Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1997) Winner
Melanie Rae Thon
メラニー・レイ・トーン
Meranī Rei Tōn
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1957 （Kalispell, Montana）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kalispell, Montana → Salt Lake City, Utah
Career
- Occupations
- fiction writer, Professor Emeritus
- Active Years
- 1980-2023
- Affiliations
- Emerson College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Syracuse University, Ohio State University, University of Utah
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | — | English | B.A. | -1980 | United States |
| Boston University | — | Creative Writing | M.A. | -1982 | United States |
University of Michigan
English
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
Boston University
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Fellowship in Creative Arts from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | — | — | The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Whiting Writer's Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Hopwood Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2008 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award | The Voice of the River | — | Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Gina Berriault Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Fellowship in Creative Arts from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2016
Organization:
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Whiting Writer's Award
1997
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Hopwood Award
1980
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1992
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2008
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award
2012
Work:
The Voice of the River
Organization:
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association
Result:
受賞
Gina Berriault Award
2012
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Meteors in August
1990 novelA novel exploring genre boundaries.
diversitypermeabilityinterdependence
Translations
- French, Italian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Finnish, Japanese, Arabic, Persian
Bibliography
- Meteors in August
- Girls in the Grass
- Iona Moon
- First, Body
- Sweet Hearts
- In This Light
- The Voice of the River
- Silence & Song
- The 7th Man
- The Good Samaritan Speaks
- Lover
- The Bodies of Birds
- As If Fire Could Hide Us
Translations of Works
- French, Italian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Finnish, Japanese, Arabic, Persian
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- moves beyond and between genreserasing boundariesmultitude of human and more-than-human perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- diversitypermeabilityinterdependence
Legacy
American fiction writer known for genre-blending work exploring diversity from human and more-than-human perspectives.
Trivia
- Last name pronounced "tone".