The Story Prize
1回登壇
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第4回（2007年） Winner
Jim Shepard
ジム・シェパード
Jimu Shepādo
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1956-01-01 （Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Bridgeport, Connecticut → Williamstown, Massachusetts
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Professor
- 活動期間
- 1983年〜2025年
- 所属
- Williams College
- 影響を受けた人物
- James Joyce
- ノミネート
- National Book Award nomination (2007, Like You'd Understand, Anyway)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College (Connecticut) | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | — | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Trinity College (Connecticut)
学位:
B.A.
卒業年:
1978
国:
United States
Brown University
学位:
M.F.A.
卒業年:
1980
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Massachusetts Book Award | Project X | — | Massachusetts Center for the Book | Winner |
| 2007 | Story Prize | Like You'd Understand, Anyway | — | The Story Prize | Winner |
| 2016 | Rea Award for the Short Story | — | — | — | Winner |
Massachusetts Book Award
2005
対象作品:
Project X
主催:
Massachusetts Center for the Book
結果:
Winner
Story Prize
2007
対象作品:
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
主催:
The Story Prize
結果:
Winner
Rea Award for the Short Story
2016
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Project X
2004年 NovelA novel about two boys planning a catastrophic school incident, exploring the costs of ethical passivity.
Ethical passivityDestructionYouth
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
2007年 Short story collectionA collection of short stories based on historical events like Chernobyl and the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
Historical eventsHuman failureScience
The Book of Aron
2015年 NovelA historical novel from the perspective of a Jewish boy during the Holocaust.
HolocaustSurvivalPowerlessness
The World to Come
2017年 Short story collectionCollection of short stories with diverse viewpoints.
HistoryLoveLoss
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] The World to Come / Mona Fastvold (2020)
全著作
- Flights
- Paper Doll
- Lights Out in the Reptile House
- Kiss of the Wolf
- Nosferatu
- Project X
- The Book of Aron
- Phase Six
- Batting against Castro
- Love and Hydrogen
- Like You'd Understand, Anyway
- You Think That's Bad
- The World to Come
作家による翻訳
- Non c'è ritorno (Italian collection)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Extensive historical researchDiverse nationalities' perspectivesEvents-driven plotsIn medias res endings
- 頻出モチーフ
- Costs of ethical passivityHumanity through historical events
評価・遺産
Jim Shepard is renowned for his meticulously researched fiction that delves into historical events and ethical dilemmas from varied perspectives. He teaches creative writing and film at Williams College and has won awards like the Story Prize.
豆知識
- His wife Karen Shepard is also a novelist.
- Editorial board member of The Common literary magazine.
- O. Henry Award winner.