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Fred Davis Chappell

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Fred Chappell

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性別
男性
生誕
1936-05-28 (Canton, North Carolina, U.S.)
死没
2024-01-04 (Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.) 87歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Canton, North Carolina (birthplace) → Greensboro, North Carolina (longtime residence and workplace)

経歴

職業
Writer, Poet, Professor
活動期間
1952年〜2024年
所属
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of English (Professor, 1964–2004)
影響を受けた人物
H. P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor

学歴

Duke University
国: United States

受賞歴

Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup
1971
対象作品: The World Between the Eyes
結果: winner
Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book)
対象作品: Dagon
主催: Académie française
結果: winner
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
主催: The Sewanee Review
結果: winner
Bollingen Prize
主催: Bollingen Prize committee
結果: winner
T. S. Eliot Award for Creative Writing
結果: winner
World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction
1992
対象作品: The Somewhere Doors
部門: 短編
主催: World Fantasy Awards
結果: winner
World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction
1994
対象作品: The Lodger
部門: 短編
主催: World Fantasy Awards
結果: winner
Southeastern SF Achievement Awards (lifetime achievement)
2003
部門: 生涯功労
結果: recipient
O. Max Gardner Award
結果: recipient

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Dagon

1968年 Southern Gothic / Horror

A Southern Gothic novel recasting Cthulhu Mythos elements into a psychologically realistic narrative that explores fear and regional memory.

Southern memoryPsychological horrorNostalgia
翻訳
  • French translation (details unknown)

The World Between the Eyes

1971年 Poetry

A collection of poems drawing on childhood memories and the character of his home region; one of his notable early collections.

MemoryLandscapeFamily

More Shapes Than One

1991年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories including award-winning pieces such as "The Somewhere Doors."

ShadowsWeirdnessHuman psychology

全著作

  • The Inkling (1965)
  • Dagon (1968)
  • The World Between the Eyes (1971)
  • More Shapes Than One (1991)
  • A Shadow All of Light (2016)

翻案

  • Documentary "Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever"

作品の翻訳

  • French translation of Dagon (details unknown)

作風・主題

文体
Southern GothicPsychological realismPoetic and lyrical expression
頻出モチーフ
ShadowsMountain and rural landscapesMemory and family

評価・遺産

Fred Chappell was acclaimed for poetry and prose that drew on Southern memory and regional character. He won multiple literary awards and was a respected educator, becoming an important cultural figure in North Carolina.

資料所蔵先

  • Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Fred Chappell Papers)
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro oral history collections

引用

  • He investigates the Southern experience in both his poetry and prose by drawing on childhood memories and the character of his home region.
    出典: Poetry Foundation (biography)

豆知識

  • His earliest science fiction was published in Robert Silverberg's fanzine Spaceship in 1952 and 1953.
  • He served as Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002.
  • He taught in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1964 to 2004.