Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1936) Winner
Harold Lenoir Davis
ハロルド・レノア・デイヴィス
Harorudo Renoa Deivisu
Aliases:
H. L. Davis
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1894-10-18 （Nonpareil, Douglas County, Oregon）
- Died
- 1960-10-31 （San Antonio, Texas） age 66
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nonpareil, Oregon → Roseburg, Oregon → Antelope, Oregon → The Dalles, Oregon → Seattle, Washington → Jalisco, Mexico → Napa, California → San Antonio, Texas
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1919-1960
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- Carl Sandburg, H. L. Mencken, Robinson Jeffers
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Levinson Prize | Primapara | — | Poetry magazine | 受賞 |
| 1932 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1935 | Harper Prize | Honey in the Horn | 最優秀処女作 | Harper & Brothers | 受賞 |
| 1936 | Pulitzer Prize | Honey in the Horn | 小説部門 | Columbia University | 受賞 |
Levinson Prize
1919
Work:
Primapara
Organization:
Poetry magazine
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1932
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Harper Prize
1935
Work:
Honey in the Horn
Category:
最優秀処女作
Organization:
Harper & Brothers
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize
1936
Work:
Honey in the Horn
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Honey in the Horn
1935 novelA coming-of-age tale set in the early twentieth century about southern Oregon pioneer life.
pioneer lifecoming-of-ageOregon regionalism
Winds of Morning
1952 novelWell-received novel that became a Book of the Month Club selection.
Western lifelandscape
Bibliography
- Honey in the Horn
- Harp of a Thousand Strings
- Beulah Land
- Winds of Morning
- The Distant Music
- Proud Riders and Other Poems
- Team Bells Woke Me and Other Stories
- Kettle of Fire
- The Selected Poems of H. L. Davis
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wryironiccryptic prose
- Recurring Motifs
- landscape as a major componentrealistic stories without romantic Western stereotypes
Health
-
arteriosclerosis1950年代amputation of left leg, chronic pain, death from heart attack
Legacy
Native Oregonian who won the only Pulitzer Prize for Literature awarded to one. Rejected regional novelist label, emphasizing universal themes. Known for wry, ironic, realistic prose.
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
Trivia
- The only native Oregonian to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
- Co-authored the blunt manifesto 'Status Rerum' criticizing Northwest literature.