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Francine Prose

フランシーン・プローズ

Furanshīn Purōzu

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1947-04-01 （Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
New York City (born and resident) → Bard College (visiting professor)

経歴

職業
novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, professor
活動期間
1973年〜
所属
Bard College (visiting professor), PEN American Center (board member; former president)
所属団体
PEN American Center, American Academy in Rome (fellow)
ノミネート
National Book Award (finalist) - Blue Angel

学歴

Radcliffe College
学位: B.A.
卒業年: 1968
国: United States

受賞歴

PEN Translation Prize
1988
主催: PEN America
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1991
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
Rome Prize
2006
主催: American Academy in Rome
結果: 受賞
Washington University International Humanities Medal
2010
主催: Washington University in St. Louis
結果: 受賞
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Fiction)
2006
対象作品: A Changed Man
部門: フィクション
主催: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
結果: 受賞
National Jewish Book Award
1974
対象作品: Judah the Pious
主催: Jewish Book Council
結果: 受賞
National Jewish Book Award
1998
対象作品: You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed-vavniks
主催: Jewish Book Council
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Glorious Ones

1974年 historical fiction

A novel about a troupe of performers in the Renaissance and their rise and fall; explores art, ambition, and betrayal.

artfamebetrayalperformance
映像化・舞台化
  • [musical] The Glorious Ones (musical) (2007)

Household Saints

1981年 novel / family drama

A story of an Italian-American family that examines faith, tradition, and generational conflict.

faithfamilyimmigrant experience
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] Household Saints (film) / Nancy Savoca (1993)

Blue Angel

2000年 novel / satire

A satirical novel set on a college campus dealing with power structures and sexual harassment.

powersexual harassmentacademic culture

Reading Like a Writer

2006年 nonfiction / literary criticism

A guide to reading closely in order to learn craft from the work of great writers.

close readingstylecraft

全著作

  • Judah the Pious (1973)
  • The Glorious Ones (1974)
  • Household Saints (1981)
  • Blue Angel (2000)
  • A Changed Man (2005)
  • Reading Like a Writer (2006)
  • The Vixen (2021)

翻案

  • The Glorious Ones (adapted as a musical)
  • Household Saints (film adaptation directed by Nancy Savoca)

作風・主題

文体
detailed descriptive proseblend of humor and satirecritical viewpoint
頻出モチーフ
family and generational conflictart and expressionreligion and faithpower and morality

評価・遺産

Francine Prose is a prolific author of novels, short stories and nonfiction whose work and criticism have influenced American letters and literary education. Several works have been adapted for stage and screen; she has received multiple awards and played an active role in public debates about freedom of expression while serving in leadership at PEN America.

関連学会

  • American Academy in Rome

資料所蔵先

  • The New York Review of Books archive (contributions)
  • HarperCollins (author page)

大衆文化への影響

  • Musical adaptation of The Glorious Ones
  • Film adaptation of Household Saints

引用

  • I admire Charlie Hebdo's courage. But it does not deserve a PEN award.
    出典: The Guardian (op-ed) (2015年)

豆知識

  • Served as president of PEN American Center from 2007 to 2009.
  • The Glorious Ones was adapted as a musical and staged in 2007.
  • Won the 2006 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Fiction) for A Changed Man.