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Jason Reynolds

ジェイソン・レイノルズ

Jeison Reinoruzu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1983-12-06 （Washington, D.C., U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S. → Washington, D.C., U.S. → Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

経歴

職業
Writer, Poet
活動期間
2001年〜
影響を受けた人物
Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Walter Dean Myers
影響を与えた人物
Tomi Adeyemi, Eve Ewing, Angie Thomas
ノミネート
National Book Award Finalist (Ghost, 2016), National Book Award Finalist (Look Both Ways, 2019)

学歴

Bishop McNamara High School
期間: 1990s
卒業年: 2000
国: United States
Graduated high school in 2000
University of Maryland
English
学位: BA in English
期間: 2000s
国: United States
BA in English; exact graduation year unknown (set to 0)

受賞歴

John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
2015
対象作品: When I Was the Greatest
主催: American Library Association
結果: Winner
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2016
対象作品: Ghost
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: Finalist
Walter Dean Myers Award
2016
対象作品: All American Boys
主催: We Need Diverse Books
結果: Winner
Coretta Scott King Award
2016
対象作品: The Boy in the Black Suit
部門: Honor
主催: American Library Association
結果: Honor
Kirkus Prize
2016
対象作品: As Brave as You
主催: Kirkus Reviews
結果: Winner
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teen
2017
対象作品: As Brave as You
主催: NAACP
結果: Winner
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Work
2018
対象作品: Long Way Down
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: Winner
Newbery Honor
2018
対象作品: Long Way Down
部門: Honor
主催: American Library Association
結果: Honor
Carnegie Medal
2021
対象作品: Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
主催: CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
結果: Winner
Margaret A. Edwards Award
2023
対象作品: When I Was the Greatest; All American Boys; Long Way Down
主催: American Library Association
結果: Winner
MacArthur Fellowship
2024
主催: MacArthur Foundation
結果: Winner
Michael L. Printz Award
2024
対象作品: The Collectors: Stories
主催: American Library Association (YALSA)
結果: Winner
Coretta Scott King Author Award
2025
対象作品: Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A LOVE Story
主催: American Library Association
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

When I Was the Greatest

2014年 Young adult fiction

A coming-of-age YA novel set in Bedford–Stuyvesant exploring friendship and neighborhood conflicts.

friendshipurban lifecoming-of-age

Ghost

2016年 Middle grade / Young adult

First book in the Track series following a boy on a track team confronting his past while learning to run.

sportsself-discoveryteamwork

As Brave as You

2016年 Young adult / Middle grade

Two brothers spend a summer with their grandfather and learn about family and bravery, blending humor and heart.

familybraverygrowing up

Long Way Down

2017年 Novel in verse / Poetry

A novel-in-verse about a teen confronting revenge and the cycle of violence after his brother is shot.

violencerevengeloss
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] Long Way Down (stage adaptation) / Martine Kei Green-Rogers (2018)
  • [Graphic novel] Long Way Down (graphic novel edition) / Danica Novgorodoff (2020)

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

2019年 Children's / Middle grade

A linked collection of ten stories set across ten blocks, following middle-schoolers walking home from school.

communitychildren's autonomyeveryday wonder

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

2017年 Young adult novel (based on Marvel Comics)

A novel based on Marvel's Miles Morales, exploring family and identity through a superhero lens.

heroismfamilyidentity

全著作

  • Let Me Speak
  • Self
  • My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way
  • When I Was the Greatest
  • The Boy in the Black Suit
  • All American Boys
  • As Brave as You
  • Ghost
  • Patina
  • Sunny
  • Lu
  • Miles Morales: Spider-Man
  • Long Way Down
  • For Every One
  • Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
  • Ain't Burned All the Bright
  • There Was a Party for Langston
  • Twenty-four Seconds from Now

翻案

  • Stage adaptation of Long Way Down (Kennedy Center)
  • Graphic novel edition of Long Way Down (art by Danica Novgorodoff)

作風・主題

文体
Colloquial, rhythmic, poetic proseVoice-driven, authentic character narration
頻出モチーフ
urban life and everyday momentsviolence and its cyclesfamily and community

評価・遺産

Widely recognized for centering Black voices in youth literature; his books are frequently used in schools and libraries and he is regarded as a major contemporary author in children's and YA literature.

関連学会

  • American Library Association

大衆文化への影響

  • Appeared on Antiques Roadshow (2021)
  • Service as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature at the Library of Congress (2020–2022)

引用

  • It is a time when they are unsupervised — they get to learn about the world on their own. That's what I wanted to explore in the book.
    出典: Interview around the release of Look Both Ways (2019年)

豆知識

  • He did not start reading many books until he was 17; early literary inspiration came from rap music.
  • Graduated high school in 2000 and later earned a BA in English.
  • Recipient of numerous honors including Coretta Scott King recognitions, Carnegie Medal, and Printz Award.
  • Collects items related to African-American literature and appeared on Antiques Roadshow to discuss his collection.