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Joan Brady

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Joan Brady

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1939-12-04 （San Francisco, California, United States）
死没
2024-06-13 （Oxford, England, United Kingdom） 84歳
国籍
United States, United Kingdom
言語
English
居住地歴
San Francisco, California, United States (birthplace) → New York City, New York, United States (studied at Columbia University; danced with New York City Ballet) → England (moved in 1965; lived in Totnes and later Oxford)

経歴

職業
Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Former ballet dancer
活動期間
1979年〜2024年

学歴

Columbia University
Philosophy / Department of Philosophy
期間: 1960年代
国: United States
Exact years of attendance not specified

受賞歴

Whitbread Book of the Year
対象作品: Theory of War
部門: Book of the Year
主催: Whitbread Book Awards (now Costa Book Awards)
結果: 受賞
Whitbread Novel of the Year
対象作品: Theory of War
部門: Novel of the Year
主催: Whitbread Book Awards (now Costa Book Awards)
結果: 受賞
Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
対象作品: Theory of War
主催: Unknown
結果: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts grant
主催: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
結果: 受領

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Impostor

1979年 Novel

Her first published book, released in 1979; served as her debut as an author.

identity

The Unmaking of a Dancer

1982年 Autobiography

An autobiography recounting her career as a dancer and aspects of her personal life; published in the UK as 'Prologue: An Unconventional Life'.

danceself-reinventionfamily

Theory of War

1993年 Novel

Her best-known work, widely acclaimed by critics and reported to have won the Whitbread Novel of the Year and Whitbread Book of the Year awards.

familytraumapolitical themes

Death Comes For Peter Pan

1995年 Novel (social exposé)

A novel that exposes medical abuse in the United States, addressing institutional problems within healthcare.

medical malpracticeinstitutional abuse

The Emigré

1999年 Novel / Adventure

Follows the adventures of a conman, using his schemes and travels to explore aspects of society.

con artistrytravelidentity

Bleedout

2005年 Thriller / Crime fiction

Her first thriller, set against a backdrop of political and corporate corruption; follows a murder and the characters connected to it. She began writing crime fiction during a legal dispute over noxious fumes that resulted in a settlement.

corruptioncrimejustice

Venom

2010年 Thriller

A sequel to 'Bleedout' that introduces themes of pharmaceutical ruthlessness in the pursuit of a cure for radiation poisoning.

pharmaceutical industryethicsradiation safety

The Blue Death

2012年 Thriller / Crime novel

Published in 2012; a work that deals with crime and public-health-related themes.

crimepublic health

America’s Dreyfus: The Case Nixon Rigged

2015年 Non-fiction / Investigative

An investigative non-fiction book discussing alleged rigging by the Nixon administration and related political injustices.

politicshistoryjudicial injustice

全著作

  • The Impostor
  • The Unmaking of a Dancer (aka Prologue: An Unconventional Life)
  • Theory of War
  • Death Comes For Peter Pan
  • The Emigré
  • Bleedout
  • Venom
  • The Blue Death
  • America’s Dreyfus: The Case Nixon Rigged

作風・主題

文体
Psychologically observant proseRealist depiction of social and political issuesNarrative incorporating suspense elements
頻出モチーフ
family and past traumapower and corruptioncritique of medical and public-health institutions

健康

  • Sepsis (leading to heart attack)
    2024
    Died in June 2024 after a heart attack brought on by sepsis

評価・遺産

Joan Brady received international recognition for 'Theory of War' in the 1990s and is noted as the first woman and first American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year. Her body of work spans autobiography, socially conscious fiction, and later thrillers, attracting critical attention in both the UK and the US.

引用

  • "a modern work of genius"
    出典: The Spectator (review by Warwick Collins) (1994年)

豆知識

  • Originally trained and performed as a ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and the New York City Ballet.
  • Married writer Dexter Masters in 1963; contemporary reports note he had been her mother's former lover.
  • Moved to England in 1965 and later lived in Oxford.
  • Reportedly the first woman and first American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year for 'Theory of War'.
  • Was involved in a legal dispute over noxious fumes from a nearby shoemaker and received a settlement; this experience contributed to her turn to crime fiction.