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John Jeremiah Sullivan

ジョン・ジェレマイア・サリヴァン

Jon Jeremaia Sariban

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1974 (Louisville, Kentucky)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Wilmington, North Carolina → Sewanee, Tennessee

Career

Occupations
Writer, Editor, Teacher
Active Years
2003-2025
Affiliations
The New York Times Magazine (contributing writer), Harper's Magazine (contributing editor), The Paris Review (southern editor), Columbia University (faculty), Sewanee: The University of the South (faculty)

Education

Sewanee: The University of the South
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: United States

Awards

Eclipse Award
2003
Work: Blood Horses
Result: 受賞
National Magazine Award
2003
Category: Feature Writing
Result: 受賞
Whiting Award
2004
Category: Nonfiction
Result: 受賞
National Magazine Award
2011
Work: Mister Lytle
Category: Essays and Criticism
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize
2011
Work: Mister Lytle
Result: 受賞
James Beard Foundation's MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
2014
Work: I placed a Jar in Tennessee
Organization: James Beard Foundation
Result: 受賞
ASCAP Foundation Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award
2015
Result: 受賞
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2015
Category: Non-Fiction
Result: 受賞
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
2016
Work: The Prime Minister of Paradise
Result: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2018
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son

2004 Non-fiction

Part personal reminiscence, part elegy for his father, and part investigation into the history and culture of the thoroughbred racehorse.

FatherHorse racingElegy

Pulphead: Essays

2011 Essays

Anthology of fourteen previously published magazine articles.

American cultureMusicSociety

Bibliography

  • Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son (2004)
  • Pulphead: Essays (2011)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Creative nonfictionPersonal voice

Legacy

Renowned American nonfiction writer and essayist, recipient of numerous awards.