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第1回（1975年） Winner
Jessamyn West
メアリー・ジェサミン・ウェスト
Jessamyn West
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1902-07-18 （Vernon, Indiana, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1984-02-23 （Napa County, California, U.S.） 81歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)
- 居住地歴
- California (from early childhood) → Yorba Linda, California (growing up) → Hemet, California (taught in one-room school) → Mt. Shasta, California (1930s) → Napa, California (from 1940; place of death)
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Short story writer, Novelist, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1939年〜1984年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Quaker oral traditions and family stories
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fullerton Union High School | — | — | High school diploma | 〜1919 | United States |
| Whittier College | — | — | 学士 | 1919–1923 | United States |
| Oxford University (summer session) | — | — | — | 1929（夏期） | United Kingdom |
| University of California, Berkeley (graduate study) | — | — | — | 大学院在学（中断） | United States |
Fullerton Union High School
学位:
High school diploma
期間:
〜1919
卒業年:
1919
国:
United States
Graduated 1919
Whittier College
学位:
学士
期間:
1919–1923
卒業年:
1923
国:
United States
Graduated 1923. Helped found the Palmer Society in 1921. Received honorary Litt.D. in 1946.
Oxford University (summer session)
期間:
1929（夏期）
卒業年:
1929
国:
United Kingdom
Summer session study
University of California, Berkeley (graduate study)
期間:
大学院在学（中断）
国:
United States
Graduate work toward a doctorate interrupted by tuberculosis
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1946 | Honorary Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.) | — | — | Whittier College | 授与 |
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
1975
結果:
受賞
Honorary Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.)
1946
主催:
Whittier College
結果:
授与
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Friendly Persuasion
1945年 Novel (family / religious fiction)A series of interconnected stories about the Birdwell Quaker family, exploring faith, conscience, family bonds, and moral conflicts in wartime. West's best-known work, widely praised upon publication.
faithconsciencefamilyanti-war themesmoral conflict
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Friendly Persuasion (1956 film) / William Wyler (1956)
Cress Delahanty
1953年 Novel (coming-of-age, vignettes)A collection of vignettes about Crescent 'Cress' Delahanty, an artistic and sensitive teenage girl growing up on a Southern California ranch before WWII.
growing upnostalgiafamilyrural life
全著作
- The Friendly Persuasion (1945)
- The Witch Diggers (1951)
- Cress Delahanty (1953)
- South of the Angels (1960)
- A Matter of Time (1966)
- Leafy Rivers (1967)
- The Chilekings (aka Little Men) (1967)
- Except for Me and Thee (1969)
- The Massacre at Fall Creek (1975)
- The Life I Really Lived (1979)
- The State of Stony Lonesome (1984)
- Memoir 'To See the Dream' (1957) and others
翻案
- Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
- Friendly Persuasion (1975 TV film)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyrical, gentle narrative voiceintimate interior characterizationconversational and approachable prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- family bondsconflict of faith and consciencerural life depictionmoral choices
健康
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Tuberculosis1930年代初頭（1932頃にサナトリウム入院）Interrupted graduate studies; sanatorium experience inspired the short story "99.6" and influenced later memoir writing such as 'The Woman Said Yes'.
評価・遺産
Jessamyn West is known for her warm portrayals of a Quaker family, most notably 'The Friendly Persuasion', which was adapted into a widely seen 1956 film. She is respected for sensitive treatments of family, faith, and conscience in American letters.
資料所蔵先
- Whittier College archives (holds related materials)
大衆文化への影響
- 1956 film adaptation 'Friendly Persuasion' and a 1975 television remake
引用
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"I write about Indiana because knowing little about it, I can create it."
出典: Interview (as cited in Wikipedia)
豆知識
- Second cousin of Richard Nixon through her mother's family.
- Worked as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse early in her life.
- Married to Harry Maxwell McPherson; had one child, Ann McCarthy Cash.