O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (1959) Winner
Peter Taylor
ピーター・テイラー
Peter Taylor
Aliases:
Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr. / Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1917-01-08 （Trenton, Tennessee）
- Died
- 1994-11-02 （Charlottesville, Virginia） age 77
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nashville, Tennessee → St. Louis, Missouri → Memphis, Tennessee → Charlottesville, Virginia
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, playwright, university teacher
- Active Years
- 1937-1994
- Affiliations
- Kenyon College (faculty), University of Virginia (faculty), Fellowship of Southern Writers (charter member)
- Memberships
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
- Influenced By
- Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, Robert Lowell, Robert Penn Warren, Randall Jarrell, Katherine Anne Porter
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossman School | — | — | — | 幼年期・初等教育 | United States |
| St. Louis Country Day School | — | — | — | 1930年代 | United States |
| Central High School (Memphis) | — | — | — | 〜1935 | United States |
| Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College) | — | — | — | 1936（在籍） | United States |
| Vanderbilt University (transferred) | — | — | — | 1930年代（在籍） | United States |
| Kenyon College | — | English | — | 1930年代-1940年代（在籍） | United States |
Rossman School
Period:
幼年期・初等教育
Country:
United States
Attended while living in St. Louis.
St. Louis Country Day School
Period:
1930年代
Country:
United States
Secondary education in St. Louis.
Central High School (Memphis)
Period:
〜1935
Year of Graduation:
1935
Country:
United States
Graduated in 1935; wrote his first published piece while a student.
Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College)
Period:
1936（在籍）
Country:
United States
Studied under Allen Tate; encouraged to transfer to Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt University (transferred)
Period:
1930年代（在籍）
Country:
United States
Transferred at Allen Tate's encouragement; later left for Kenyon College.
Kenyon College
English
Period:
1930年代-1940年代（在籍）
Country:
United States
Studied with John Crowe Ransom; befriended Robert Lowell and other contemporaries.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | The Old Forest and Other Stories | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | A Summons to Memphis | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | 受賞 |
| 1993 | PEN/Malamud Award | Excellence in the art of the short story | — | PEN | 受賞 |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1986
Work:
The Old Forest and Other Stories
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1987
Work:
A Summons to Memphis
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
受賞
PEN/Malamud Award
1993
Work:
Excellence in the art of the short story
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 12 (1978) Winner
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1986) Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 71 (1987) Winner
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1987) Winner
PEN/Malamud Award (PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1993) Winner
Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1994) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Old Forest and Other Stories
1985 Short story collectionA collection of short stories set in the urban South, exploring family, class, and individuals' roles amid social change.
familysocial statusSouthern historychange and adaptation
A Summons to Memphis
1986 NovelA novel about family memory and obligation set against a Tennessee family background; the protagonist confronts the past.
family historymemoryduty
In the Tennessee Country
1994 NovelA late novel depicting Tennessee local society and interpersonal relationships, contrasting regional life and inner experience.
local communityrelationshipstradition vs change
Bibliography
- A Long Fourth and Other Stories (1948)
- The Widows of Thornton (1954)
- A Woman of Means (1950)
- Happy Families Are All Alike (1959)
- Miss Leonora When Last Seen (1960)
- In the Miro District and Other Stories (1977)
- The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985)
- The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court (1993)
- A Summons to Memphis (1986)
- In the Tennessee Country (1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained narrationcareful attention to detailrealistic depiction reflecting Southern social contexts
- Recurring Motifs
- family duty and secretssocial class and reputationshadows of the past
Legacy
Peter Taylor is regarded as a master of the American short story in the 20th century, praised for precise character portrayals set in the urban South. He received major literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize and influenced younger writers through his teaching.
Academic Societies
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
Archives
- Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
- Peter Taylor papers at Vanderbilt University (inventory)
- Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers at East Carolina University (collection)
In Popular Culture
- Reappraisal via Library of America two-volume Complete Stories (2017)
Trivia
- He was married to poet Eleanor Ross Taylor for fifty-one years.
- His papers and manuscripts are held at the University of Virginia Special Collections.
- Library of America published a two-volume Complete Stories in 2017.