PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
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Edition 4 (2005) Winner
Paul Fussell
ポール・ファッセル
Pōru Fasseru
Aliases:
Paul Fussell Jr.
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-03-22 （Pasadena, California）
- Died
- 2012-05-23 （Medford, Oregon） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Pasadena, California → Princeton, New Jersey → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Oregon
Career
- Occupations
- Educator, Historian, Social critic, Author
- Active Years
- 1951-2003
- Affiliations
- Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, Connecticut College, University of Heidelberg, King's College London
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomona College | — | Literature | B.A. | 1941-1942, 1946-1947 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | English | M.A. | 1947-1949 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | English | Ph.D. | 1949-1952 | United States |
Pomona College
Literature
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1941-1942, 1946-1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United States
Interrupted by military service
Harvard University
English
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1947-1949
Year of Graduation:
1949
Country:
United States
Harvard University
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1949-1952
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | National Book Award | The Great War and Modern Memory | Arts and Letters | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1976 | National Book Critics Circle Award | The Great War and Modern Memory | Criticism | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Ralph Waldo Emerson Award | The Great War and Modern Memory | — | Phi Beta Kappa | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Hessell-Tiltman Prize | The Boys' Crusade | — | English PEN | 受賞 |
| 1945 | Purple Heart | — | — | United States Army | 受賞 |
| 1945 | Bronze Star | — | — | United States Army | 受賞 |
National Book Award
1976
Work:
The Great War and Modern Memory
Category:
Arts and Letters
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
1976
Work:
The Great War and Modern Memory
Category:
Criticism
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
1976
Work:
The Great War and Modern Memory
Organization:
Phi Beta Kappa
Result:
受賞
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2005
Work:
The Boys' Crusade
Organization:
English PEN
Result:
受賞
Purple Heart
1945
Organization:
United States Army
Result:
受賞
Bronze Star
1945
Organization:
United States Army
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Great War and Modern Memory
1975 Cultural history / Literary history 384 pagesA cultural and literary analysis of the impact of World War I on modern literature and conventions.
War mythsModern memoryLiterary expression
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
1983 Social criticismA guide satirizing the American class system.
ClassSocial statusAmerican culture
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
1989 War history 352 pagesAnalyzes understanding and behavior during WWII, focusing on doublespeak.
Reality of warPropaganda
Bibliography
- Theory of Prosody in Eighteenth-Century England
- Poetic Meter and Poetic Form
- The Rhetorical World of Augustan Humanism
- Samuel Johnson and The Life of Writing
- The Great War and Modern Memory
- Abroad: British Literary Travelling Between the Wars
- Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
- Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays
- Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
- BAD: or, The Dumbing of America
- Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic
- The Boys' Crusade
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- AnalyticalIronicCandid
- Recurring Motifs
- Demythologizing warClass critiqueCultural hypocrisy
Legacy
Renowned for revolutionary work in war literature and cultural history, particularly analyzing WWI's impact on modern memory.
In Popular Culture
- Featured in Ken Burns' documentary The War
Trivia
- Wounded in WWII, received Purple Heart
- Brother Edwin Sill Fussell was also an author