American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第45回（2024年） Winner
Parneshia Jones
パーネシア・ジョーンズ
Parneshia Jones
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- null （Evanston, Illinois, U.S.）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Evanston, Illinois → Chicago, Illinois
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Publisher, Editor
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
- 所属
- Northwestern University Press, Cave Canem Foundation (served as board president), ShoreFront Legacy Center (advisory board)
- 所属団体
- Cave Canem Foundation
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haki R. Madhubuti, Gwendolyn Brooks, Donda West, Kelly Norman Ellis, B. J. Bolden
- 影響を与えた人物
- Authors she acquired/edited at Northwestern University Press (e.g., Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago State University | — | Creative Writing | B.A. | — | United States |
| Spalding University | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | — | United States |
Chicago State University
Creative Writing
学位:
B.A.
国:
United States
Studied under notable Black writers and scholars.
Spalding University
Creative Writing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
国:
United States
Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Midwest Book Award | Vessel | — | Midwest independent award organizations | 受賞 |
| — | Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Margaret Walker Short Story Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Aquarius Press Legacy Award | — | — | Aquarius Press | 受賞 |
Midwest Book Award
対象作品:
Vessel
主催:
Midwest independent award organizations
結果:
受賞
Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award
結果:
受賞
Margaret Walker Short Story Award
結果:
受賞
Aquarius Press Legacy Award
主催:
Aquarius Press
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Vessel
2015年 PoetryA collection of poems tracing intersections of Midwestern and Southern histories, family memories, love of place and food, and the experience of being a Black woman; includes reflections that the author's name relates to Mount Parnassus.
family memoryplace and homefoodBlack womanhood
全著作
- Vessel (poetry collection, Milkweed Editions, 2015)
- Contributor to anthologies: The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (2007)
- Contributor to Poetry Speaks Who I Am (2010)
- Contributor to She Walks in Beauty (ed. Caroline Kennedy, 2011)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical, personal excavation of memoryTopographical perspective intersecting Midwestern and Southern experiences
- 頻出モチーフ
- home and tableland and seasonsBlack women's body and memory
評価・遺産
In addition to her work as a poet, she has been influential as director of a university press in promoting poetry and diversity. Noted as the second Black woman to lead a U.S. university press, she has helped expand opportunities for contemporary poets and writers of color.
関連学会
- Cave Canem Foundation (associated organization)
資料所蔵先
- Yale LUX collection (related materials)
- Library of Congress (authority records)
豆知識
- Wrote her first poem about her brother in sixth grade and discovered a passion for poetry.
- Named director of Northwestern University Press; recognized as the second Black woman to hold a leadership role at a U.S. university press.
- Grew up frequently visiting her neighborhood library.