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第19回（1998年） Winner
Philip Gourevitch
フィリップ・グーレヴィッチ
Philip Gourevitch
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Philadelphia (birth) → Middletown, Connecticut (raised) → New York City (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Journalist, Editor
- 活動期間
- 1986年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Alison Des Forges, René Lemarchand (scholar, commentator)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choate Rosemary Hall | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Cornell University | — | — | B.A.（詳細不明） | 在学 - 卒業 1986 | United States |
| Columbia University, Writing Program | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | 在学 - 修了 1992 | United States |
Choate Rosemary Hall
国:
United States
Private secondary/preparatory school
Cornell University
学位:
B.A.（詳細不明）
期間:
在学 - 卒業 1986
卒業年:
1986
国:
United States
Took a multi-year break to focus on writing before graduating
Columbia University, Writing Program
Creative Writing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
期間:
在学 - 修了 1992
卒業年:
1992
国:
United States
Received MFA in fiction before turning to nonfiction
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | National Book Critics Circle Award | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| — | George Polk Book Award | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | George Polk Awards | 受賞 |
| — | Los Angeles Times Book Award | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| — | Cornelius Ryan Award (Overseas Press Club) | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | Overseas Press Club | 受賞 |
| — | Helen Bernstein Award (New York Public Library) | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | New York Public Library | 受賞 |
| — | PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | PEN American Center | 受賞 |
| 1999 | The Guardian First Book Award | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families | — | The Guardian | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant | Support for work on You Hide That You Hate Me And I Hide That I Know | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
National Book Critics Circle Award
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
受賞
George Polk Book Award
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
George Polk Awards
結果:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Award
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
Los Angeles Times
結果:
受賞
Cornelius Ryan Award (Overseas Press Club)
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
Overseas Press Club
結果:
受賞
Helen Bernstein Award (New York Public Library)
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
New York Public Library
結果:
受賞
PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
PEN American Center
結果:
受賞
The Guardian First Book Award
1999
対象作品:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
主催:
The Guardian
結果:
受賞
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
2017
対象作品:
Support for work on You Hide That You Hate Me And I Hide That I Know
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
1998年 Nonfiction / Investigative Reporting 352ページA nonfiction account of the 1994 Rwandan genocide based on extensive reporting and interviews. It documents the events, perpetrators and victims, and the aftermath through personal testimony and analysis.
GenocideMemory and testimonyInternational responsibility
翻訳
- Translated into multiple languages (specific Japanese edition information not provided here)
A Cold Case
2001年 Nonfiction / True crime 224ページA re-examination of a decades-old double homicide in Manhattan, tracing investigations and individuals involved to explore memory, justice, and the long-term effects of violent crime.
JusticeMemoryCrime and society
The Ballad of Abu Ghraib / Standard Operating Procedure
2008年 Nonfiction / Investigative reporting 240ページAn account of abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison during the U.S. occupation, examining the events through reporting, testimony, and analysis of photographic evidence.
War crimesAccountabilityPhotographic evidence
映像化・舞台化
- [Documentary film] Standard Operating Procedure / Errol Morris (2008)
全著作
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (1998)
- A Cold Case (2001)
- The Ballad of Abu Ghraib / Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
翻案
- Standard Operating Procedure (dir. Errol Morris, 2008)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Narrative nonfiction grounded in thorough field reportingInvestigative reporting styleEmphasis on testimony and historical context
- 頻出モチーフ
- Memory and testimonyResponsibility and justiceIndividual and collective violence
評価・遺産
Recognized for bringing attention in the United States to the Rwandan genocide through his landmark reporting and book. A decorated journalist and author whose work has contributed to public awareness of human rights abuses.
関連学会
- PEN America (associated organization)
資料所蔵先
- Contributor page at The New Yorker and public interview archives
引用
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"That the story of Rwanda is at all known in the United States today owes much to the work of Philip Gourevitch and Alison Des Forges."
出典: René Lemarchand, The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa (2009年)
豆知識
- His book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families has been translated into multiple languages (around ten).
- After earning an MFA in fiction from Columbia University, he turned to nonfiction reporting.
- Married to writer Larissa MacFarquhar.
- Resides in New York City.