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Ha Jin

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Ha Jin

別名: 金雪飛 / Jīn Xuěfēi
ペンネーム: Ha Jin（Pen name used for writing in English. 'Ha' comes from his fondness for the city Harbin.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1956-02-21 （Liaoning, China）
国籍
China, United States
言語
English, Chinese
居住地歴
Liaoning Province, China → Harbin, China → Boston, Massachusetts, United States → Atlanta, Georgia, United States (formerly)

経歴

職業
poet, novelist, teacher (university)
活動期間
1980年〜
所属
Boston University, Emory University (formerly), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Letters (Member)
所属団体
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
影響を受けた人物
Influenced by the Misty Poets and modern Chinese literature, Eugene Goodheart (mentor)
影響を与えた人物
Has influenced Chinese-American writers (e.g., some contemporaries)
ノミネート
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, finalist - War Trash (2005)

学歴

Heilongjiang University
English studies / English
学位: BA
国: China
Entered at age 19; obtained a bachelor's degree.
Shandong University
Anglo-American literature / Anglo-American Literature
学位: MA
国: China
Received a master's degree in Anglo-American literature.
Brandeis University
Graduate school (PhD program) / English/Comparative Literature
学位: PhD
国: United States
Attended on scholarship; studied under mentors including Eugene Goodheart.

受賞歴

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1996
対象作品: Under the Red Flag (short story collection)
主催: Flannery O'Connor Award committee
結果: 受賞
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1997
対象作品: Ocean of Words (short story collection)
主催: PEN America
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1999
主催: John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
National Book Award for Fiction
1999
対象作品: Waiting
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 受賞
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2000
対象作品: Waiting
主催: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
結果: 受賞
Townsend Prize for Fiction
2002
主催: Townsend Prize organization
結果: 受賞
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2005
対象作品: War Trash
主催: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
結果: 受賞
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006
主催: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
結果: 選出
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (runner-up)
2012
対象作品: Nanjing Requiem
主催: Dayton Literary Peace Prize organization
結果: 準優勝
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2019
対象作品: A Distant Center
主催: PEN Oakland
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Waiting

1999年 novel

A novel set in post-Cultural Revolution China that examines love, duty, and divorce; written in English and one of the author's best-known works.

love and dutyfamilysocial change in China
翻訳
  • Chinese translation available

In the Pond

1998年 novel

A satirical novel about power and corruption in a small-town factory.

power and corruptionlocal society

War Trash

2004年 novel (historical/war)

A historical novel following a Chinese soldier's experience as a POW during the Korean War; critically acclaimed and award-recognized.

warsurvival and honormemory

Ocean of Words

1996年 short stories

A collection of short stories set in China that showcases the author's early English-language fiction.

everyday fragmentscultural friction

Under the Red Flag

1997年 short story collection

A short story collection depicting life in China before and after the Cultural Revolution; includes works that won the Flannery O'Connor Award.

everyday life and politicsindividual dignity

A Distant Center

2018年 poetry

A mature collection of poems addressing immigration, nostalgia, and memory.

immigrant experiencenostalgiamemory

全著作

  • Between Silences (1990)
  • Ocean of Words (1996)
  • Under the Red Flag (1997)
  • In the Pond (1998)
  • Waiting (1999)
  • The Bridegroom (2000)
  • War Trash (2004)
  • A Free Life (2007)
  • Nanjing Requiem (2011)
  • A Distant Center (2018)
  • The Banished Immortal (2019)
  • A Song Everlasting (2021)
  • The Woman Back from Moscow: In Pursuit of Beauty (2023)

作風・主題

文体
clear, restrained English proserealist depiction
頻出モチーフ
exile and immigrant experiencetension between individual and statememory and the weight of the past

評価・遺産

Ha Jin, a Chinese-born writer who writes in English, is internationally recognized for works dealing with immigration and modern Chinese history. He has won major prizes including the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner, and holds a significant place in American letters.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters

資料所蔵先

  • Library of Congress (authority/control and some records)

引用

  • "I chose to write in English to preserve the integrity of my work."
    出典: New York Times (essay "Exiled to English", 2009) (2009年)

豆知識

  • An asteroid (58495) Hajin was named after him on July 28, 2021.
  • The surname 'Ha' in his pen name is derived from the city Harbin.