PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1985) Winner
Josephine Humphreys
ジョセフィン・ハンフリーズ
Josephine Humphreys
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-02-02 （Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Charleston, South Carolina → Durham, North Carolina (Duke University) → New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University) → Austin, Texas (University of Texas)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, English teacher
- Active Years
- 1984-
- Influenced By
- Reynolds Price
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Hall | — | All-girls high school | — | 〜1963 | United States |
| Duke University | — | Creative writing | A.B. | 1963–1967 | United States |
| Yale University | — | Graduate school (literature) | M.A. | 1967–1968 | United States |
| University of Texas at Austin | — | — | — | — | United States |
Ashley Hall
All-girls high school
Period:
〜1963
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
Participated in school literary magazine
Duke University
Creative writing
Degree:
A.B.
Period:
1963–1967
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Studied with Reynolds Price
Yale University
Graduate school (literature)
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1967–1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Earned M.A.
University of Texas at Austin
Country:
United States
Attended (details unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award | Dreams of Sleep | — | Hemingway Foundation/PEN | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Southern Book Award | Nowhere Else on Earth | — | Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (various awarding bodies cited) | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受領 |
| — | Lyndhurst Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
1984
Work:
Dreams of Sleep
Organization:
Hemingway Foundation/PEN
Result:
受賞
Southern Book Award
2001
Work:
Nowhere Else on Earth
Organization:
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (various awarding bodies cited)
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受領
Lyndhurst Prize
Result:
受賞
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dreams of Sleep
1984 Southern literature, contemporary fictionA debut novel portraying Southern family life and inner conflicts against a Charleston setting; explores youth, loss, and identity.
familylossSouthern landscape
Rich in Love
1987 Southern literature, family novelSet in Charleston, it examines family bonds and crises; became widely known after being adapted into a film.
familycoming of agecommunity
Adaptations
- [Film] Rich in Love / Bruce Beresford (1992)
The Fireman's Fair
1991 Southern literature, family novelInterweaves the impact of natural disasters such as hurricanes on landscape and lives with a portrait of family and community.
natural disastercommunitymemory
Nowhere Else on Earth
2000 Historical fictionA historical novel based on the true story of Rhoda Strong and Henry Berry Lowrie from the Civil War era.
historyjusticelocal memory
Bibliography
- Dreams of Sleep (1984)
- Rich in Love (1987)
- The Fireman's Fair (1991)
- Nowhere Else on Earth (2000)
Adaptations
- Film adaptation of Rich in Love (1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, detailed landscape descriptionsensitive depiction of Southern society
- Recurring Motifs
- Charleston landscapefamily and intergenerational relationshipsmemory and loss
Legacy
Josephine Humphreys is an important contemporary Southern writer set in Charleston; she has received major literary awards and had works adapted to film. She is praised for portraying Southern landscapes and family narratives.
Trivia
- Her Duke University class was among the first racially integrated undergraduate classes; there was a bomb threat from the KKK around graduation.
- Her best-known novel, Rich in Love, was adapted into a 1992 film directed by Bruce Beresford.
- Her mother worked at the Charleston Museum.