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Louis Sachar

ルイス・サッカー

Ruisu Sakkā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1954-03-20 （East Meadow, New York, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Judaism
居住地歴
East Meadow, New York (birthplace) → Tustin, California (education / youth) → Connecticut (worked while writing early books)

経歴

職業
Author (children's/young-adult), Screenwriter
活動期間
1976年〜

学歴

Antioch College
期間: 1学期在籍
国: United States
Attended for one semester before transferring to UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Economics
学位: BA
期間: 1970年代中盤
卒業年: 1976
国: United States
Worked at an elementary school for college credit; early influence on writing
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Law
学位: JD
期間: 1977–1980頃
卒業年: 1980
国: United States
Did part-time legal work while continuing to write

受賞歴

National Book Award for Young People's Literature
1998
対象作品: Holes
部門: Young People's Literature
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: Winner
Newbery Medal
1999
対象作品: Holes
部門: 児童文学
主催: Association for Library Service to Children (ALA)
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Holes

1998年 Children's / Young-adult mystery-comedy 233ページ

Stanley Yelnats is sent to a juvenile detention camp where he must dig holes; as the story unfolds, the camp's mysteries, his family's cursed past, and themes of fate and justice are revealed with humor and poignancy.

fate and destinyfriendshipjustice and redemption
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Holes (film) / Andrew Davis (2003)
翻訳
  • Japanese translation 'Holes'

Wayside School (series)

1978年 Children's fiction / surreal comedy 200ページ

A series of short, surreal, comedic episodes set in an unusual elementary school; combines humor and nonsense seen through a child's perspective.

school lifenonsensical humorimagination
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television (animated)] Wayside (TV series) (2007)
  • [Direct-to-video special] Wayside: The Movie (direct-to-video special) (2005)

Small Steps

2006年 Young-adult fiction 224ページ

A spinoff of Holes that follows one of the characters after the events of the original novel, focusing on growth and the challenges of adolescence.

rehabilitation and growthresponsibilityfriendship

Johnny's in the Basement

1981年 Children's fiction 160ページ

Follows a boy who spends time in his basement, humorously exploring childhood freedom and family relationships.

family and independencechild's perspective

全著作

  • Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978)
  • Wayside School Is Falling Down (1989)
  • Johnny's in the Basement (1981)
  • There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1987)
  • Holes (1998)
  • Small Steps (2006)
  • Fuzzy Mud (2015)

翻案

  • Holes (2003 film, screenplay by Louis Sachar)
  • Wayside (TV animated series, 2007)

作品の翻訳

  • Holes (Japanese translation)

作風・主題

文体
Concise, approachable narration with humor and satirePacing and metaphors suited to children's and young-adult audiences
頻出モチーフ
school and classroom lifefate and intergenerational connectionsfriendship and rehabilitation

評価・遺産

Louis Sachar won the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal for Holes, and has had a significant impact on children's literature since the 1990s. His blend of humor and substantial themes is widely appreciated by readers and educators.

大衆文化への影響

  • The 2003 film adaptation of Holes was commercially successful and greatly raised the profile of the work.

引用

  • "I've actually been writing since 1976, and my first book is still in print and doing very well. So, no, I don't think kids have changed."
    出典: Interview, All Things Considered (2015) (2015年)

豆知識

  • Holes won the 1998 National Book Award (Young People's Literature).
  • Holes won the 1999 Newbery Medal.
  • Sachar has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film adaptation of Holes.
  • Early in his writing career he worked in a Connecticut sweater warehouse and wrote at night.