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第10回（2005年） Winner
Lionel Shriver
ライオネル・シュライバー
Raioneru Shuraibā
別名:
Margaret Ann Shriver
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1957-05-18 （Gastonia, North Carolina）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Presbyterian
- 居住地歴
- Nairobi → Bangkok → Belfast → London → Portugal
経歴
- 職業
- Journalist, Novelist
- 活動期間
- 1987年〜2024年
- 所属団体
- Patron of Population Matters
- ノミネート
- National Book Award Finalist (So Much for That)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College, Columbia University | — | Literature | BA, MFA | — | United States |
Barnard College, Columbia University
Literature
学位:
BA, MFA
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Women's Prize for Fiction | We Need to Talk About Kevin | — | Women's Prize for Fiction | winner |
| 2014 | BBC National Short Story Award | Kilifi Creek | — | BBC | winner |
Women's Prize for Fiction
2005
対象作品:
We Need to Talk About Kevin
主催:
Women's Prize for Fiction
結果:
winner
BBC National Short Story Award
2014
対象作品:
Kilifi Creek
主催:
BBC
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
Prometheus Award
3回登壇
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第190回（2017年 第4回開催） Nominee
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第217回（2022年 第5回開催） Winner
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第232回（2025年 第5回開催） Nominee
作品
代表作
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2003年 FictionA study of maternal ambivalence and a school shooting committed by the protagonist's son.
Maternal ambivalenceViolenceFamily
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] We Need to Talk About Kevin / Lynne Ramsay (2011)
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
2016年 SatireAn acid satire set in a near future where the US defaults on its debt.
Economic collapseFamilySociety
Mania
2024年 Dystopian novelA novel about a cancelled lecturer in a parallel dystopia that prizes ignorance.
IgnoranceCensorshipSociety
全著作
- The Female of the Species
- Checker and the Derailleurs
- The Bleeding Heart
- Ordinary Decent Criminals
- Game Control
- A Perfectly Good Family
- Double Fault
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- The Post-Birthday World
- So Much for That
- The New Republic
- Big Brother
- Kilifi Creek
- The Mandibles
- The Standing Chandelier
- The Motion of the Body Through Space
- Should We Stay or Should We Go
- Mania
作風・主題
- 文体
- Hard-to-love charactersSatiricalProvocative
- 頻出モチーフ
- Family dynamicsSocial issuesIdentity
健康
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Guillain-Barré syndrome2024年夏Loss of muscle control, inability to perform basic movements.
評価・遺産
Known for provocative novels addressing taboos and political controversies.
引用
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I'm often asked did something happen around the time I wrote Kevin. The truth is that Kevin is of a piece with my other work.
出典: Interview -
I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad.
出典: Brisbane Writers' Festival speech (2016年)
豆知識
- Changed name from Margaret Ann to Lionel at age 15 as a tomboy.
- Father was Presbyterian minister Donald W. Shriver Jr.
- Resides in Portugal.