Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
Jean Strouse
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Jean Strouse
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-01-01 （United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- biographer, cultural administrator, critic
- Active Years
- 1967-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe College | — | — | — | 1964–1968 | United States |
Radcliffe College
Period:
1964–1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Bancroft Prize | Alice James: A Biography | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2001 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| — | National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | フェローシップ |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
Bancroft Prize
1981
Work:
Alice James: A Biography
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
2001
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
フェローシップ
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
Awards & Nominations
Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2000) Winner
Works
Major Works
Alice James: A Biography
1980 BiographyA sympathetic yet objective biography of Alice James, sister of William and Henry James, tracing her life, illnesses, and literary legacy based on diaries and primary sources.
familyillness and sufferingwomen's lives
Morgan: American Financier
1999 BiographyA measured, evidence-based portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan that explains his personality and financial activities without exaggeration, clarifying complex financial topics.
financial historypower and economicsAmerican modern history
Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers
2024 Art history / BiographyAn exploration of the relationship between John Singer Sargent and the wealthy London art dealer Asher Wertheimer and his family, examining patronage and family dynamics.
art and patronagefamily relationshipssocial history
Edited editions of Henry James
Edited editionsEdited selected short stories and the NYRB edition of Henry James's last completed novel, providing introductions and editorial work.
literary historyediting
Bibliography
- Alice James: A Biography (1980)
- Morgan: American Financier (1999)
- Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers (2024)
- Edited Henry James (Library of America edition)
- Henry James's The Outcry (NYRB edition, introduction)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- archival, detail-oriented biographical proseclear, explanatory and accessible style
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationships and intimacyillness and individual sufferingthe workings of power and wealth
Legacy
Jean Strouse is respected for meticulous, archival-based biographies written with balance and empathy. She served as director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library from 2003 to 2017 and has made significant contributions to cultural and literary institutions.
Quotes
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Strouse's biography of Morgan offers a realistic, unexaggerated portrait and explains complex financial topics in understandable terms.
Source: Contemporary reviews (e.g., The New York Times, 1999) (1999)
Trivia
- Began work as an editorial assistant and critic in 1967.
- Won the Bancroft Prize for Alice James (1980).
- Received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001.
- Directed the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library from 2003 to 2017.
- Edited editions of Henry James's works.