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John Phillips Marquand

ジョン・フィリップス・マルクァンド

Jon Firippusu Marukwando

別名: John P. Marquand
ペンネーム: J.P. MarquandUsed as pen name

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1893-11-10 (Wilmington, Delaware)
死没
1960-07-16 (Newburyport, Massachusetts) 66歳
国籍
American
言語
English
宗教
Unknown
居住地歴
Newburyport, Massachusetts

経歴

職業
Novelist, Reporter
活動期間
1915年〜1960年
所属
Boston Evening Transcript, Harvard Lampoon
所属団体
Tavern Club, Somerset Club, Century Association

学歴

Newburyport High School
国: United States
Scholarship to Harvard
Harvard University
学位: BA
期間: 1911-1915
卒業年: 1915
国: United States
Editor of Harvard Lampoon

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
1938
対象作品: The Late George Apley
部門: Novel
主催: Columbia University
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Late George Apley

1937年 Satirical novel

Satire of Boston's upper class in fictional biography form.

Confinement of upper class lifeSocial codes
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Late George Apley / Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1947)

Wickford Point

1939年 Satirical novel

Explores New England class dilemmas.

FamilyTradition

H.M. Pulham, Esquire

1941年 Satirical novel

Satire reflecting Harvard experiences.

Elite societyAmbition
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] H.M. Pulham, Esquire / King Vidor (1941)

全著作

  • Lord Timothy Dexter (1925)
  • The Unspeakable Gentleman (1922)
  • The Black Cargo (1925)
  • No Hero / Your Turn, Mr. Moto (1935)
  • Thank You, Mr. Moto (1936)
  • The Late George Apley (1937)
  • And many others

作風・主題

文体
SatiricalPolished narrativeNew England vernacular
頻出モチーフ
Confinement of upper classUnwritten social codesAmbition and frustration

健康

  • Heart attack
    1960
    Died in sleep

評価・遺産

Known for satirizing American upper class, Pulitzer winner for The Late George Apley. Popular for Mr. Moto spy novels.

資料所蔵先

  • Yale University Beinecke Library

大衆文化への影響

  • Mr. Moto series adapted into multiple films

豆知識

  • Great-nephew of Margaret Fuller
  • Cousin of Buckminster Fuller
  • Rejected by Harvard Crimson but succeeded in Harvard Lampoon