Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第18回（2002年） Winner
Michelle Huneven
ミシェル・ヒュネヴン
Michelle Huneven
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1953-08-14 （Altadena, California, U.S.）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Unitarian Universalism
- 居住地歴
- Altadena, California, U.S. (born and current residence) → Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. (studied at University of Iowa) → Los Angeles, California, U.S. (teaches at UCLA)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, journalist, food writer, university lecturer
- 活動期間
- 1997年〜
- 所属
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles Times (former staff)
- ノミネート
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction — finalist (Blame, 2009)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa | — | Creative Writing (Fiction) | MFA | 不明 | United States |
| Claremont School of Theology | School of Theology | Theology | — | 在籍2年（中退） | United States |
Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Creative Writing (Fiction)
学位:
MFA
期間:
不明
国:
United States
Received MFA (year unknown)
Claremont School of Theology
School of Theology
/ Theology
期間:
在籍2年（中退）
国:
United States
Attended to train as a Unitarian Universalist minister but left after two years to focus on writing.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Whiting Award | — | — | The Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1995 | James Beard Foundation Award (Newspaper Feature Writing) | — | 新聞特集 | James Beard Foundation | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
2002
主催:
The Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
James Beard Foundation Award (Newspaper Feature Writing)
1995
部門:
新聞特集
主催:
James Beard Foundation
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
O. Henry Award
1回登壇
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第96回（2017年） Winner
作品
代表作
Round Rock
1997年 Fiction (novel)Follows a graduate student's reluctant path to sobriety at a drunk farm in rural California.
recoveryaddictioncoming of age
Jamesland
2003年 Fiction (novel)Set in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, three struggling characters—a Unitarian minister, a descendant of William James, and a former chef—help each other learn to get by.
faith and religioncommunity and friendshiprecovery
Blame
2009年 Fiction (novel)Portrays the journey of a young history professor after accidentally killing two people while driving under the influence, exploring guilt, accountability, and redemption.
guilt and atonementlaw and ethicsredemption
Off Course
2014年 Fiction (novel)Tells the story of an economics graduate student who attempts to finish her dissertation while living in her parents' cabin in the Southern Sierras, becoming entangled in the local community.
academia and personal lifesmall-community dynamicsself-discovery
Search
2022年 Fiction (novel)Tells the story of a Unitarian Universalist church's search for a new minister, narrated by a restaurant reviewer and former seminarian who joins the search committee intending to write a memoir.
inner life of religious communityidentitytruth and fiction
Bug Hollow
2025年 Fiction (novel)Tells the wondrous and intimate journey of the Samuelson family, their deepest secrets, greatest loves, epic heartbreaks, and a grief that touched them for generations.
family historyintergenerational griefmemory and loss
全著作
- Round Rock (1997)
- Jamesland (2003)
- Blame (2009)
- Off Course (2014)
- Search (2022)
- Bug Hollow (2025)
- Tao Gals’ Guide to Real Estate (co-authored, 2006)
作風・主題
- 文体
- precise, character-focused psychological portrayalquiet and empathetic narrative voicerealistic landscape description
- 頻出モチーフ
- recovery and rehabilitationreligion and spiritual searchingfamily and intergenerational conflictfood culture (essays and criticism)
評価・遺産
A writer known for exploring recovery and maturation. She has contributed to both fiction and food journalism, teaches creative writing at UCLA, and has received honors including the Whiting Award and a James Beard Foundation Award.
引用
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"Sensitive, reflective and uncomfortably true to life, with a wonderfully rich cast of supporting characters."
出典: Kirkus Reviews (review of Search) (2022年) -
"Huneven’s touch is sure, and her protagonist is simultaneously sympathetic and maddening. The landscape descriptions are erotic, and the erotic scenes have near-hallucinatory power."
出典: The New Yorker (on Off Course) (2014年) -
"[A] wondrous and intimate journey of the Samuelson family..."
出典: Griffin Dunne (blurb for Bug Hollow) (2025年)
豆知識
- Born August 14, 1953
- From and based in Altadena, California (returned in 2001)
- Home destroyed in the Eaton Fire (January 2025)
- Worked as a restaurant critic and food writer for LA Weekly and the Los Angeles Times
- Won a James Beard Foundation Award (Newspaper Feature Writing) in 1995
- Received a Whiting Award in 2002
- Attended Claremont School of Theology for two years before leaving to focus on writing
- Co-authored Tao Gals’ Guide to Real Estate (2006)
- Short fiction published in Harper's and Redbook among others
- Teaches creative writing at UCLA