Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1983) Winner
Joan Lucille Chase
ジョアン・ルシル・チェイス
Joan Lucille Chase
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1936-11-26 （Wooster, Ohio）
- Died
- 2018-04-17 （Needham, Massachusetts） age 81
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1983-2018
- Affiliations
- Ragdale Foundation (Assistant Director, 1980–1984), Iowa Writers Workshop (occasional instructor), Princeton University (occasional instructor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of Maryland
Country:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PEN/Hemingway Prize | During the Reign of the Queen of Persia | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize | During the Reign of the Queen of Persia | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Whiting Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
PEN/Hemingway Prize
1983
Work:
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
Result:
受賞
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
1984
Work:
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1987
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1990
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1984) Winner
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1987) Winner
Works
Major Works
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
1983 Novel 224 pagesA novel that illuminates the lives and memories of four girls on a rural farm. Memory and the present intertwine as family bonds and loss are portrayed with delicate insight.
familymemoryrural lifeloss
Translations
- Reissued by New York Review Books in 2014 (with introduction by Meghan O'Rourke)
The Evening Wolves
1990 Novel 272 pagesA mid-length novel concerned with maturity and change, featuring subtle portrayals of relationships and small-town dynamics.
interpersonal relationshipscoming of agesmall-town life
Bonneville Blue
1991 Novel 256 pagesA novel focused on personal loss and renewal, notable for its inward-looking, incisive prose.
lossrenewalinteriority
Bibliography
- During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (1983)
- The Evening Wolves (1990)
- Bonneville Blue (1991)
Translations of Works
- During the Reign of the Queen of Persia reissue (New York Review Books, 2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- delicate psychological descriptionreflective/retrospective narrationquiet, observational prose
- Recurring Motifs
- family bondsfarmland and natureloss and memory
Health
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Parkinson's disease晩年（具体的な罹患開始年不明）Affected her later life; led to declining motor function and need for care.
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Lewy body disease (Lewy body dementia)晩年（具体的な罹患開始年不明）Impaired cognitive function and daily living, contributing to deterioration of health in later years.
Legacy
Joan Chase received critical acclaim for her debut novel During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (1983), winning several literary awards. Her delicate portrayals of memory and family have led to renewed appreciation, and her debut was reissued in 2014.
Trivia
- Published her debut novel at age 47, making her a late literary debutante.
- Her debut During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (1983) won the PEN/Hemingway Prize among other awards.
- In later life she suffered from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body disease.