O. Henry Award
2回登壇
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第17回（1935年） Winner
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第23回（1941年） Winner
Kay Boyle
ケイ・ボイル
Kay Boyle
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1902-02-19 （St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1992-12-27 （Mill Valley, California, U.S.） 90歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Cincinnati, Ohio → New York City, New York → Paris, France → Austria → England → Germany → Rowayton, Connecticut → Mill Valley, California
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, short story writer, poet, educator, translator, editor, political activist
- 活動期間
- 1922年〜1992年
- 所属団体
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shipley School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Ohio Mechanics Institute (University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science) | Architecture | — | — | — | United States |
| Cincinnati Conservatory of Music | Music | Violin | — | — | United States |
The Shipley School
国:
United States
Attended the exclusive boarding school
Ohio Mechanics Institute (University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science)
Architecture
国:
United States
Studied architecture
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Music
/ Violin
国:
United States
Studied violin
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞（複数回） |
| 1935 | O. Henry Award | The White Horses of Vienna | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 1941 | O. Henry Award | Defeat | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 1980 | National Endowment for the Arts fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 受賞（生涯にわたる文学への貢献） |
Guggenheim Fellowship
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞（複数回）
O. Henry Award
1935
対象作品:
The White Horses of Vienna
主催:
O. Henry Awards
結果:
受賞
O. Henry Award
1941
対象作品:
Defeat
主催:
O. Henry Awards
結果:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
1980
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
結果:
受賞（生涯にわたる文学への貢献）
受賞・候補エディション
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第7回（1986年） Winner
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第54回（1989年 第4回開催） Lifetime Achievement Award
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第101回（1989年 第5回開催） Achievement Award
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第214回（1989年 第6回開催） Lifetime Achievement Award
作品
代表作
Death of a Man
1936年 Novel (political realism)A novel attacking the rising threat of Nazism, dealing with political themes and personal conflicts.
anti-fascismintersection of personal and political
The White Horses of Vienna and Other Stories
1936年 Short story collectionA collection of short stories set in interwar Europe exploring relationships and the impact of war.
war and occupationhuman relationshipsfemale perspective
Generation Without Farewell
1960年 NovelA work addressing postwar culture and generational conflicts.
generational issuescultural change
Short Stories
1929年 Short story collectionAn early collection published by Black Sun Press including stories from her Paris expatriate period.
loveartist communitypersonal exploration
全著作
- Short Stories (Black Sun Press, 1929)
- The White Horses of Vienna and Other Stories (1936)
- Death of a Man (1936)
- Generation Without Farewell (1960)
- The Underground Woman (1975)
作家による翻訳
- Don Juan (translation of Joseph Delteil)
- The Devil in the Flesh (translation of Raymond Radiguet)
作風・主題
- 文体
- modernist expressionlyrical yet direct narrationdepictions that intersect the personal and political
- 頻出モチーフ
- love and losspower and oppressioneffects of war
評価・遺産
Kay Boyle connected personal experience and political concerns in 20th-century American literature and was a notable member of the expatriate literary community in Paris. She published numerous novels, stories, poems and translations; many of her papers are held at the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University. She was also active as a political activist, supporting civil rights, anti-nuclear efforts and protests against the Vietnam War.
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
資料所蔵先
- Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Kay Boyle letters collection)
- Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin) holdings
- Manuscripts and correspondence at Texas Tech University Special Collections
豆知識
- Member of the 1920s Paris expatriate literary community; early work published by Black Sun Press.
- Winner of multiple O. Henry Awards (1935, 1941).
- Was blacklisted during McCarthyism in the 1950s and lost positions as a result.
- Published more than 40 books across genres including novels, poetry, children's books and translations.
- Major papers and manuscripts are held at the Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- Credited with ghostwriting 'Yellow Dusk' attributed to Bettina Bedwell.