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第1回（2005年） Winner
Es'kia Mphahlele
エスキア・ムパハレレ
Es'kia Mphahlele
別名:
Ezekiel Mphahlele
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1919-12-17 （Marabastad, Pretoria, Union of South Africa）
- 死没
- 2008-10-27 （Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, South Africa） 88歳
- 国籍
- South Africa
- 言語
- Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, isiZulu, English, Afrikaans
- 居住地歴
- Pretoria → Maupaneng Village, GaMphahlele → Marabastad → Orlando East, Soweto → Nigeria → France, Paris → Kenya, Nairobi → Colorado, Denver, US → Philadelphia, US → Johannesburg
経歴
- 職業
- writer, educationist, philosopher, activist
- 活動期間
- 1940年〜2008年
- 所属
- Transvaal African Teachers' Association (TATA), University of the Witwatersrand, Council for Black Education and Research
- 影響を受けた人物
- Miguel de Cervantes
- 影響を与えた人物
- Wole Soyinka, Modern African literature figures
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams College | — | — | Teacher's Certificate | — | South Africa |
| University of South Africa | — | English, Psychology, African Administration | B.A. | — | South Africa |
| University of South Africa | — | English | B.A. Honours | — | South Africa |
| University of South Africa | — | English | M.A. | — | South Africa |
| University of Denver | — | Creative Writing | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Adams College
学位:
Teacher's Certificate
卒業年:
1940
国:
South Africa
University of South Africa
English, Psychology, African Administration
学位:
B.A.
卒業年:
1949
国:
South Africa
University of South Africa
English
学位:
B.A. Honours
卒業年:
1955
国:
South Africa
University of South Africa
English
学位:
M.A.
卒業年:
1957
国:
South Africa
First person to graduate M.A. English with distinction, Thesis: The Non-European Character in South African English Fiction
University of Denver
Creative Writing
学位:
Ph.D.
卒業年:
1968
国:
United States
Submitted novel The Wanderers in lieu of thesis, Awarded First Prize for best African novel by African Arts magazine
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Order of the Palm | — | フランス語と文化への貢献 | French government | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Crystal Award | — | 芸術と教育への傑出した貢献 | World Economic Forum | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Order of the Southern Cross | — | — | South African Government | 受賞 |
Order of the Palm
1984
部門:
フランス語と文化への貢献
主催:
French government
結果:
受賞
Crystal Award
1998
部門:
芸術と教育への傑出した貢献
主催:
World Economic Forum
結果:
受賞
Order of the Southern Cross
1998
主催:
South African Government
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Down Second Avenue
1959年 autobiographyRecounts his struggle to get an education and the setbacks experienced in his teaching career, evoking the black experience under apartheid.
apartheidAfrican Humanismeducationblack experience
翻訳
- Japanese
The Wanderers
1971年 novelA story chronicling the experience of exiles in Africa.
exileAfrican journeyidentity
Afrika My Music
1984年 autobiographySecond autobiography describing exile and return to South Africa.
exilereturnculture
Chirundu
1980年 novelNovel set against political tension.
politicspower
全著作
- Man Must Live and Other Stories (1947)
- Down Second Avenue (1959)
- The African Image (1962)
- In Corner B & Other Stories (1967)
- The Wanderers (1971)
- Voices in the Whirlwind and Other Essays (1971)
- Chirundu (1980)
- The Unbroken Song: Selected Writings (1981)
- Afrika My Music (1984)
- Father Come Home (1984)
- Renewal Time (1988)
- Es'kia (2001)
- Es'kia Continued (2004)
作風・主題
- 文体
- developing the concept of African Humanismdrawing from personal experiencesshort stories, fiction, autobiography
- 頻出モチーフ
- black experience under apartheidexile and returneducation and culture
評価・遺産
Celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature. Dean of African Letters.
記念館・博物館
- Es'kia Mphahlele Community Library Pretoria
大衆文化への影響
- Es'kia Institute founded
- Streets named after him
豆知識
- Changed his name from Ezekiel to Es'kia in 1977.
- Spent 20 years in exile in Nigeria, France, Kenya, and the US.
- Married Rebecca Nnana Mochedibane in 1945; they had five children.