PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1991) Winner
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Edition 16 (2006) Winner
Gerald William Haslam
ジェラド・ウィリアム・ハスラム
Jerarudo Wiriamu Hasuramu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-03-18 （Bakersfield, California）
- Died
- 2021-04-13 （Petaluma, California） age 84
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Oildale, California → Penngrove, California
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1969-2021
- Affiliations
- Sonoma State University
- Nominations
- Pushcart Prize Special Mention (1983, The Man Who Cultivated Fire), Joseph Henry Jackson Award Honorable Mention (1971, Okies)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield College | — | General | — | 1955-1957, 1960-1961 | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | English | B.A., M.A. | 1961-1965 | United States |
| The Union Graduate School | — | Literature | Ph.D. | 1970年代 | United States |
Bakersfield College
General
Period:
1955-1957, 1960-1961
Country:
United States
Community college
San Francisco State University
English
Degree:
B.A., M.A.
Period:
1961-1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
United States
BA 1963, MA 1965
The Union Graduate School
Literature
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
PhD 1980
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Western States Book Award | Straight White Male | フィクション | Western States Book Award | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Josephine Miles Award | Haslam's Valley | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Award | Grace Period | — | US Review of Books | 受賞 |
| 2013 | S. I. Hayakawa Book Prize | In Thought and Action | — | Institute of General Semantics | 受賞 |
Western States Book Award
2001
Work:
Straight White Male
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
Western States Book Award
Result:
受賞
Josephine Miles Award
2006
Work:
Haslam's Valley
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Award
2016
Work:
Grace Period
Organization:
US Review of Books
Result:
受賞
S. I. Hayakawa Book Prize
2013
Work:
In Thought and Action
Organization:
Institute of General Semantics
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Straight White Male
2000 NovelA novel depicting life in California's Central Valley
Working-class lifeCentral Valley
The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland
1993 Non-fictionHistory and culture of California's Central Valley with photos
Central ValleyCulture
Workin' Man Blues
1999 Non-fictionCountry music in California
Country musicWorking class
Bibliography
- Okies: Selected Stories
- Masks: A Novel
- The Wages of Sin: Collected Stories
- The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland
- Straight White Male
- Grace Period
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealismRegionalism
- Recurring Motifs
- Central ValleyWorking-class peopleOildale
Health
-
Prostate cancer晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Known for chronicling the lives of poor and working-class people in California's Great Central Valley
Archives
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
Trivia
- Neighbor of Merle Haggard
- Son developed SimCity 2000