マキシン・ホン・キングストン
Maxine Hong Kingston
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | College of Letters and Science | English | B.A. | 1958–1962 | United States |
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) | The Woman Warrior | General Nonfiction | National Book Critics Circle | Won |
| 1978 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | The Woman Warrior | Nonfiction | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | Won |
| 1980 | National Book Award (Nonfiction) | China Men | General Nonfiction (Hardcover) | National Book Foundation | Won |
| 1980 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) | China Men | General Nonfiction | National Book Critics Circle | Finalist |
| 1981 | Pulitzer Prize (General Non-Fiction) | China Men | General Non-Fiction | Pulitzer Prize | Finalist |
| 1989 | PEN West Award for Fiction | Tripmaster Monkey | Fiction/Novel | PEN West | Won |
| 1997 | National Humanities Medal | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Won |
| 2008 | Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | — | — | National Book Foundation | Won |
| 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award, Asian American Literary Awards | — | — | Asian American Literary Awards | Won |
| 2011 | Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature | — | — | Fitzgerald Award | Won |
| 2013 | National Medal of Arts | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | Won |
| 2023 | Emerson-Thoreau Medal | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Won |
| 1980 | National Endowment for the Arts Writers Award | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Won |
| 1982 | National Endowment for the Arts Writers Award | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Won |
A memoir of Chinese American girlhood that layers family speech, legend, and lived experience.
Myth and family talk shape one woman’s coming of age.
Blends family stories, Chinese folktales and personal memory to examine gender, ethnicity, and identity as experienced by a Chinese American girl.
Traces the experiences of Chinese American men across generations, exploring immigration, labor, and family history that shaped their place in America.
A satirical, experimental novel following a young Chinese American protagonist whose identity and cultural references (including Sun Wukong) collide with American life.
An essay collection reflecting on war and peace, drawing on personal memory and historical perspective to explore the meaning of peace.
Maxine Hong Kingston is a significant voice in Chinese American literature whose hybrid blending of memoir and myth influenced discussions of feminism and immigrant experience. Her work has also attracted criticism over fictionalization of tradition and representation.
I like the rhythm of his language and the freedom and the wildness of it. It's so American. And also his vision of a new kind of human being that was going to be formed in this country...