壇
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第58回（2010年） Winner
The Story Prize
1回登壇
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第14回（2017年） Winner
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第37回（2022年） Winner
作品
代表作
Amy and Isabelle
1998年 Literary fictionA portrait of a fraught mother–daughter relationship in a small town; explores intimacy, shame and resilience.
familycoming-of-agesmall-town life
映像化・舞台化
- [TV movie] Amy and Isabelle (TV movie) (2001)
Abide with Me
2006年 Literary fictionSet in a small New England town in the 1950s, the novel addresses faith, solitude, and the struggle for personal meaning.
faithlonelinesshistorical context (Cold War era)
Olive Kitteridge
2008年 Interlinked short stories / Literary fictionA linked collection of short stories set in a coastal Maine town, centering on Olive and exploring aging, marriage, loss, and compassion.
agingfamily relationshipsforgivenesssmall-town community
映像化・舞台化
- [TV miniseries] Olive Kitteridge (HBO miniseries) / Lisa Cholodenko (2014)
The Burgess Boys
2013年 Literary fictionA family saga about returning brothers, immigration politics, and complicated loyalties—handled with quiet humor and intelligence.
familyimmigrationforgiveness and reconciliation
My Name Is Lucy Barton
2016年 Literary fictionA spare, intimate novel about Lucy Barton recovering from surgery and reconnecting with her estranged mother.
familymemoryestrangement and reconciliation
Anything Is Possible
2017年 Linked short stories / Literary fictionA collection of linked stories set in the same town as Lucy Barton, exploring ordinary lives marked by hurt and moments of grace.
communitygracetrauma and recovery
Olive, Again
2019年 Linked short stories / Literary fictionA follow-up to Olive Kitteridge, revisiting Olive and the inhabitants of her town as they face later-life challenges.
agingrevisiting charactershuman relationships
Oh, William!
2021年 Literary fictionAnother Lucy Barton novel that examines how difficult it is to truly know other people and ourselves.
self-knowledgerelationshipsconfronting the past
Lucy by the Sea
2022年 Literary fictionA pandemic novel portraying Lucy and her ex-husband William quarantining by the sea in Maine.
isolationintimacycontemporary history (pandemic)
Tell Me Everything
2024年 Literary fiction (contains elements of mystery)Brings together Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and other recurring characters in a multi-perspective novel that received mixed reviews.
ensemble castreexamination of the pasttruth and memory
全著作
- Amy and Isabelle (1998)
- Abide with Me (2006)
- Olive Kitteridge (2008)
- The Burgess Boys (2013)
- My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016)
- Anything Is Possible (2017)
- Olive, Again (2019)
- Oh, William! (2021)
- Lucy by the Sea (2022)
- Tell Me Everything (2024)
翻案
- Olive Kitteridge — HBO miniseries (2014)
- Amy and Isabelle — TV movie (2001)
作風・主題
- 文体
- character-driven realismrestrained, elegant proseobservational narration
- 頻出モチーフ
- small-town lifefamily and parent–child relationshipsloneliness and forgivenessaging and loss
評価・遺産
Elizabeth Strout is acclaimed for her precise character studies and New England settings; she achieved international recognition after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge. Several of her works have been bestsellers and adapted or spotlighted in major book clubs.
大衆文化への影響
- Olive Kitteridge adapted into an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries
- Selected for Oprah's Book Club (e.g., Olive, Again; Tell Me Everything)
引用
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I wanted to be a writer so much that the idea of failing at it was almost unbearable to me.
出典: Interview with The Morning News (2016) (2016年)
豆知識
- Married to James Tierney, former Maine Attorney General and Harvard Law lecturer.
- Her daughter Zarina Shea is a playwright.
- Her upbringing in Maine inspired the fictional town of 'Shirley Falls' that recurs in several novels.
- Olive Kitteridge achieved strong commercial success, selling over one million copies as of May 2017 (reported).