Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2019) Winner
Hernán Díaz
ヘルナン・ディアス
Hernan Diaz
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973 （Buenos Aires, Argentina）
- Nationality
- Argentina, United States
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Residence History
- Buenos Aires (born) → Sweden (moved with family in early childhood) → Returned to Buenos Aires after restoration of democracy → London (MA studies) → New York (PhD and residence) → Brooklyn (current residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Essayist
- Active Years
- 2017-
- Influenced By
- Jorge Luis Borges
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Buenos Aires | — | Faculty of Letters (Literature) | Licenciatura (文学) | — | Argentina |
| King's College London | — | MA program (literature/related) | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| New York University | — | PhD program (literary studies) | PhD | — | United States |
University of Buenos Aires
Faculty of Letters (Literature)
Degree:
Licenciatura (文学)
Country:
Argentina
Obtained a licentiate degree in Literature
King's College London
MA program (literature/related)
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Completed an MA at King's College
New York University
PhD program (literary studies)
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Received a PhD from NYU
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Trust | — | Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Kirkus Prize | Trust | — | Kirkus Reviews | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2018 | First Novelist Award | In the Distance | — | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | 受賞 |
| 2018 | New American Voices Award | In the Distance | — | Institute for Immigration Research (or related) | 受賞 |
| 2018 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (finalist) | In the Distance | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | 候補（ファイナリスト） |
| 2018 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (finalist) | In the Distance | — | Pulitzer Prizes | 候補（ファイナリスト） |
| 2018 | William Saroyan International Prize for Writing | In the Distance | — | William Saroyan Foundation / Stanford Libraries | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Booker Prize longlist | Trust | — | Booker Prize | ロングリスト |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2023
Work:
Trust
Organization:
Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
受賞
Kirkus Prize
2022
Work:
Trust
Organization:
Kirkus Reviews
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
2019
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2022
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
First Novelist Award
2018
Work:
In the Distance
Organization:
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Result:
受賞
New American Voices Award
2018
Work:
In the Distance
Organization:
Institute for Immigration Research (or related)
Result:
受賞
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (finalist)
2018
Work:
In the Distance
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
候補（ファイナリスト）
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (finalist)
2018
Work:
In the Distance
Organization:
Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
候補（ファイナリスト）
William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
2018
Work:
In the Distance
Organization:
William Saroyan Foundation / Stanford Libraries
Result:
受賞
Booker Prize longlist
2022
Work:
Trust
Organization:
Booker Prize
Result:
ロングリスト
Awards & Nominations
Gotham Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2023) Nominee
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
In the Distance
2017 Novel (historical/Western/long-form fiction)A novel set in the 19th-century American West following an isolated protagonist's long-distance journey and struggle for survival; a rethinking of traditional frontier narratives.
lonelinessidentityjourneyfrontier
Trust
2022 Novel (experimental, multi-perspective)An experimental novel in which an autobiographical account of a wealthy American businessman is juxtaposed with multiple narrators; it interrogates the relationship between narrative, wealth, and power.
wealthpowernarrativitymemory and truth
Borges, Between History and Eternity
2012 Nonfiction (literary criticism)A critical study of Jorge Luis Borges's work exploring intersections of history, philosophy, and language; examines the political and philosophical dimensions in Borges's writing.
Borges studieslanguage and philosophyLatin American literature
Bibliography
- In the Distance (2017)
- Borges, Between History and Eternity (2012)
- Trust (2022)
- Short stories and essays (various magazines)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Tove Jansson short works (e.g. 'The Island')
- Further translations of Tove Jansson ('Once, At A Park', etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, carefully crafted prosemulti-perspective and metafictional techniquesexperimentation within classical narrative forms
- Recurring Motifs
- loneliness and the frontiermemory and narratorial trustworthinesspower and property
Legacy
Díaz is regarded as an influential Argentine-born writer in contemporary anglophone literature, praised for experimental narrative and reinterpretation of classic forms. Winning the Pulitzer for 'Trust' brought widespread attention.
Quotes
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"My story is also the story of an immigrant in the United States."
Source: Infobae (interview) (2023)
Trivia
- As a child he moved with his family to Sweden following the military coup in Argentina.
- His novels have been reported to be translated into more than 37 languages.