Drue Heinz Literature Prize
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Edition 34 (2014) Winner
Kent Nelson
ケント・ネルソン
Kent Nelson
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-01-01
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, poet
- Active Years
- 1978-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Law School | — | — | JD | — | United States |
Harvard Law School
Degree:
JD
Country:
United States
Juris Doctor (citation needed in sources)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Drue Heinz Literature Prize | The Spirit Bird | — | University of Pittsburgh Press | 受賞 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | フェローシップ受賞 |
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
2014
Work:
The Spirit Bird
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result:
フェローシップ受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cold Wind River
1981 novelPublished in 1981. A novel portraying human relationships set against small-town life and nature.
nostalgianaturesmall-town community
All Around Me Peaceful
1989 novelPublished in 1989. A work about quiet daily life and inner conflict.
introspectioneveryday life
Language in the Blood
1992 novelPublished in 1992. Explores how language and tradition affect personal and family histories.
family historylanguage and memory
Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still
2003 novelPublished in 2003. A novel contrasting change and stasis, geography and inner landscapes.
changesense of place
The Tennis Player and Other Stories
1978 short story collectionPublished in 1978. An early collection of short stories focusing on sports and personal moments.
sportsmoments
The Middle of Nowhere
1991 short story collectionPublished in 1991. A collection of stories centered on loneliness and peripheral characters.
isolationmarginality
Discoveries
1998 short story collectionPublished in 1998. Contains short stories themed around new perspectives and discoveries.
discoverychange of perspective
Toward the Sun: The Collected Sports Stories
1998 short story collectionPublished in 1998. A collection of short stories themed on sports.
sportsphysicality
The Touching That Lasts
2006 short story collectionPublished in 2006. Stories dealing with human connection and the persistence of memory.
connectionmemory
The Spirit Bird
2014 short story collectionPublished in 2014. A collection of varied short stories weaving nature and memory. Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
naturememoryhuman relationships
Bibliography
- Cold Wind River (Dodd, Mead, 1981)
- The Tennis Player and Other Stories (University of Illinois Press, 1978)
- All Around Me Peaceful (Dell, 1989)
- The Middle of Nowhere (Peregrine Smith, 1991)
- Language in the Blood (Peregrine Smith, 1992)
- Discoveries (Western Reflections, 1998)
- Toward the Sun: The Collected Sports Stories (Breakaway, 1998)
- The Touching That Lasts (Johnson, 2006)
- The Spirit Bird (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014)
- Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still (Viking, 2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, restrained prosecombines realist depiction with poetic metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- naturememorysports and physicalitynostalgia
Legacy
Kent Nelson is an American writer of short stories and poetry, noted for his sports-themed stories and for winning the 2014 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for The Spirit Bird. He is recognized for his portrayals of locality and memory.
Trivia
- Reported to hold a JD from Harvard Law School (citation needed).
- Won the 2014 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for the short story collection The Spirit Bird.
- Received an early fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).