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Kevin Baker

ケビン・ベイカー

Kevin Baker

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1958-01-01 （Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Rockport, Massachusetts (grew up) → New York City (current residence)

経歴

職業
novelist, historian, journalist, political commentator
活動期間
1993年〜
所属
Harper's Magazine (contributing editor), The New York Times (contributor)

学歴

Columbia University
Columbia College / Political Science
学位: 学士
期間: 1976-1980
卒業年: 1980
国: United States

受賞歴

James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction
2003
対象作品: Paradise Alley
主催: Society of American Historians
結果: 受賞
American Book Award
2003
対象作品: Paradise Alley
主催: Before Columbus Foundation
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2017
対象作品: Non-fiction (research/writing)
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sometimes You See It Coming

1993年 Contemporary fiction (baseball novel)

A contemporary baseball novel loosely inspired by the life of Ty Cobb.

sportsfame and ethics

Dreamland

1999年 Historical fiction

A historical novel set in early-20th-century New York, depicting the rise and fall of urban entertainments.

urban historyimmigration and class

Paradise Alley

2002年 Historical fiction

The middle volume of the City of Fire trilogy, set in early 20th-century New York, portraying ordinary people's lives and struggles.

urban transformationlabor and struggle

Strivers Row

2006年 Historical fiction

A volume of the City of Fire trilogy focusing on African American communities and social ascent in New York.

race and classurban society

Luna Park

2011年 Graphic novel

A graphic novel illustrated by Croatian artist Danijel Žeželj.

visual narrativememory of the city

The Big Crowd

2013年 Non-fiction

Critical non-fiction on contemporary events and urban life.

urban policypublic sphere

Becoming Mr. October

2014年 Non-fiction (sports)

A biographical essay related to sports figures.

baseball historyheroic figures

America The Ingenious: How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World

2016年 Non-fiction

Non-fiction examining how American creativity, immigrants, and tinkerers shaped the world.

history of technologyimmigration and innovation

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

2024年 Non-fiction (urban history + sports)

A research non-fiction exploring the relationship between baseball and the rise of New York City.

baseball historyurban formation

全著作

  • Sometimes You See It Coming (1993)
  • Dreamland (1999)
  • Paradise Alley (2002)
  • Strivers Row (2006)
  • Luna Park (2011)
  • The Big Crowd (2013)
  • Becoming Mr. October (2014)
  • America The Ingenious (2016)
  • The Fall of a Great American City: New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence (2019)
  • The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City (2024)
  • The American Century (1998, with Harold Evans and Gail Buckland)

作風・主題

文体
realistic depictionresearch-driven prose based on historical sourcesblend of narrative and commentary
頻出モチーフ
New York urban historyimmigration and laborclass struggle and public space

評価・遺産

Kevin Baker is known for depicting New York's urban history and everyday lives; he has been recognized in both historical fiction and nonfiction. His awards for Paradise Alley and the Guggenheim Fellowship have cemented his literary and scholarly reputation.

関連学会

  • Society of American Historians (associated)

大衆文化への影響

  • Paradise Alley was chosen by Frank McCourt as a Today Show book club selection.

豆知識

  • As a youth he worked at the Gloucester Daily Times covering high school sports.
  • Graduated from Columbia University with a major in political science in 1980.
  • Paradise Alley, the central volume of the City of Fire trilogy, won multiple awards in 2003.