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第10回（2022年） Winner
Margo Lillian Jefferson
マーゴ・リリアン・ジェファーソン
Margo Lillian Jefferson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1947-10-17
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
経歴
- 職業
- writer, critic, journalist, professor
- 活動期間
- 1973年〜
- 所属
- New York University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (former), Columbia University School of the Arts (Professor of Professional Practice in Writing), The New School (Eugene Lang College, visiting/adjunct), The New York Times (contributor/critic)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis University | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | — | Journalism | MS | — | United States |
Brandeis University
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Graduated cum laude; specific year not provided in source data
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Journalism
学位:
MS
国:
United States
Holds an MS; specific year not provided in source data
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | — | 批評 | The Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2016 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography) | Negroland: A Memoir | 回顧録 / 自伝 | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (shortlist) | Negroland: A Memoir | — | Baillie Gifford Prize | ショートリスト |
| 2022 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Non-fiction) | — | ノンフィクション | Windham–Campbell Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Rathbones Folio Prize | Constructing a Nervous System | — | Rathbones / Folio Prize | 受賞（総合・ノンフィクション部門） |
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
1995
部門:
批評
主催:
The Pulitzer Prizes
結果:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography)
2016
対象作品:
Negroland: A Memoir
部門:
回顧録 / 自伝
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
受賞
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (shortlist)
2016
対象作品:
Negroland: A Memoir
主催:
Baillie Gifford Prize
結果:
ショートリスト
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Non-fiction)
2022
部門:
ノンフィクション
主催:
Windham–Campbell Prizes
結果:
受賞
Rathbones Folio Prize
2023
対象作品:
Constructing a Nervous System
主催:
Rathbones / Folio Prize
結果:
受賞（総合・ノンフィクション部門）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
On Michael Jackson
2006年 cultural criticism / non-fictionA slim, smart volume of cultural analysis that examines Michael Jackson's career, legacy, and cultural symbolism beyond straightforward biography.
pop culturefame and public imagerace and identity
Negroland: A Memoir
2015年 memoir / non-fictionAn autobiographical memoir exploring the intersections of race, class, and familial expectations as experienced by the author growing up in a Black upper-middle-class milieu.
raceclassfamily historyexpectation and alienation
Constructing a Nervous System
2022年 essays / non-fictionA collection of essays weaving personal memory and cultural observation to metaphorically examine the construction of the nervous system; widely acclaimed and award-recognized.
memoryembodimentculture and emotion
全著作
- On Michael Jackson (2006)
- Negroland: A Memoir (2015)
- Constructing a Nervous System (2022)
作風・主題
- 文体
- essayistic blending of sharp cultural analysis and personal memoirclear, insightful critical voice
- 頻出モチーフ
- intersection of race and classdialogue between personal memory and public historyreferences to music, especially jazz
評価・遺産
Margo Jefferson is highly regarded as a critic, essayist, and memoirist; a Pulitzer Prize winner and multiple award recipient known for incisive insight on race, class, and cultural identity.
引用
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“The visible narrative apparatus of 'Negroland' highlights its author's extreme vulnerability in the face of her material. It also makes apparent the all-too-often invisible fallout of our nation's ongoing obsession with race and class.”
出典: The New York Times review by Tracy K. Smith (2015年)
豆知識
- Won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1995.
- Appeared in Ken Burns's documentary series 'Jazz'.
- Studied at Brandeis University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
- Has taught at New York University and Columbia University.