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Ella Leffland

エラ・レフランド

Era Reffurando

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1931-11-25 (Martinez, California)
死没
2024-09-18 (San Francisco) 92歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Martinez, California (born and raised) → San Francisco

経歴

職業
novelist, short story writer
活動期間
1970年〜1999年

学歴

San Jose State University
国: United States
Attended, no graduation mentioned.

受賞歴

O. Henry Award
1977
対象作品: Last Courtesies
部門: First Prize
主催: O. Henry Prize Stories
結果: winner
Gina Berriault Award
2014
主催: Fourteen Hills Review at San Francisco State University
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mrs. Munck

1970年 Gothic novel

A gothic tale of a woman's vengeance on the man who abandoned her decades before.

vengeanceabandonment
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Mrs. Munck / Diane Ladd (1996)

Love Out of Season

1974年 Novel

Rumors of Peace

1979年 Semi-autobiographical novel

A girl coming of age during World War II.

warcoming of agepeace

Last Courtesies and Other Stories

1980年 Short story collection

The Knight, Death and the Devil

1990年 Historical novel

Historical novel based on the life of Hermann Göring.

evilhistoryNazism

Breath and Shadows

1999年 Novel

全著作

  • Mrs. Munck (1970)
  • Love Out of Season (1974)
  • Rumors of Peace (1979)
  • Last Courtesies and Other Stories (1980)
  • The Knight, Death and the Devil (1990)
  • Breath and Shadows (1999)

翻案

  • Mrs. Munck (1996 film, directed by Diane Ladd)

作風・主題

文体
stunning mastery of the techniques of realistic fictioncharacters whose imaginative lives are rich and often strange
頻出モチーフ
personal and social evilnorthern California settings

評価・遺産

Highly regarded by other writers, her novels demonstrate stunning mastery of realistic fiction techniques, illuminating characters with rich imaginative lives. Best known for Rumors of Peace.