Prix Médicis
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Norman Manea
ノーマン・マネア
Nōman Manea
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-07-19 （Burdujeni neighbourhood, Suceava, Romania）
- Nationality
- Romanian, American
- Languages
- Romanian, English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Suceava, Romania → Bucharest, Romania → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Essayist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- Bard College
- Memberships
- Berlin Academy of Art, Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass
- Influenced
- Philip Roth
- Nominations
- Prix Femina Finalist (2006)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ștefan cel Mare High School | — | — | — | — | Romania |
| Construction Institute in Bucharest | — | Hydro-technique | 修士 | — | Romania |
Ștefan cel Mare High School
Country:
Romania
Graduated with high honours
Construction Institute in Bucharest
Hydro-technique
Degree:
修士
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
Romania
Studied engineering, master's in hydro-technique
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | International Nonino Prize | — | — | Nonino | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Prix Médicis Étranger | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | MacArthur Fellows Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Fulbright Scholarship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
International Nonino Prize
2002
Organization:
Nonino
Result:
受賞
Prix Médicis Étranger
2006
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellows Award
1992
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1992
Result:
受賞
Fulbright Scholarship
1988
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Nelly Sachs Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 26 (2011) Winner
FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
1 appearances
-
Edition 26 (2016) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Hooligan's Return
2003 Fictionalized memoirFictionalized memoir encompassing almost 80 years from pre-war to present
HolocaustCommunismExile
Bibliography
- Night on the Long Side (1969)
- Captives (1970)
- First Gates (1974)
- Book of the Son (1977)
- The Apprenticeship Years of Augustus the Fool (1979)
- October, eight o'clock (1981)
- On the Edge (1984)
- The Black Envelope (1986)
- On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist (1997)
- Compulsory Happiness (1999)
- The Hooligan's Return (2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Avant-gardeSocial-political criticism
- Recurring Motifs
- Holocaust memoryLife under communismExile
Legacy
Internationally acclaimed writer since early 1990s, translated into over 20 languages, multiple Nobel Literature nominee
Trivia
- Deported to Transnistria concentration camp in 1941 with family