Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第13回（1997年） Winner
Ellen Meloy
エレン・メロイ
Ellen Meloy
別名:
Ellen Louise Ditzler
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1946-06-21 （Pasadena, California, U.S.）
- 死没
- 2004-11-04 （Bluff, Utah, U.S.） 58歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Pasadena, California, U.S. (birthplace) → Missoula, Montana, U.S. (studied at University of Montana) → Bluff, Utah, U.S. (later life)
経歴
- 職業
- Environmental writer, Nature writer, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜2004年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Henry David Thoreau, Edward Abbey
- ノミネート
- 2003 Pulitzer Prize nomination (The Anthropology of Turquoise)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goucher College | Fine Arts (BFA) | Art | BFA | — | United States |
| University of Montana | Environmental Studies (MA) | Environmental Studies | MA | — | United States |
Goucher College
Fine Arts (BFA)
/ Art
学位:
BFA
国:
United States
University of Montana
Environmental Studies (MA)
/ Environmental Studies
学位:
MA
国:
United States
Master's degree in Environmental Studies
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Whiting Award | — | — | The Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Pulitzer Prize (nomination) | The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | ノミネート |
| 2007 | John Burroughs Medal | Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild | — | John Burroughs Association | 受賞（追贈） |
Whiting Award
1997
主催:
The Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (nomination)
2003
対象作品:
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
ノミネート
John Burroughs Medal
2007
対象作品:
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
主催:
John Burroughs Association
結果:
受賞（追贈）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River
1994年 Nature memoir / Environmental writingA memoir of a season on the Green River combining natural observation with personal reflection.
riverswildlifeenvironmental observationmemoir
The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
2001年 Essay collection (environmental/desert writing)An essay collection addressing landscape, beauty, and violence in the desert Southwest, examining human relationships with land.
desertland ethicsnature and culturebeauty and violence
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit
2002年 Cultural essays / Nature writingAn essay collection using turquoise as a lens to meditate on landscape, art, and spirituality.
turquoiselandscapeartspiritualitycultural history
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
2005年 Nature essays / Philosophical proseA posthumous collection of essays meditating on imagination and the loss of the wild.
loss of the wildimaginationviews of natureconservation
GROUND ZERO (article)
1999年 Magazine article (Salon)A short essay published in Salon reflecting on a particular natural landscape and environmental concerns.
essayenvironmental issuesshort piece
全著作
- Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River (1994)
- The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest (2001)
- The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit (2002)
- Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild (2005)
- GROUND ZERO (Salon article) (1999)
- Foreword: Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends (foreword) (2004)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyrical, observant prosemeditative and metaphor-rich nature writingfield-notes style descriptions
- 頻出モチーフ
- desertriversturquoise/stoneloss of the wildmemory and place
評価・遺産
Ellen Meloy was a significant voice in desert literature and environmental essays; her lyrical nature writing and spiritual reflections influenced many. The Ellen Meloy Fund, named in her honor, supports writers focused on desert landscapes and awards an annual prize.
大衆文化への影響
- The Ellen Meloy Fund's 'Desert Writers Award' is known for encouraging writing about desert landscapes.
豆知識
- Born Ellen Louise Ditzler.
- Won the Whiting Award in 1997.
- Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for The Anthropology of Turquoise.
- The Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers presents an annual prize named after her.
- Her nephew is musician/writer Colin Meloy and her niece is writer Maile Meloy.
- Married Mark Meloy, a river ranger, in 1985.