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James Ellroy

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James Ellroy

別名: Lee Earle Ellroy
ペンネーム: James Ellroy（Used as his professional pen name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1948-03-04 （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Lutheran (upbringing) / Christian (self-described)
居住地歴
Los Angeles, California, U.S. → El Monte, California, U.S. → Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. → Denver, Colorado, U.S.

経歴

職業
Crime fiction writer, Essayist
活動期間
1981年〜
影響を受けた人物
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, Joseph Wambaugh

学歴

Fairfax High School
期間: 在学中に退学（11年生で退学）
国: United States
Expelled in 11th grade due to disciplinary issues.

受賞歴

Edgar Award — Grandmaster
2015
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
TIME — Fiction Book of the Year (American Tabloid)
1995
対象作品: American Tabloid
主催: TIME
結果: 選出
Inducted into Everyman's Library
2019
対象作品: The L.A. Quartet / The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, etc.
主催: Everyman's Library
結果: 選出

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Black Dahlia

1987年 Crime fiction / Historical fiction

Fictionalized account built around the real-life unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia), following multiple investigators in mid-20th-century Los Angeles.

CrimeCorruptionRedemptionDark side of Los Angeles
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Black Dahlia / Brian De Palma (2006)

L.A. Confidential

1990年 Crime fiction / Noir

A multi-perspective tale of police and crime that gained wide recognition after its acclaimed film adaptation.

Police corruptionPower and violenceTruth vs. fiction
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] L.A. Confidential / Curtis Hanson (1997)

American Tabloid

1995年 Historical fiction / Conspiracy novel

A 'secret history' of mid- to late-20th-century America, depicting the intertwining of politics and crime through multiple protagonists; the first volume of a trilogy.

Collusion of politics and crimeConspiracyDark side of power

全著作

  • Brown's Requiem (1981)
  • Clandestine (1982)
  • Killer on the Road / Silent Terror (1986)
  • Blood on the Moon (1984)
  • Because the Night (1984)
  • Suicide Hill (1986)
  • The Black Dahlia (1987)
  • The Big Nowhere (1988)
  • L.A. Confidential (1990)
  • White Jazz (1992)
  • American Tabloid (1995)
  • The Cold Six Thousand (2001)
  • Blood's a Rover (2009)
  • Perfidia (2014)
  • This Storm (2019)
  • Widespread Panic (2021)
  • The Enchanters (2023)
  • My Dark Places (memoir, 1996)
  • The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women (2010)
  • LAPD '53 (2015)

翻案

  • L.A. Confidential (film, 1997)
  • The Black Dahlia (film, 2006)
  • Brown's Requiem (film adaptations)

作風・主題

文体
Telegraphic, staccato sentence style (telegraphese)Dense, tightly plotted narrativesHard-boiled / noir voice
頻出モチーフ
Corrupt police and authorityViolence and revengeMother's death and redemptionHistoric dark side of Los Angeles

健康

  • Alcoholism
    青年期〜1970年代（回復後は断酒）
    Severely affected youth and early career; later achieved sobriety and focused on writing.
  • Lung abscess / pneumonia
    若年期
    Hospitalized and recovered; was a factor in his decision to stop drinking and concentrate on writing.

評価・遺産

A major influence on contemporary American crime fiction; known for his telegraphic prose and sprawling 'secret history' trilogies set in Los Angeles. His works have penetrated popular culture through film and TV adaptations and generated substantial academic and critical attention.

記念館・博物館

  • James Ellroy Archive (University of South Carolina) University of South Carolina, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.

資料所蔵先

  • Archive held at the University of South Carolina Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

大衆文化への影響

  • Broad increased recognition from the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential
  • Use in crime/noir studies and as university course material

引用

  • I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived.
    出典: The New York Times (interview) (2006年)
  • Closure is bullshit.
    出典: Various interviews

豆知識

  • His mother was murdered when he was a child; the case remains unsolved.
  • Known for a telegraphic, staccato prose style.
  • Suffered from alcoholism in youth and later achieved sobriety.
  • L.A. Confidential was adapted into a successful film that greatly raised his profile.