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Jean Stafford

ジーン・スタフォード

Jīn Sutafoodo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1915-07-01 （Covina, California）
Died
1979-03-26 （White Plains, New York） age 63
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Boulder, Colorado

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer
Active Years
1939-1979
Influenced
Robert Lowell

Education

University of Colorado Boulder
Philology
Degree: BA, MA
Period: 1930年代
Year of Graduation: 1936
Country: United States
One-year fellowship to University of Heidelberg

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1970
Work: The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1955
Work: In the Zoo
Result: 1位

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Boston Adventure

1944 Literary fiction

Her first novel, a best-seller.

American society

The Mountain Lion

1947 Literary fiction

Notable novel.

FamilyNature

The Catherine Wheel

1952 Literary fiction

The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford

1969 Short story collection

Pulitzer Prize winner.

Bibliography

  • Boston Adventure (1944)
  • The Mountain Lion (1947)
  • The Catherine Wheel (1952)
  • Children Are Bored on Sunday (1953)
  • Bad Characters (1964)
  • The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford (1969)

Adaptations

  • Hope Chest (1952 film adaptation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Vivid proseSensory images
Recurring Motifs
Internal conflictsTrauma from accident

Health

  • Alcoholism
    晩年
    Affected writing
  • Depression
    長年
    Health deterioration
  • Pulmonary disease
    晩年
    Related to death

Legacy

Acclaimed short story writer, praised by E.B. White. Several biographies published.

In Popular Culture

  • Cited in The Elements of Style

Trivia

  • Married to poet Robert Lowell, seriously injured in car accident with him
  • Fellowship to University of Heidelberg for philology
  • Many stories published in The New Yorker