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Gerald Shapiro

ジェラルド・シャピロ

Jerarudo Shapiro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1950-08-23
死没
2011-10-15 (Lincoln, Nebraska, USA) 61歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (residence)

経歴

職業
Writer, Professor
活動期間
1975年〜2011年
所属
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Cather Professor), Harris Center for Judaic Studies

学歴

University of Kansas
English
学位: B.A., M.A.
国: United States
University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA Program for Poets & Writers)
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
学位: MFA
国: United States

受賞歴

Honor Award in Fiction, Nebraska Center for the Book
主催: Nebraska Center for the Book
結果: 受賞
Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction
主催: Ohio State University
結果: 受賞
Pushcart Prize (Fiction)
主催: Pushcart Press
結果: 受賞
Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction
主催: Edward Lewis Wallant Award
結果: 受賞
National Jewish Book Award (Fiction) - Finalist
2000
主催: National Jewish Book Awards
結果: 最終候補
Merit Award, Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowships
主催: Nebraska Arts Council
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Little Men

2004年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories that explore family, identity, and Jewish experience.

FamilyIdentityJewish experience

Bad Jews and Other Stories

2004年 Short story collection

A short story collection that mixes humor and cynicism to portray Jewish culture and personal conflicts.

Jewish culturePersonal conflictHumor

From Hunger

1993年 Stories/Short fiction

A collection of stories that depict human relationships through metaphors of hunger, desire, and loss.

LossDesireHuman relationships

全著作

  • Little Men
  • Bad Jews and Other Stories
  • From Hunger
  • American Jewish Fiction: A Century of Stories (editor)

作風・主題

文体
Realist narrationShort fiction with humor and wit
頻出モチーフ
Jewish identityFamily relationshipsImagery of food and hunger

評価・遺産

Gerald Shapiro was recognized for his short fiction exploring Jewish experience and family across the late 20th and early 21st centuries. As a professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln he contributed to teaching and mentorship and left a mark on American short fiction through awards and magazine publications.

豆知識

  • Served as Cather Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  • Worked as a reader for the literary magazine Prairie Schooner.
  • Married to writer Judith Slater.