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第1回（1991年） Winner
George Scialabba
ジョージ・スキャラバ
Jōji Shiarabba
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1948-01-01 （East Boston）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Catholic
- 居住地歴
- East Boston (childhood) → Cambridge (Harvard period)
経歴
- 職業
- book critic, building manager
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜2024年
- 所属
- Harvard University
- 所属団体
- Opus Dei (former member)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | — | AB | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
Harvard University
学位:
AB
卒業年:
1969
国:
United States
Columbia University
学位:
MA
卒業年:
1972
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing | — | — | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
1991
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Divided Mind
2006年 Essay collectionA collection of his reviews
IntellectCriticism
The Modern Predicament
2011年 Essay collectionEssays on modern thought
TheologyPostmodernity
How to Be Depressed
2018年 MemoirAccount of his experience with depression
Mental healthTherapy
全著作
- Divided Mind (2006)
- What Are Intellectuals Good For? (2009)
- The Modern Predicament (2011)
- For the Republic (2013)
- Low Dishonest Decades (2016)
- Slouching Toward Utopia (2018)
- How to Be Depressed (2018)
- Only a Voice: Essays (2023)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lucid and undogmaticlearned
- 頻出モチーフ
- theology and secularizationmodern predicaments
健康
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depression1970年代以降Four decades of therapy, published a book on it
評価・遺産
Highly regarded American independent book critic known for wide-ranging reviews.
大衆文化への影響
- Cambridge City Council declared an official 'George Scialabba Day' upon his retirement.
引用
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he has an enviably wide range: he writes superbly here about D. H. Lawrence, the philosopher Charles Taylor, about Michel Foucault, Philip Rieff, Kierkegaard, and many others.
出典: The New Yorker (2011年)
豆知識
- Born to working-class Italian-American parents.
- Former member of Opus Dei, later lost his faith.