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Jonathan Kozol

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Jonathan Kozol

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性別
男性
生誕
1936-09-05 （Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Judaism
居住地歴
Boston (born) → Roxbury (tutoring/teaching) → Paris (writing study) → New York (work and writing)

経歴

職業
Writer, Progressive activist, Educator
活動期間
1958年〜
所属
Editorial board, Greater Good Magazine (UC Berkeley)
影響を受けた人物
William Styron, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes (taught a poem that led to controversy)

学歴

Noble and Greenough School
学位: High school diploma
卒業年: 1954
国: United States
Harvard University
English Literature
学位: A.B. (summa cum laude)
期間: 1954–1958
卒業年: 1958
国: United States
Graduated summa cum laude
Magdalen College, Oxford
国: United Kingdom
Attended as a Rhodes Scholar but did not complete; moved to Paris to study writing

受賞歴

National Book Award (Science, Philosophy and Religion)
1968
対象作品: Death at an Early Age
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1970
主催: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受給
Guggenheim Fellowship
1980
主催: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受給
Field Foundation Fellowship
1972
主催: Field Foundation
結果: 受給
Field Foundation Fellowship
1974
主催: Field Foundation
結果: 受給
Rockefeller Fellowship
1978
主催: Rockefeller Foundation
結果: 受給
Rockefeller Fellowship
1983
主催: Rockefeller Foundation
結果: 受給
Conscience in Media Award
1988
対象作品: Rachel and Her Children
主催: American Society of Journalists and Authors
結果: 受賞
Christopher Award
1988
対象作品: Rachel and Her Children
主催: Christopher Awards
結果: 受賞
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
1989
対象作品: Rachel and Her Children
主催: Robert F. Kennedy Center
結果: 受賞
New England Book Award
1992
対象作品: Savage Inequalities
結果: 受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist)
1992
対象作品: Savage Inequalities
主催: National Book Critics Circle
結果: 最終候補
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1996
対象作品: Amazing Grace
主催: Anisfield-Wolf
結果: 受賞
Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
2005
主催: The Nation Institute / Puffin Foundation
結果: 受賞
Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
2013
主催: FairTest
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Fume of Poppies

1958年 Novel

An early novel by Kozol. Detailed information is limited.

Death at an Early Age

1967年 Non-fiction (education reportage)

A nonfiction account of Kozol's first year teaching in the Boston Public Schools, exposing racial injustice and systemic problems in education.

educational inequalityracismcritique of school systems

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America

1988年 Journalism / Non-fiction

A reportage on homeless families in America, documenting poverty and policy failures.

homelessnessurban povertysocial policy

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

1991年 Non-fiction / Education criticism

Documents the severe disparities in resources and opportunities across American public schools.

educational disparityresource allocationrace and poverty

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

1995年 Non-fiction

Describes the lives of children in the South Bronx, highlighting urban poverty and educational neglect.

urban povertychild welfareeducational opportunity

Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope

2000年 Non-fiction

Stories of children Kozol encountered over years of work, and records of educational experiences.

hope and resilienceclassroom chronicles

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

2005年 Non-fiction / Education criticism

Argues that American schooling has been resegregated, likening conditions to 'apartheid' and critiquing systemic policies.

school segregationsystemic discriminationcritique of education policy

Letters to a Young Teacher

2007年 Education essays

A collection of essays offering advice and reflections for young teachers.

teaching practiceadvice for teachers

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America

2012年 Non-fiction

Record and reflection on 25 years spent among America's poorest children.

long-term observationurban povertyeducation and welfare

The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father One Day at a Time

2015年 Memoir / Non-fiction

A personal memoir recounting the author's experience caring for and losing his father.

familymemory and loss

The End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America

2024年 Non-fiction / Education reform

A 2024 work summarizing contemporary educational inequalities and proposals to address them.

correcting educational inequalitypolicy proposals

全著作

  • The Fume of Poppies (1958)
  • Death at an Early Age (1967)
  • Free Schools (1972)
  • Rachel and Her Children (1988)
  • Savage Inequalities (1991)
  • Amazing Grace (1995)
  • Ordinary Resurrections (2000)
  • The Shame of the Nation (2005)
  • Letters to a Young Teacher (2007)
  • Fire in the Ashes (2012)
  • The Theft of Memory (2015)
  • The End to Inequality (2024)

作風・主題

文体
reportage-style nonfictionon-site observational writingpersuasive social criticism
頻出モチーフ
educational inequalityurban povertychildren's livesrace and opportunity gaps

評価・遺産

Jonathan Kozol is a leading writer and activist who exposed educational inequality in the United States. Through influential books such as Death at an Early Age, he contributed significantly to public debate on education reform and social justice.

豆知識

  • Death at an Early Age (1967) has reportedly sold over two million copies.
  • After graduating from Harvard he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford but did not complete the scholarship and moved to Paris to study writing.
  • He was fired from the Boston Public Schools for teaching a Langston Hughes poem.
  • He has received multiple fellowships, including Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Field.