Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第21回（2005年） Winner
John R. Keene Jr.
ジョン・アール・キーン・ジュニア
John R. Keene Jr.
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1965-01-01 （St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Catholic
- 居住地歴
- St. Louis, Missouri (born/raised) → Webster Groves, Missouri (raised) → Evanston, Illinois (while at Northwestern University) → Newark, New Jersey (Rutgers University)
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Translator, Professor, Poet, Artist
- 活動期間
- 1990年〜2025年
- 所属
- Rutgers University–Newark (English & African American and African Studies), Northwestern University (former), Brown University (visiting/teaching), New York University (teaching), Dark Room Collective (member), Cave Canem (Graduate Fellow)
- 所属団体
- Dark Room Collective (former member), Cave Canem (Graduate Fellow)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Hilda Hilst (influence via translation)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis Priory School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Harvard College (Harvard University) | — | — | A.B. | — | United States |
| New York University | — | MFA in Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Saint Louis Priory School
国:
United States
Attended parochial (church-affiliated) schools
Harvard College (Harvard University)
学位:
A.B.
卒業年:
1987
国:
United States
Active in Harvard Advocate and campus theater (C.A.S.T.)
New York University
MFA in Creative Writing
学位:
MFA
卒業年:
1991
国:
United States
Was a New York Times Foundation Fellow
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2022 | National Book Award for Poetry | Punks: New & Selected Poems | — | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Lambda Literary Award (Gay Poetry) | Punks: New & Selected Poems | — | Lambda Literary | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction) | — | Fiction | Yale University (Windham–Campbell Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | American Book Award | Counternarratives | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Lannan Literary Award for Fiction | — | Fiction | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Harold D. Vursell Award for Distinguished Prose | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Thom Gunn Prize | — | — | The Publishing Triangle | 受賞 |
| 2000 | AGNI / John Cheever Short Fiction Prize | An Outtake from the Ideological Origins of the American Revolution | — | AGNI (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Fellowship in Fiction (Artists Foundation of Massachusetts & Massachusetts Cultural Council) | — | — | Artists Foundation / Massachusetts Cultural Council | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities | — | — | New York Institute for the Humanities | 受賞 |
MacArthur Fellowship
2018
主催:
MacArthur Foundation
結果:
受賞
National Book Award for Poetry
2022
対象作品:
Punks: New & Selected Poems
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
受賞
Lambda Literary Award (Gay Poetry)
2022
対象作品:
Punks: New & Selected Poems
主催:
Lambda Literary
結果:
受賞
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction)
2018
部門:
Fiction
主催:
Yale University (Windham–Campbell Prize)
結果:
受賞
Whiting Award
2005
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
American Book Award
2016
対象作品:
Counternarratives
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
2016
部門:
Fiction
主催:
Lannan Foundation
結果:
受賞
Harold D. Vursell Award for Distinguished Prose
2019
主催:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果:
受賞
Thom Gunn Prize
2022
主催:
The Publishing Triangle
結果:
受賞
AGNI / John Cheever Short Fiction Prize
2000
対象作品:
An Outtake from the Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
主催:
AGNI (magazine)
結果:
受賞
Fellowship in Fiction (Artists Foundation of Massachusetts & Massachusetts Cultural Council)
1990
主催:
Artists Foundation / Massachusetts Cultural Council
結果:
受賞
Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities
2019
主催:
New York Institute for the Humanities
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
American Book Awards
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作品
代表作
Annotations
1995年 Novel / Experimental fictionAn early experimental novel combining formal experiments with historical and narrative fragments.
memoryhistorylinguistic experimentation
Seismosis
2006年 Poetry (in conversation with visual art)A collection of poems presented in conversation with artwork by Christopher Stackhouse.
visuality and poetrymemory
Letters from a Seducer (translation)
2014年 Translation (novel)English translation of Hilda Hilst's novel Cartas de um sedutor.
translationinternational literature
Counternarratives
2015年 Short fiction / Novella collection (experimental)A linked collection of stories and novellas that reimagines the history and modernity of the Americas through multiple voices and forms.
reconstruction of historymultiplicity of voices
GRIND
2016年 Art-poetry collaborationAn art-poetry collaboration with photographer Nicholas Muellner.
photographypoetrycollaboration
Playland
2016年 Poetry (chapbook)A chapbook containing a mixture of older and new poems.
nostalgiaurban life
Punks: New & Selected Poems
2021年 Poetry (selected poems)A selected poems volume with new work; won major awards including the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry.
identitycommunitylinguistic experimentation
全著作
- Annotations (New Directions, 1995)
- Seismosis (1913 Press, 2006)
- Letters from a Seducer (translation of Hilda Hilst, Nightboat Books, 2014)
- Counternarratives (New Directions, 2015)
- GRIND (ITI Press, 2016)
- Playland (Seven Kitchens Press, 2016)
- Punks: New & Selected Poems (The Song Cave, 2021)
作品の翻訳
- Counternarratives (UK edition: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2016)
- Counternarratives (French edition: Éditions Cambourakis, 2016)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Experimental, fragmentary styleUses multiple voices and formsLinguistically and generically cross-disciplinary
- 頻出モチーフ
- re-reading historymemory and legacyborders and movement
評価・遺産
John Keene is recognized for expanding contemporary American literature—particularly African American literary expression—through experimental fiction, poetry, and translation. He has received major literary awards and serves as an influential educator.
関連学会
- Cave Canem (associated fellowship)
資料所蔵先
- Rutgers University (possible holdings/archives)
大衆文化への影響
- Frequently cited in literary contexts, university courses, and symposia; a subject of study in contemporary poetry and short fiction scholarship
引用
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Counternarratives is an extraordinary work of literature. Keene is a dense, intricate, and magnificent writer.
出典: Christine Smallwood (review in Harper's Magazine) (2015年)
豆知識
- Was involved with the Harvard Advocate while at Harvard.
- Longtime member of the Dark Room Collective.
- Often noted as an African-American Catholic writer in biographical categorizations.
- Contributed to international literature through translations of writers such as Hilda Hilst.