American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2013) Lifetime Achievement Award
Floyd Salas
フロイド・サラス
Floyd Salas
Pen Names:
F. Salas（Used on some publications and poems）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-01-24 （Walsenburg, Colorado, U.S.）
- Died
- 2021-10-17 （Berkeley, California, U.S.） age 90
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Berkeley, California → Oakland, California → San Francisco Bay Area, California
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, social activist, boxer, boxing coach, poet, playwright
- Active Years
- 1950-2021
- Affiliations
- PEN Oakland (cofounder)
- Memberships
- PEN Oakland (cofounder/affiliated)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | American Book Award (lifetime achievement) | — | Lifetime achievement | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
American Book Award (lifetime achievement)
2013
Category:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hail to the poet laureate: For Morton Marcus and Walt Whitman
1950 PoetryAn early poetic work dedicated to Morton Marcus and Walt Whitman.
poetryhomage to literary figures
Tattoo the Wicked Cross
1967 NovelA novel from the 1960s reflecting countercultural and hard-boiled elements.
countercultureurban violence
What Now My Love
1969 NovelA 1969 novel addressing social and political themes, associated with 1960s protest literature.
protest literaturesocial justice
Lay my Body on the Line
1978 Novel/Short fictionA work from the 1970s containing stories reflecting working-class realities and struggles.
working classstruggle
Stories and Poems from Close to Home
1986 Short stories & poetryA collection of short stories and poems dealing with local and familiar subjects.
homecommunity
Buffalo Nickel
1992 Autobiography / Memoir 347 pagesA memoir recounting his upbringing and life in Oakland, praised by critics as a remarkable autobiography.
memoirLatino experienceurban life
State of Emergency
1996 NovelA 1990s novel portraying tensions and a sense of crisis in contemporary society.
social crisispolitics
Color of my Living Heart: Poems
1996 PoetryA 1996 poetry collection expressing personal and cultural emotions and memories.
memoryidentity
Steve Nash or the Killer that Got Away
2000 Unpublished stage playA stage play written for performance; listed as unpublished.
dramacrime
Love Bites
2006 NovelA 2006 work dealing with relationships and passions, composed of short and medium-length fiction.
loverelationships
Highrunning Heart
2016 NovelA later work potentially containing retrospective perspectives and reflections on life.
retrospectivelife
Bibliography
- Hail to the poet laureate: For Morton Marcus and Walt Whitman
- Tattoo the Wicked Cross
- What Now My Love
- Lay my Body on the Line
- Stories and Poems from Close to Home
- Buffalo Nickel
- State of Emergency
- Color of my Living Heart: Poems
- Steve Nash or the Killer that Got Away
- Love Bites
- Highrunning Heart
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- gritty, raw narrative voiceplot-driven realistic depictionsocial perspective rooted in protest and Latino literature
- Recurring Motifs
- boxing and struggleurban and working-class lifememory and identity
Health
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long illness晩年（具体的期間不明）Died in 2021 after a long illness
Legacy
Floyd Salas was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area and Latino literature; as a cofounder of PEN Oakland he contributed to regional literary life. His memoir 'Buffalo Nickel' and other works have been critically recognized.
Archives
- SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context)
- Yale LUX related holdings
- Library of Congress authority records
Trivia
- Co-founder of PEN Oakland.
- Former boxer and later boxing coach.
- Received a 2013 American Book Award lifetime achievement from the Before Columbus Foundation.
- Died in Berkeley in 2021 at age 90 after a long illness; survived by his wife, writer Claire Ortalda.