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第25回（1966年） Winner
Margaret Drabble
マーガレット・ドラブル
Māgaretto Doraburu
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1939-06-05 （Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England）
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Quaker (background/influence)
- 居住地歴
- London → Somerset
経歴
- 職業
- biographer, novelist, short story writer
- 活動期間
- 1963年〜
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 影響を受けた人物
- Angus Wilson, Saul Bellow, Doris Lessing
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham College, University of Cambridge | — | English Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
Newnham College, University of Cambridge
English Literature
国:
United Kingdom
Won a scholarship to Newnham College; studied English Literature at Cambridge.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize | The Millstone | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1967 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Jerusalem the Golden | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1972 | The Yorkshire Post Book Award (Finest Fiction) | The Needle's Eye | — | The Yorkshire Post | 受賞 |
| 1973 | E. M. Forster Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1973 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 選出 |
| 2003 | St. Louis Literary Award | — | — | Saint Louis University Library Associates | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) | — | — | University of Cambridge | 授与 |
| 2011 | Golden PEN Award | — | 生涯功労 | English PEN | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | The Crown (Birthday Honours) | 叙勲 |
| 2008 | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) | — | — | The Crown (Birthday Honours) | 叙勲（デイム） |
John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize
1966
対象作品:
The Millstone
結果:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1967
対象作品:
Jerusalem the Golden
結果:
受賞
The Yorkshire Post Book Award (Finest Fiction)
1972
対象作品:
The Needle's Eye
主催:
The Yorkshire Post
結果:
受賞
E. M. Forster Award
1973
主催:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果:
受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
1973
主催:
Royal Society of Literature
結果:
選出
St. Louis Literary Award
2003
主催:
Saint Louis University Library Associates
結果:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters)
2006
主催:
University of Cambridge
結果:
授与
Golden PEN Award
2011
部門:
生涯功労
主催:
English PEN
結果:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1980
主催:
The Crown (Birthday Honours)
結果:
叙勲
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
2008
主催:
The Crown (Birthday Honours)
結果:
叙勲（デイム）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
A Summer Bird-Cage
1963年 Novel (social realism)Drabble's debut novel about a young woman newly married; explores tensions between family life and intellectual ambition, notable for its informal first-person voice.
women's independenceconflict between family and intellect1960s society
The Millstone
1965年 Novel (feminist realism)A novel about an unmarried woman who becomes a mother; a seminal 1960s feminist work dealing with maternity and society, drawing on some of Drabble's personal experiences.
motherhoodsocial stigmafemale agency
Jerusalem the Golden
1967年 Novel (coming-of-age / university life)Follows a northern English woman attending university in London; contains elements resonant with Drabble's own background.
coming of ageclass and originsintellectual pursuit
The Needle's Eye
1972年 Novel (social novel)Tells the story of an heiress who gives away her inheritance; examines relationships, morality, and class.
inheritancemoralityclass
The Dark Flood Rises
2016年 Novel (late-career reflection / social commentary)A late-career novel addressing ageing, memory and social change; Drabble indicated in 2024 that this is her final novel.
ageingmemorysocial change
全著作
- A Summer Bird-Cage (1963)
- The Garrick Year (1964)
- The Millstone (1965)
- Jerusalem the Golden (1967)
- The Waterfall (1969)
- The Needle's Eye (1972)
- The Realms of Gold (1975)
- The Ice Age (1977)
- The Middle Ground (1980)
- The Radiant Way (1987)
- A Natural Curiosity (1989)
- The Gates of Ivory (1991)
- The Witch of Exmoor (1996)
- The Peppered Moth (2001)
- The Seven Sisters (2002)
- The Red Queen (2004)
- The Sea Lady (2006)
- The Pure Gold Baby (2013)
- The Dark Flood Rises (2016)
作品の翻訳
- The Millstone — translations exist (details not provided)
作風・主題
- 文体
- social realism and detailed depiction of contemporary Englandintimate first-person narrative voice (in early works)careful psychological characterisation
- 頻出モチーフ
- women's lives and motherhoodclass and northern English originsageing and memory (in later works)
評価・遺産
Margaret Drabble is a leading English writer since the 1960s, acclaimed for novels that probe women's lives and the social fabric of contemporary England. Her fellowships, honorary degrees and numerous awards have secured her standing in the literary establishment.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature
資料所蔵先
- University of Iowa Special Collections (research files for Drabble's biography of Angus Wilson)
引用
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“I now loathe the United States and what it has done to Iraq and the rest of the helpless world.”
出典: The Daily Telegraph (personal view column) (2003年)
豆知識
- Her elder sister is novelist and critic A. S. Byatt.
- Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960 and served as an understudy to Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg.
- Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2008.
- Her daughter Rebecca Swift ran The Literary Consultancy and died in 2017.