American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1995) Winner
Marnie Mueller
マーニー・ミューラー
Marnie Mueller
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Tule Lake War Relocation Center, California, United States
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City, United States (resident) → Guayaquil, Ecuador — Peace Corps service (1963–1965)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, radio programming director, Peace Corps volunteer
- Active Years
- 1963-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Maria Thomas Award (Outstanding Fiction) | Green Fires | — | Unknown (Maria Thomas award organization) | 受賞 |
| 1995 | American Book Award | Green Fires | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
Maria Thomas Award (Outstanding Fiction)
Work:
Green Fires
Organization:
Unknown (Maria Thomas award organization)
Result:
受賞
American Book Award
1995
Work:
Green Fires
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Green Fires: Assault on Eden (a novel of the Ecuadorian rainforest)
1994 Novel (environmental fiction)A novel set in the Ecuadorian rainforest that explores environmental destruction, development pressures, and conflicts with local communities, focusing on conservation and cultural clash.
environmentdevelopment and destructioncultural conflictnature depiction
The Climate of the Country
1999 NovelA novel concerned with climate, land, and social relationships, addressing tensions between individuals and communities, memory, and change.
memorysense of placesocial relations
My Mother's Island
2002 Novel (family history, memory)A story tracing family history and memory, engaging with the author's roots and intergenerational recollections; includes themes related to the wartime experience of Japanese Americans.
familymemoryidentitywartime internment memory
Bibliography
- Green Fires: Assault on Eden (1994)
- The Climate of the Country (1999)
- My Mother's Island (2002)
- Anthology contribution: Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers (1999)
- Contribution: "A Daughter's Need to Know" — Last Witnesses: Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans (2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistic prosedetailed natural and landscape descriptionengaged with social and environmental issues
- Recurring Motifs
- nature/environmentmemory and the pastfamily relationshipsalienation and belonging
Legacy
Marnie Mueller is an American writer known for novels that address environmental issues in the Ecuadorian rainforest and works exploring family memory. Her Peace Corps experience and radio work inform her engagement with environment and historical memory. She received the American Book Award in 1995 for Green Fires.
Trivia
- Born at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center.
- Joined the Peace Corps in 1963 and served two years in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- Worked as Programming Director at WBAI and resigned in 1977 over staff cuts.
- Resident of New York City; husband is Fritz Mueller.
- Won the American Book Award in 1995 for Green Fires.