American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第4回（1983年） Winner
Nash Candelaria
ナッシュ・キャンデラリア
Nash Candelaria
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1928-05-07 （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
- 死没
- 2016-01-05 （Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.） 87歳
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Los Angeles (childhood/early adulthood) → New Mexico (adult life; considered home) → Santa Fe (later life)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist
- 活動期間
- 1977年〜2010年
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Los Angeles | Chemistry | Chemistry | 理学士 (B.S.) | — | United States |
| Los Angeles City College | — | Short story writing (courses) | — | — | United States |
| University of Southern California | — | Playwriting courses | — | — | United States |
| University of California, Los Angeles | — | Television writing courses | — | — | United States |
University of California, Los Angeles
Chemistry
/ Chemistry
学位:
理学士 (B.S.)
国:
United States
Studied chemistry; later took creative writing courses.
Los Angeles City College
Short story writing (courses)
国:
United States
Took night courses in short story writing.
University of Southern California
Playwriting courses
国:
United States
Took playwriting courses; studied under William DeMille.
University of California, Los Angeles
Television writing courses
国:
United States
Took television writing courses.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | American Book Award | Not by the Sword | — | American Book Award (awarding organization) | Winner |
| — | Best Western Historical Novel (Finalist) | Not by the Sword | — | Western Writers of America | Finalist |
| — | Best Western Short Fiction (Finalist) | The Dancing School | — | Western Writers of America | Finalist |
| — | PEN Southwest Fiction Award (Finalist) | A Daughter's a Daughter | — | PEN Southwest | Finalist |
| — | International Latino Book Awards (Honorable Mention) | Second Communion | — | International Latino Book Awards | Honorable Mention |
American Book Award
対象作品:
Not by the Sword
主催:
American Book Award (awarding organization)
結果:
Winner
Best Western Historical Novel (Finalist)
対象作品:
Not by the Sword
主催:
Western Writers of America
結果:
Finalist
Best Western Short Fiction (Finalist)
対象作品:
The Dancing School
主催:
Western Writers of America
結果:
Finalist
PEN Southwest Fiction Award (Finalist)
対象作品:
A Daughter's a Daughter
主催:
PEN Southwest
結果:
Finalist
International Latino Book Awards (Honorable Mention)
対象作品:
Second Communion
主催:
International Latino Book Awards
結果:
Honorable Mention
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Memories of the Alhambra
1977年 novelThe first of the Rafa novels, following a middle-class family who move from Albuquerque to Los Angeles and exploring questions of identity and roots.
identitymigration and rootsfamily history
Not by the Sword
1982年 historical novelTakes the Rafa family back to the time of the Mexican War, depicting how New Mexico became American by conquest and exploring themes often ignored in accounts of Manifest Destiny.
history and conquestland and identitycollective memory
Inheritance of Strangers
1985年 novelEssentially a sequel to Not by the Sword, set around 1890 and focusing on New Mexico's Americanization with the coming of the railroad and eastern Anglos.
modernization and changeland and rightsfamily inheritance
The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne
1988年 short story collectionA collection of short stories dealing with Southwestern and Mexican American experiences.
regional culturelegend and realityidentity
Leonor Park
1991年 novelSet prior to the Great Depression, it tells a story of land struggles filled with greed, intrigue, and skullduggery.
land disputeseconomy and powerethics and corruption
Uncivil Rights and Other Stories
1998年 short story collectionA collection of stories addressing social and cultural themes.
rights and justicecultural conflict
A Daughter's a Daughter
2008年 novelA later novel focusing on family relationships and intergenerational conflict.
familyintergenerational relations
Second Communion
2010年 memoirA memoir reflecting on the author's life and literary career; received an honorable mention from the International Latino Book Awards.
memoirself-exploration
全著作
- Memories of the Alhambra (1977)
- Not by the Sword (1982)
- Inheritance of Strangers (1985)
- The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne (1988)
- Leonor Park (1991)
- Uncivil Rights and Other Stories (1998)
- A Daughter's a Daughter (2008)
- Second Communion (2010)
- "John Wayne, Person and Persona" (essay, 2001)
作風・主題
- 文体
- historical-novel techniquesdocumentary yet lyrical descriptionfocus on regional communities
- 頻出モチーフ
- quest for identityland and belongingmulti-generational family history
評価・遺産
Regarded as a historical novelist of the Hispanic people of New Mexico, Candelaria's Rafa family quartet has been influential in portraying Mexican American memory and identity.
資料所蔵先
- The Literary Encyclopedia - Nash Candelaria entry
引用
-
I don't see my writing as a political instrument. I don't belong to the Chicano Movement.
出典: Interview / cited on Wikipedia article
豆知識
- Born in Los Angeles but family traces to early settlers of New Mexico.
- Held a degree in chemistry and worked as a research chemist in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Served in the Air Force and later devoted himself to writing; best known for the Rafa family quartet.
- Not by the Sword received an American Book Award (year not specified in source data).