Orwell Prize
1回登壇
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第30回（2023年） Winner
Gary Younge
ゲイリー・ヤング
Geirī Yangu
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1969-01-01 （Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England）
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English, French, Russian
- 居住地歴
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire → Edinburgh → Chicago (2011-2015) → Hackney, London
経歴
- 職業
- Columnist, Professor, Author, Broadcaster
- 活動期間
- 1993年〜2024年
- 所属
- The Guardian, University of Manchester School of Social Sciences
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- ノミネート
- Guardian First Book Award shortlist (No Place Like Home)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heriot-Watt University | — | French and Russian | — | 1987-1992 | United Kingdom |
| City, University of London | — | Journalism | — | — | United Kingdom |
Heriot-Watt University
French and Russian
期間:
1987-1992
卒業年:
1992
国:
United Kingdom
Vice president (welfare) of the student association
City, University of London
Journalism
卒業年:
1993
国:
United Kingdom
Bursary from The Guardian to study journalism
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | James Cameron Award | Barack Obama election campaign coverage | — | James Cameron Memorial Trust | Winner |
| 2015 | Foreign Commentator of the Year | — | — | The Comment Awards | Winner |
| 2015 | David Nyhan Prize | — | — | Harvard University's Shorenstein Center | Winner |
| 2016 | Sandford Award | — | — | Sandford St Martin Trust | Winner |
| 2017 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | Another Day in the Death of America | — | Columbia Journalism School and Nieman Foundation | Winner |
James Cameron Award
2009
対象作品:
Barack Obama election campaign coverage
主催:
James Cameron Memorial Trust
結果:
Winner
Foreign Commentator of the Year
2015
主催:
The Comment Awards
結果:
Winner
David Nyhan Prize
2015
主催:
Harvard University's Shorenstein Center
結果:
Winner
Sandford Award
2016
主催:
Sandford St Martin Trust
結果:
Winner
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
2017
対象作品:
Another Day in the Death of America
主催:
Columbia Journalism School and Nieman Foundation
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
No Place Like Home
2002年 Non-fictionA Black Briton's journey through the American South retracing civil rights Freedom Riders.
Racial politicsCivil rights
Stranger in a Strange Land
2006年 Non-fictionEncounters in the Disunited States.
American societyIdentity
Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
2011年 Non-fictionExploration of identity in the 21st century.
IdentityMulticulturalism
The Speech
2013年 Non-fictionThe story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream speech.
Civil rights movement
Another Day in the Death of America
2016年 Non-fictionChronicle of ten short lives lost to gun violence in America.
Gun violenceRaceViolence
Dispatches from the Diaspora
2023年 Non-fictionCollection of journalism from Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter.
DiasporaRacism
全著作
- No Place Like Home
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
- The Speech
- Another Day in the Death of America
- Dispatches from the Diaspora
作風・主題
- 文体
- JournalisticPersonal narrativeIncisive analysis
- 頻出モチーフ
- Racial politicsLeft-wing politicsDiaspora
評価・遺産
Influential British journalist, author, and sociology professor known for work on race and politics, long-time Guardian columnist.
大衆文化への影響
- Named in 100 Great Black Britons (2020)
- Powerlist Top 100 (2020, 2021)
豆知識
- Of Barbadian descent.
- At 17, taught English in a UN Eritrean refugee school in Sudan.
- Brother Pat Younge was a BBC executive.