Ned Kelly Awards
2回登壇
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第1回（1996年） Winner
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第9回（2004年） Winner
Jon Stephen Cleary
ジョン・すてぃーゔん・くりーりー
Jon Sutīfun Kurīrī
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1917-11-22 （Erskineville, New South Wales）
- 死没
- 2010-07-19 （New South Wales） 92歳
- 国籍
- Australian
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Roman Catholic
- 居住地歴
- Erskineville, New South Wales → Sydney → Italy → London, England → Kirribilli, Sydney
経歴
- 職業
- writer, novelist
- 活動期間
- 1942年〜2007年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Graham Greene
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Brothers College, Randwick | — | — | — | 幼少期～1932年 | Australia |
Marist Brothers College, Randwick
期間:
幼少期～1932年
国:
Australia
Left school aged 14 in 1932 to help family financially; worked various jobs including commercial artist.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Australian Broadcasting Commission prize for radio drama | Safe Horizon | radio drama | Australian Broadcasting Commission | winner |
| 1950 | Australian Literary Society's Crouch Medal | Just Let Me Be | 最優秀オーストラリア小説 | Australian Literary Society | winner |
| 1975 | Edgar Award | Peter's Pence | 最優秀小説 | Mystery Writers of America | winner |
| 1996 | Australian Crime Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award | — | 生涯功労 | Australian Crime Writers Association | winner |
| 1996 | Ned Kelly Award | — | 犯罪・ミステリ・探偵ジャンルへの生涯貢献 | Australian Crime Writers Association | winner |
| 2004 | Ned Kelly Award | Degrees of Connection | 最優秀小説 | Australian Crime Writers Association | winner |
Australian Broadcasting Commission prize for radio drama
1944
対象作品:
Safe Horizon
部門:
radio drama
主催:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
結果:
winner
Australian Literary Society's Crouch Medal
1950
対象作品:
Just Let Me Be
部門:
最優秀オーストラリア小説
主催:
Australian Literary Society
結果:
winner
Edgar Award
1975
対象作品:
Peter's Pence
部門:
最優秀小説
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
winner
Australian Crime Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award
1996
部門:
生涯功労
主催:
Australian Crime Writers Association
結果:
winner
Ned Kelly Award
1996
部門:
犯罪・ミステリ・探偵ジャンルへの生涯貢献
主催:
Australian Crime Writers Association
結果:
winner
Ned Kelly Award
2004
対象作品:
Degrees of Connection
部門:
最優秀小説
主催:
Australian Crime Writers Association
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Sundowners
1951年 DramaPortrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next.
familynomadic life
映像化・舞台化
- [film] The Sundowners / Fred Zinnemann (1960)
The High Commissioner
1966年 crime fictionFirst Scobie Malone novel about arresting the Australian High Commissioner.
detectivepolitics
映像化・舞台化
- [film] Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
You Can't See 'Round Corners
1947年 novelStory of an army deserter wanted for murdering his girlfriend in wartime Sydney.
warcrime
映像化・舞台化
- [film] You Can't See 'Round Corners (1969)
- [TV series] You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
翻案
- Dust in the Sun (from Justin Bayard), The Sundowners, The Green Helmet, Nobody Runs Forever (from The High Commissioner), Scobie Malone (from Helga's Web), High Road to China, etc.
作風・主題
- 文体
- Strong on narrative and dialogueWell-researched underpinningEye for colour and composition
健康
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heart problems2007-2010Last three years in ill-health with full-time carer, in and out of hospital.
評価・遺産
One of the most popular Australian authors of all time, wrote numerous bestselling novels.
資料所蔵先
- Mitchell Library, Sydney
引用
-
Don't ever owe anything to anybody.
出典: Mother's words (childhood) -
Greene could say more in one phrase than most writers in a chapter.
出典: Jon Cleary interview (1997年)
豆知識
- Met wife Joy on boat to England in 1946, married five days after landing; two daughters, younger died of breast cancer aged 37.
- Wife died of Alzheimer's in 2003 after nursing home stay.
- Served in Australian Army in Middle East and New Guinea during WWII.
- Influenced by Graham Greene who suggested writing thrillers.