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John McGahern

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John McGahern

ペンネーム: Sean（Used as a pen name in some contexts）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1934-11-12 （Dublin, Ireland）
死没
2006-03-30 （Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland） 71歳
国籍
Irish
言語
English
宗教
Roman Catholic
居住地歴
Corramahon, County Leitrim (raised in childhood) → Cootehall (lived in Garda barracks with father) → Aughaboneill, near Fenagh (farm where he lived later) → Dublin (birthplace and later life)

経歴

職業
Writer, Novelist, Short story writer, Teacher (former)
活動期間
1961年〜2006年
所属
Aosdána (Irish state-funded association of artists), Colgate University (visiting professor), University of Notre Dame (visiting professor), University of Victoria (visiting professor), Durham University (visiting professor), University College Dublin (visiting), National University of Ireland, Galway (archive holder/visiting)
所属団体
Aosdána
影響を受けた人物
(Not explicitly listed in source)
影響を与えた人物
Colm Tóibín, Eamonn McGrath, Many younger Irish writers from the 1990s onward
ノミネート
Booker Prize nomination (Amongst Women, 1990)

学歴

St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra
期間: 1950年代（在籍期間は資料により前後）
国: Ireland
Trained as a primary school teacher; later worked as a primary school teacher
University College Dublin (UCD)
期間: 1950年代（最終学位取得 1957年）
卒業年: 1957
国: Ireland
Graduated from UCD in 1957

受賞歴

AE Memorial Award
1962
対象作品: The Barracks
主催: Irish Arts Council
結果: 受賞
Macauley Fellowship
1964
主催: Irish Arts Council
結果: 受賞
FRSL (Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature)
1979
主催: Royal Society of Literature
結果: 叙任
Irish Times/Aer Lingus Fiction Award
1990
対象作品: Amongst Women
主催: The Irish Times / Aer Lingus
結果: 受賞
Man Booker Prize (shortlisted)
1990
対象作品: Amongst Women
主催: Man Booker
結果: ノミネート（ショートリスト）
Prix Écureuil de Littérature Etrangère (Bordeaux)
1995
主催: Prix Écureuil (Bordeaux)
結果: 受賞
Irish PEN Award
2003
主催: Irish PEN
結果: 受賞
Irish Novel of the Year (Hughes & Hughes / Irish Book Awards)
2003
対象作品: That They May Face the Rising Sun (By the Lake)
主催: Irish Book Awards
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Barracks

1963年 Novel

A novel set in a small town barracks, chronicling the life of Elizabeth Reegan and those around her as she declines from cancer; an early work that examines local life in detail.

rural communityillness and deathfamily dynamics
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage (radio/theatre)] The Barracks (stage adaptation) / Hugh Leonard (adaptation) (1969)
翻訳
  • Translated into French and other languages

The Dark

1965年 Novel

Follows a young boy's development through the Irish schooling system, exploring a violent father-son relationship and struggles over identity.

father–son relationshipseducationsexual repression
翻訳
  • Translated into French and others

Amongst Women

1990年 Novel

Set in south Leitrim, it tells of Michael Moran, an ex-IRA commander dominating his family; through domestic conflict it portrays social change and the legacy of republican ideals.

authority and familymemory and the pastsocial change in rural communities
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television (mini-series)] Amongst Women (TV adaptation) / Tom Cairns (1998)
翻訳
  • Translated into French and other languages

That They May Face the Rising Sun (published in the US as By the Lake)

2002年 Novel

A portrait of a year in a lakeside rural community, exploring the meaning of ordinary lives; a late novel reflecting on everyday existence.

everyday lifecommunitylater-life reflection
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] That They May Face the Rising Sun (film) / Pat Collins (2023)
翻訳
  • Published in the United States as By the Lake

全著作

  • The End or the Beginning of Love (unpublished novel)
  • The Barracks (1963)
  • The Dark (1965)
  • The Leavetaking (1975)
  • The Pornographer (1979)
  • Amongst Women (1990)
  • That They May Face the Rising Sun / By the Lake (2002)
  • Memoir (All Will Be Well in US, 2005)
  • Short story collections (Nightlines, Getting Through, The Stoat, High Ground, The Collected Stories, Creatures of the Earth)
  • Essays: Love of the World (collected)

翻案

  • Amongst Women (1998 TV mini-series)
  • Korea (1995 film, based on the short story)
  • That They May Face the Rising Sun (film, 2023)

作品の翻訳

  • Many works translated into French
  • That They May Face the Rising Sun published in the US as By the Lake

作風・主題

文体
restrained prosedetailed depiction of rural life and everyday detailconcise, observant style
頻出モチーフ
father–son relationshipsCatholicism and social normsrural communitydeath and illness

健康

  • cancer
    2000年代初頭〜2006年（晩年）
    Was the cause of death in 2006; affected his final years

評価・遺産

John McGahern holds an important place in late 20th and early 21st-century Irish literature; praised for detailed portrayals of rural life and family dynamics, he influenced many younger writers and has been widely translated.

記念館・博物館

  • Glenview Folk Museum (holds McGahern-related material/exhibits) Near County Leitrim, Ireland

関連学会

  • Aosdána

資料所蔵先

  • National University of Ireland, Galway (John McGahern literary archive)

大衆文化への影響

  • Screen adaptations include Amongst Women (1998 TV mini-series), the film Korea (1995, based on a short story), and the recent film adaptation of That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023).
  • Praised in major publications such as The Guardian and described at times as 'the greatest living Irish novelist' in contemporary press.

引用

  • "The ordinary fascinates me."
    出典: Spoken on RTÉ radio programme Rattlebag (2002); also reflected in his writings (2002年)
  • "The ordinary is the most precious thing in life."
    出典: Interview / public remark (2002年)

豆知識

  • Used the pen name 'Sean' on occasion.
  • Publication of The Dark led to controversy and his dismissal from a teaching post.
  • Buried alongside his mother at St Patrick's Church, Aughawillan.