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第12回（2011年） Winner
NoViolet Bulawayo
ノー・バイオレット・ブラワヨ
NoViolet Bulawayo
別名:
Elizabeth Zandile Tshele / Elizabeth Tshele
ペンネーム:
NoViolet Bulawayo（Pen name used as an author; derived from her late mother's name and the city Bulawayo）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1981-10-12 （Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe）
- 国籍
- Zimbabwean
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Zimbabwe (born and childhood) → United States (studies and residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer
- 活動期間
- 2009年〜
- 所属
- Writivism (board of trustees, 2014–2018), Stegner Fellowship (Stanford University, 2012–2014)
- 所属団体
- Writivism (served on board of trustees)
- 影響を受けた人物
- George Orwell, Herta Müller, Elif Shafak, Yvonne Vera
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Njube High School | — | — | — | — | Zimbabwe |
| Mzilikazi High School | — | — | — | — | Zimbabwe |
| Kalamazoo Valley Community College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| Southern Methodist University | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| Cornell University | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | 〜2010 | United States |
Njube High School
国:
Zimbabwe
Secondary education (proceeded to A-level studies)
Mzilikazi High School
国:
Zimbabwe
High school for A-levels
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
国:
United States
Attended community college in the U.S.
Texas A&M University-Commerce
English
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Earned a bachelor's degree in English
Southern Methodist University
English
学位:
MA
国:
United States
Earned a master's degree in English
Cornell University
Creative Writing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
期間:
〜2010
卒業年:
2010
国:
United States
Attended as a Truman Capote Fellowship recipient
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Truman Capote Fellowship | — | — | Truman Capote Literary Trust | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Caine Prize for African Writing | Hitting Budapest | — | Caine Prize | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Stegner Fellowship | — | Fellow (2012–2014) | Stanford University (Wallace Stegner Fellowship) | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Man Booker Prize | We Need New Names | — | The Booker Prizes | ショートリスト |
| 2013 | National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 | — | — | National Book Foundation | 選出（honoree） |
| 2013 | Etisalat Prize for Literature | We Need New Names | — | Etisalat Prize | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Art Seidenbaum Award) | We Need New Names | First Fiction | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| 2014 | PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel | We Need New Names | — | PEN/Hemingway Award | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Betty Trask Award | We Need New Names | — | The Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Booker Prize | Glory | — | The Booker Prizes | ショートリスト |
| 2023 | Women's Prize for Fiction | Glory | — | Women's Prize | ロングリスト |
| 2025 | Best of Caine | Hitting Budapest | — | Caine Prize | 受賞（名誉賞） |
Truman Capote Fellowship
2010
主催:
Truman Capote Literary Trust
結果:
受賞
Caine Prize for African Writing
2011
対象作品:
Hitting Budapest
主催:
Caine Prize
結果:
受賞
Stegner Fellowship
2012
部門:
Fellow (2012–2014)
主催:
Stanford University (Wallace Stegner Fellowship)
結果:
受賞
Man Booker Prize
2013
対象作品:
We Need New Names
主催:
The Booker Prizes
結果:
ショートリスト
National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35
2013
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
選出（honoree）
Etisalat Prize for Literature
2013
対象作品:
We Need New Names
主催:
Etisalat Prize
結果:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Art Seidenbaum Award)
2013
対象作品:
We Need New Names
部門:
First Fiction
主催:
Los Angeles Times
結果:
受賞
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
2014
対象作品:
We Need New Names
主催:
PEN/Hemingway Award
結果:
受賞
Betty Trask Award
2014
対象作品:
We Need New Names
主催:
The Society of Authors
結果:
受賞
Booker Prize
2022
対象作品:
Glory
主催:
The Booker Prizes
結果:
ショートリスト
Women's Prize for Fiction
2023
対象作品:
Glory
主催:
Women's Prize
結果:
ロングリスト
Best of Caine
2025
対象作品:
Hitting Budapest
主催:
Caine Prize
結果:
受賞（名誉賞）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
We Need New Names
2013年 Novel (debut)Follows Darling, a girl from a Zimbabwean shantytown, and her friends as they confront poverty, displacement and migration. The novel traces their lives from home to the United States, blending wit and urgency to depict childhood and exile.
MigrationChildhoodContemporary Zimbabwean societyIdentity
Glory
2022年 Novel (allegory, political satire)An allegorical novel inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm, set in a nation on the brink of revolution. It combines satire, fable and political observation to explore power, repression and grassroots activism.
Power and repressionRevolutionAllegory and satireHope and despair
全著作
- Snapshots (2009, published in New Writing from Africa 2009)
- Hitting Budapest (short story, 2010, Boston Review)
- We Need New Names (2013)
- Glory (2022)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Allegorical and satiricalConcise, forceful proseNarration often through child's perspective
- 頻出モチーフ
- Childhood and coming-of-ageMigration/exilePower and repressionCoexistence of humor and sorrow
評価・遺産
NoViolet Bulawayo gained international recognition with her debut and has become an important voice in contemporary postcolonial literature. She was the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker shortlist twice and is regarded as a leading contemporary Zimbabwean writer.
引用
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I believe freedom begins with imagination.
出典: The New York Times (interview, 2022) (2022年)
豆知識
- Her pen name is derived from an Ndebele word, her late mother's name, and the city Bulawayo.
- "Hitting Budapest" won the Caine Prize in 2011 and later became an opening chapter in her debut novel.
- She was the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker shortlist twice (2013, 2022).