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第19回（2014年） Winner
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
フアン・ガブリエル・バスケス
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1973-01-01 （Bogotá, Colombia）
- 国籍
- Colombian, Spanish
- 言語
- Spanish
- 居住地歴
- Paris, France → Ardennes, Belgium → Barcelona, Spain → Bogotá, Colombia
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Translator, Journalist
- 活動期間
- 1990年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Joseph Conrad, Roberto Bolaño, Mario Vargas Llosa
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universidad del Rosario | Faculty of Law | Law | Law degree | 1990–1996 | Colombia |
| University of Paris (La Sorbonne) | Postgraduate studies in Latin American literature (unfinished) | Latin American Literature | — | 1996–1998 | France |
Universidad del Rosario
Faculty of Law
/ Law
学位:
Law degree
期間:
1990–1996
卒業年:
1996
国:
Colombia
Thesis titled 'Revenge as a legal prototype in the Iliad'
University of Paris (La Sorbonne)
Postgraduate studies in Latin American literature (unfinished)
/ Latin American Literature
期間:
1996–1998
国:
France
Did not complete thesis; left to focus on fiction
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Alfaguara Prize | The Sound of Things Falling | — | Alfaguara (publisher) | winner |
| 2012 | Prix Roger Caillois | — | — | Prix Roger Caillois | winner |
| 2013 | Premio Gregor von Rezzori | The Sound of Things Falling (Italian translation) | — | Premio Gregor von Rezzori | winner |
| 2014 | International Dublin Literary Award | The Sound of Things Falling | — | Dublin City Public Libraries & Archive | winner |
| 2014 | Royal Spanish Academy Award | Reputations | — | Royal Spanish Academy | winner |
| 2016 | Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | French Ministry of Culture | honor |
| 2018 | Order of Isabella the Catholic (Officer's Cross) | — | — | Kingdom of Spain | honor |
| 2018 | Prémio Literário Casino da Póvoa | The Shape of the Ruins | — | Casino da Póvoa (Portugal) | winner |
Alfaguara Prize
2011
対象作品:
The Sound of Things Falling
主催:
Alfaguara (publisher)
結果:
winner
Prix Roger Caillois
2012
主催:
Prix Roger Caillois
結果:
winner
Premio Gregor von Rezzori
2013
対象作品:
The Sound of Things Falling (Italian translation)
主催:
Premio Gregor von Rezzori
結果:
winner
International Dublin Literary Award
2014
対象作品:
The Sound of Things Falling
主催:
Dublin City Public Libraries & Archive
結果:
winner
Royal Spanish Academy Award
2014
対象作品:
Reputations
主催:
Royal Spanish Academy
結果:
winner
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2016
主催:
French Ministry of Culture
結果:
honor
Order of Isabella the Catholic (Officer's Cross)
2018
主催:
Kingdom of Spain
結果:
honor
Prémio Literário Casino da Póvoa
2018
対象作品:
The Shape of the Ruins
主催:
Casino da Póvoa (Portugal)
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Persona
1997年 NovelA short early novel set in Florence; Vásquez later expressed dissatisfaction with this apprentice work.
early experimentationinterior life
Alina suplicante
1999年 NovelAn early short novel; Vásquez later regarded his first two books as apprentice works and refused to reissue them.
youthful stylistic experiments
The Informers
2004年 NovelThe novel that established Vásquez's international reputation; praised by prominent critics and translated widely.
memoryviolencehistory and the individual
The Secret History of Costaguana
2007年 Historical fictionA novel that dialogues with Joseph Conrad's life and work and with 19th-century Colombian history, especially the Panama Canal.
reconsideration of historyliterary dialoguenational identity
The Sound of Things Falling
2011年 NovelA novel that sensitively explores violence in Colombia and personal loss; winner of the Alfaguara Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award among others.
impact of violencememory and lossnarratives of trauma
翻訳
- English translation
- French translation
- Italian translation
Reputations
2013年 Short novel/NovellaA short novel that mixes satire and social themes; it received awards in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
reputation and truthmedia and politics
The Shape of the Ruins
2015年 Historical / Crime elementsA challenging novel mixing autobiography, history and crime elements to explore murders that marked Colombian history.
crime and historysearch for truthuncertainty of memory
Retrospective
2020年 Essay / RetrospectiveA collection reflecting on the author's work and thoughts (English title 'Retrospective').
retrospectionon writing
全著作
- Persona (1997)
- Alina suplicante (1999)
- The Informers (2004)
- The Secret History of Costaguana (2007)
- The Sound of Things Falling (2011)
- Reputations (2013)
- The Shape of the Ruins (2015)
- Retrospective (2020)
作家による翻訳
- Translation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (2016)
作品の翻訳
- The Sound of Things Falling — translated into English, French, Italian and many other languages
- The Secret History of Costaguana — translated into English and other languages
作風・主題
- 文体
- realist, restrained proseinterweaving history and personal memoryprecise and controlled description
- 頻出モチーフ
- memory and forgettingaftereffects of violenceexile and migrationrelationship between history and the individual
評価・遺産
Recognized as one of contemporary Colombia's leading writers; his works on history and personal memory have been translated widely and have won numerous international literary prizes.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature (International Writer)
大衆文化への影響
- Widespread translations following international awards; subject of academic studies and criticism
引用
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'One Hundred Years of Solitude is a book that can be admired infinitely, but whose teachings are hardly applicable... no Colombian writer with a minimum of ambition would dare to follow through the paths already explored by García Márquez.'
出典: El Espectador (article by Juan Gabriel Vásquez), 2014 (2014年)
豆知識
- The Sound of Things Falling won the Alfaguara Prize (2011) and the International Dublin Literary Award (2014).
- His novels have been published in more than 28 languages.