-
第7回（1982年） Winner
Marilynne Robinson
マリリン・ロビンソン
Marilynne Robinson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1943-11-26 （Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Congregationalist (raised Presbyterian earlier)
- 居住地歴
- Iowa City, Iowa (faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop) → Northern California (residence) → Upstate New York (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Essayist, Professor
- 活動期間
- 1979年〜
- 所属
- University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop), Amherst College (visiting), University of Massachusetts Amherst (visiting), University of Oxford (fellowships/lectures), University of Cambridge (lectures/fellow)
- 所属団体
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
- 影響を受けた人物
- John Hawkes, John Calvin
- 影響を与えた人物
- ノミネート
- 2011 Man Booker International Prize nominee, 2013 Man Booker International Prize nominee
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University (Pembroke College) | — | English | BA (magna cum laude) | 1962–1966 | United States |
| University of Washington | — | English | PhD | 1970s (〜1977) | United States |
Brown University (Pembroke College)
English
学位:
BA (magna cum laude)
期間:
1962–1966
卒業年:
1966
国:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude; elected to Phi Beta Kappa
University of Washington
English
学位:
PhD
期間:
1970s (〜1977)
卒業年:
1977
国:
United States
PhD in English
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | Housekeeping | — | PEN/Hemingway Award committee | winner |
| 2004 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction | Gilead | — | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
| 2005 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Gilead | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | winner |
| 2009 | Orange Prize for Fiction (Women's Prize for Fiction) | Home | — | Women's Prize for Fiction | winner |
| 2012 | National Humanities Medal | — | — | United States (National Humanities Medal) | winner |
| 2016 | Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction | — | — | Library of Congress | winner |
| 2006 | Grawemeyer Award in Religion | — | — | University of Louisville (Grawemeyer Award) | winner |
| 2013 | Park Kyong-ni Prize | — | — | Park Kyong-ni Prize Foundation | winner |
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1982
対象作品:
Housekeeping
主催:
PEN/Hemingway Award committee
結果:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
2004
対象作品:
Gilead
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
winner
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2005
対象作品:
Gilead
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
winner
Orange Prize for Fiction (Women's Prize for Fiction)
2009
対象作品:
Home
主催:
Women's Prize for Fiction
結果:
winner
National Humanities Medal
2012
主催:
United States (National Humanities Medal)
結果:
winner
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
2016
主催:
Library of Congress
結果:
winner
Grawemeyer Award in Religion
2006
主催:
University of Louisville (Grawemeyer Award)
結果:
winner
Park Kyong-ni Prize
2013
主催:
Park Kyong-ni Prize Foundation
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
-
第20回（2005年） Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1回登壇
-
第89回（2005年） Winner
-
第1回（2005年） Winner
-
第29回（2008年） Winner
Park Kyong-ni Prize
1回登壇
-
第3回（2013年） Winner
-
第36回（2020年） Winner
作品
代表作
Housekeeping
1980年 NovelA novel about solitude, family and loss set in a small lakeside town; follows the lives of two sisters and questions of belonging.
solitudefamilybelongingnature and memory
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Housekeeping / ビル・フォーサイス (Bill Forsyth) (1987)
Gilead
2004年 Novel (epistolary)Told as a letter from an aging Congregationalist minister to his young son, the novel meditates on faith, family history and forgiveness. Pulitzer Prize winner.
faithforgivenessfamily historydeath and memory
Home
2008年 NovelA companion to Gilead set in the same town; explores family, return, and reconciliation from another perspective.
homecomingfamilyreconciliation
Lila
2014年 NovelA companion to Gilead focusing on Lila, her background and the development of her faith.
faithredemption of the pastloneliness
Jack
2020年 NovelCenters on Jack Boughton of the Gilead novels; examines American social history and personal struggles through his perspective.
social marginalizationforgivenessfamily
全著作
- Housekeeping (1980)
- Gilead (2004)
- Home (2008)
- Lila (2014)
- Jack (2020)
- Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution (1989)
- The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (1998)
- Absence of Mind (2010)
- When I Was a Child I Read Books (2012)
- The Givenness of Things (2015)
- What Are We Doing Here? (2018)
- Reading Genesis (2024)
翻案
- Housekeeping (film, 1987)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyrical, contemplative prosequiet, reflective narration with theological and philosophical depth
- 頻出モチーフ
- faith and forgivenessfamily and kinshiprural life and landscapememory and loss
評価・遺産
Recognized as a major voice in contemporary American literature; praised for deep explorations of faith, ethics and American history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other major awards, and recipient of many academic honors and honorary degrees.
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
資料所蔵先
- Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Marilynne Robinson Papers)
引用
-
"that reservoir of goodness, beyond, and of another kind, that we are able to do each other in the ordinary cause of things."
出典: Quoted by President Barack Obama in a eulogy (2015) (2015年)
豆知識
- She wrote much of Housekeeping in the evenings while her children slept.
- Named to Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list in 2016.
- Her brother is art historian David Summers.
- Taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop from 1991 until retiring in 2016.