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Jonny Steinberg

ジョニー・スタインバーグ

Jonny Steinberg

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1970-03-22 （Johannesburg, South Africa）
国籍
South Africa
言語
English
居住地歴
Johannesburg (born/raised) → Oxford (studies/teaching) → New Haven (affiliated with Yale University)

経歴

職業
Writer, Scholar, Journalist
活動期間
2002年〜
所属
University of Oxford, Professor of African Studies (former), Yale University, Council on African Studies (affiliated)

学歴

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
国: South Africa
Studied in Johannesburg
University of Oxford
Political theory (doctoral studies)
学位: DPhil
国: United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholar; earned a doctorate in political theory

受賞歴

South African Booksellers' Choice Award
2003
対象作品: Midlands
結果: Winner
Sunday Times Alan Paton Award
2003
対象作品: Midlands
主催: Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards
結果: Winner
Sunday Times Alan Paton Award
2005
対象作品: The Number
主催: Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards
結果: Winner
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2013
主催: Yale University (Windham–Campbell Prizes)
結果: Winner (inaugural year recipient)
Recht Malan Prize (Media24 Books Literary Prize)
2020
対象作品: One Day in Bethlehem
主催: Media24 Books
結果: Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
2024
対象作品: Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
主催: National Book Critics Circle
結果: Winner
Sunday Times Non-fiction Award
2024
対象作品: Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
主催: Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards
結果: Winner
Wellcome Trust Book Prize (shortlist)
2009
対象作品: Three-Letter Plague (published as Sizwe's Test in US)
主催: Wellcome Trust
結果: Shortlist
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (shortlist)
2023
対象作品: Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: Shortlist
Wolfson History Prize (shortlist)
2024
対象作品: Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
主催: Wolfson History Prize
結果: Shortlist

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Midlands

2002年 Reportage / Non-fiction 259ページ

A reportage account of the murder of a white South African farmer, examining the social tensions and structures of violence in contemporary South Africa.

ViolenceLand issuesPost-apartheid society

The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs

2004年 Non-fiction / Biographical reportage 427ページ

Focuses on the Cape underworld and prison gangs, following one man's search for identity to illuminate broader social fault lines.

Gang cultureIdentityPrison systems

Three-Letter Plague (published as Sizwe's Test in the US)

2008年 Non-fiction / Reportage 368ページ

Follows a young man's journey through HIV testing and treatment, examining South Africa's AIDS pandemic and societal and medical responses.

Public healthHIV/AIDSSocial stigma
翻訳
  • Published as Sizwe's Test in the United States

Thin Blue: The Unwritten Rules of Policing South Africa

2008年 Non-fiction / Social investigation

Explores the unwritten rules and relationships between civilians and police, revealing the realities of policing and governance in South Africa.

Public orderPolice-civilian relationsInstitutional dynamics

Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York

2011年 Non-fiction / Reportage

Reports on a Liberian exile community in New York, telling stories of exile, conflict and rebuilding after the Liberian civil war.

MigrationExileAftermath of war

A Man of Good Hope

2015年 Non-fiction / Reportage

An epic account following an individual's harrowing journey that illuminates modern African issues such as migration, human trafficking, poverty and xenophobia.

MigrationHuman traffickingPovertyRacism
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] A Man of Good Hope (stage adaptation) / Isango Ensemble (2016)

One Day in Bethlehem

2019年 Non-fiction

A collection of observational pieces and reportage capturing a day in the life of parts of South Africa.

Everyday lifeLocal communitiesDocumentation

Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

2023年 Biography / Non-fiction

A dual biography of Winnie Madikizela and Nelson Mandela that illuminates modern South African history and the complexities of their relationship.

Political historyMarriage and public lifePersonal relationships

全著作

  • Midlands (2002)
  • The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs (2004)
  • Nongoloza's Children (2004)
  • Notes from a Fractured Country (2007)
  • Three-Letter Plague / Sizwe's Test (2008)
  • Thin Blue (2008)
  • Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York (2011)
  • A Man of Good Hope (2015)
  • One Day in Bethlehem (2019)
  • Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage (2023)

翻案

  • Stage adaptation of A Man of Good Hope by Isango Ensemble (Young Vic premiere, 2016)

作品の翻訳

  • Three-Letter Plague published in the US as Sizwe's Test

作風・主題

文体
Detailed reportageClose, empathetic portrayal of subjectsAnalytical style focused on social issues
頻出モチーフ
IdentityViolence and crimeMovement and exileLegacy of apartheid

評価・遺産

Highly regarded for nonfiction that probes South African social issues. Multiple major awards recognize him as a bridge between contemporary African studies and literary reportage.

大衆文化への影響

  • Stage adaptation of A Man of Good Hope has been performed internationally

引用

  • A beautiful and immensely sad book. Steinberg gently but firmly removes the masks each of Winnie and Nelson carefully constructed, only to find other masks underneath.
    出典: Richard Stengel (review in The Guardian) (2023年)

豆知識

  • First author to win the Sunday Times major non-fiction prize three times.
  • Rhodes Scholar who earned a doctorate at the University of Oxford.
  • Taught at Oxford and is currently affiliated with Yale University.