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Olive Senior

オリーヴ・シニア

Olive Senior

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1941-12-23 （Trelawny (Cockpit Country), Colony of Jamaica）
国籍
Jamaica
言語
English
居住地歴
Trelawny, Jamaica (birth) → Kingston, Jamaica (work) → Cardiff, Wales (Thomson Foundation study), UK → Ottawa, Canada (Carleton University study) → Portugal (residence) → Netherlands (residence) → United Kingdom (residence) → Toronto, Ontario, Canada (long-term residence)

経歴

職業
poet, novelist, short-story writer, non-fiction writer, journalist, editor
活動期間
1960年〜2025年
所属
The Gleaner (employment), Jamaica Information Service (employment), Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies (editorial work), Institute of Jamaica (editor), St. Lawrence University (Dana Distinguished Professor)
所属団体
ノミネート
2012 Commonwealth Book Prize (Canada region) shortlist (Dancing Lessons), 2011 Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist (Dancing Lessons), 2005 Governor-General's Literary Award for Poetry shortlist (Over the Roofs of the World)

学歴

Montego Bay High School for Girls
国: Jamaica
Completed secondary education; later entered journalism in Jamaica
Thomson Foundation (journalism)
journalism training
国: United Kingdom (Wales)
Studied journalism on a scholarship
Carleton University School of Journalism
School of Journalism
国: Canada
Attended as a Commonwealth scholar

受賞歴

Commonwealth Writers' Prize (regional)
1987
対象作品: Summer Lightning (short stories)
主催: Commonwealth Foundation
結果: 受賞
Musgrave Medal (Silver)
1988
主催: Institute of Jamaica
結果: 受賞
F. G. Bressani Literary Prize
1995
対象作品: Gardening in the Tropics
主催: Italian Cultural Centre (Bressani Prize)
結果: 受賞
Musgrave Medal (Gold)
2004
対象作品: for contributions to literature
主催: Institute of Jamaica
結果: 受賞
Matt Cohen Award (Writers' Trust of Canada)
2019
対象作品: in honour of her career as a writer
主催: Writers' Trust of Canada
結果: 受賞
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (non-fiction)
2015
対象作品: Dying To Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
部門: ノンフィクション
主催: Bocas Lit Fest / OCM Bocas Prize
結果: ノンフィクション部門受賞（短期年度受賞）
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (fiction / overall)
2016
対象作品: The Pain Tree (short stories)
部門: フィクション
主催: Bocas Lit Fest / OCM Bocas Prize
結果: フィクション部門受賞・総合受賞
Poet Laureate of Jamaica
2021
部門: 国家詩人
主催: Government of Jamaica (appointment)
結果: 任命（2021–2024）
Royal Society of Literature International Writer
2024
対象作品: for contribution to literature
主催: Royal Society of Literature
結果: 選出

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Summer Lightning and Other Stories

1986年 short story collection

A collection of stories about Jamaican life and relationships; an early landmark work that won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Caribbean identityfamilywomen's experiences
翻訳
  • ZigZag (French translation)

Gardening in the Tropics

1994年 poetry collection

A poetry collection attentive to nature and everyday detail; won the Bressani Prize in Canada.

naturememoryhome
翻訳
  • Arabic translation of Gardening in the Tropics

Over the Roofs of the World

2005年 poetry collection

A collection blending lyric and narrative; shortlisted for poetry awards in 2005.

migration and belongingnature and the urban

The Pain Tree

2015年 short story collection

A mature collection of stories; won the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for fiction and overall winner.

memory and painmigration and belonging

Dancing Lessons

2011年 novel

Her first novel; shortlisted in the Canada region for the Commonwealth Book Prize.

parent-child relationshipscultural identity

Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage

2004年 non-fiction (reference)

A reference work on Jamaican culture, history and heritage; used as an educational resource.

cultural heritagehistory

Dying To Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal

2014年 non-fiction (history)

A study of West Indian workers in the building of the Panama Canal; won the non-fiction category of the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize.

labor historymigrationcolonial legacies

全著作

  • Talking of Trees (poetry)
  • Gardening in the Tropics (poetry)
  • Over the Roofs of the World (poetry)
  • Shell (poetry)
  • Hurricane Watch (new and collected poems)
  • Summer Lightning and Other Stories (short stories)
  • Arrival of the Snake-Woman (short stories)
  • Discerner of Hearts (short stories)
  • The Pain Tree (short stories)
  • Dancing Lessons (novel)
  • Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage (non-fiction)
  • Dying To Better Themselves (non-fiction)

翻案

  • Dramatic adaptations and broadcasts by the BBC
  • Broadcasts and radio plays on CBC (e.g., Window)

作品の翻訳

  • ZigZag (French)
  • Eclairs de chaleur (French)
  • Zomerweerlicht (Dutch)
  • Das Erscheinen der Schlangenfrau (German)
  • Un Pipirit M'a Dit / A Little Bird Told Me (bilingual English/French)

作風・主題

文体
colloquial yet lyrical styleblend of narrative and poetic observationinfluence of Caribbean oral traditions
頻出モチーフ
nature (mango trees, local flora)memory and the pastfamily and grandmother figuresmigration and identityeveryday domestic detail

評価・遺産

Olive Senior is a major voice in Caribbean literature, acclaimed for both poetry and prose. Her work is widely taught and recognized internationally for its exploration of Caribbean identity, women's experience, and labor histories.

資料所蔵先

  • National Library of Jamaica (holds related material)

大衆文化への影響

  • Included in school and university curricula (e.g., Summer Lightning, Gardening in the Tropics)
  • Broad recognition through BBC and CBC broadcasts of adaptations

引用

  • I've had to determine who I am. As part of that process, I decided I was a Jamaican. I represent many different races and I'm not rejecting any of them to please anybody. I'm just who I am and you have to accept me or not.
    出典: Interview (e.g., Jamaica Gleaner) (2004年)

豆知識

  • Born the seventh of ten children.
  • Moved to Europe after Hurricane Gilbert (1988), later settled in Toronto.
  • Works adapted and broadcast by BBC and CBC.
  • Official website: www.olivesenior.com