O. Henry Award
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Edition 7 (1925) Winner
Julian Leonard Street
ジュリアン・レナード・ストリート
Julian Leonard Street
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1879-04-12 （Chicago, Illinois）
- Died
- 1947-02-19 age 67
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago → New York City → Princeton, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author, art critic
- Active Years
- 1899-1947
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | O. Henry Award | Mr. Bisbee's Princess | — | O. Henry Memorial Awards | 受賞 |
| — | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Memorial Awards | 受賞（年不明） |
O. Henry Award
1925
Work:
Mr. Bisbee's Princess
Organization:
O. Henry Memorial Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
Organization:
O. Henry Memorial Awards
Result:
受賞（年不明）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
My Enemy the Motor
1908 essays / humorA collection of essays and satires on automobiles and modern life.
modernizationtechnology and daily life
The Need of Change
1909 social commentary / essaysEssays on the need for social and personal change; second edition in 1914. Portions later served as the basis for the 1939 film adaptation.
social changesatire
Adaptations
- [film] I'm from Missouri (1939)
Paris à la Carte
1912 travel writing / essaysObservations of Parisian life and manners written with humor.
travelcultural observation
Mysterious Japan
1922 travel writing / cultural studyA travelogue reflecting on Japanese culture and customs observed during his travels.
Japanese culturecross-cultural observation
Tides
1926 novel / short storiesWorks depicting the changes of life and human relationships.
human relationshipschange
Bibliography
- My Enemy the Motor (1908)
- The Need of Change (1909; 2nd ed. 1914)
- Paris à la Carte (1912)
- Ship-Bored (1912)
- The Goldfish (1912)
- Welcome to Our City (1913)
- Abroad at Home (1914)
- American Adventures: A Second Trip 'Abroad at Home' (1917)
- Mysterious Japan (1922)
- Tides (1926)
Adaptations
- Film 'So's Your Old Man' (1926), adapted from 'Mr. Bisbee's Princess'
- Film 'I'm from Missouri' (1939), based in part on material from 'The Need of Change'
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satirical and wrytravelogue-style observationconcise, readable short stories
- Recurring Motifs
- depictions of urban and modern lifetraveler's perspective for cultural comparisoncritical view on art and aesthetics
Legacy
Julian L. Street was an early-20th-century American writer and journalist known for travel writing, satirical essays and short stories. He won the O. Henry Award, had stories adapted for film, and his manuscript collection is housed at Princeton University, which holds a library bearing his name.
Archives
- Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University (Julian Street manuscript collection)
In Popular Culture
- In Cripple Creek, Colorado, Myers Avenue was reportedly renamed 'Julian Street' in reaction to his article about the local red-light district.
Quotes
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He wrote that Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase' resembled 'an explosion in a shingle factory.'
Source: Review/comment on the Armory Show (1913) (1913)
Trivia
- Won the O. Henry Award in 1925 for the short story 'Mr. Bisbee's Princess.'
- That story was adapted into the 1926 silent film 'So's Your Old Man' starring W. C. Fields.
- A 1914 article led to a local anecdote that Myers Avenue in Cripple Creek was renamed 'Julian Street.'
- His manuscript collection is held at Princeton University.