Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2009) Winner
Rafael Yglesias
ラファエル・イグレシアス
Rafael Yglesias
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-05-12 （New York, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City → Los Angeles
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1971-
- Influenced By
- Jose Yglesias (father), Helen Yglesias (mother)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction) | A Happy Marriage | フィクション | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction)
2010
Work:
A Happy Marriage
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hide Fox, And All After
1971 NovelAn early novel published when he was a teenager, dealing with youth, loneliness, and coming of age.
coming of agelonelinessidentity
Fearless
NovelA novel about trauma and recovery after an accident; adapted by the author into the 1993 film Fearless.
traumarecoverymortality
Adaptations
- [Film] Fearless / Peter Weir (1993)
A Happy Marriage
2009 NovelA personal novel drawing on the author's own experiences; candidly explores marriage, love, and loss. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2010).
marriagelove and lossillness and caregiving
The Wisdom of Perversity
2015 NovelA recent work exploring complicated human relationships and desire; received critical attention.
desirerelationshipsmorality
Bibliography
- Hide Fox, And All After
- The Work Is Innocent
- The Game Player
- Hot Properties
- Only Children
- The Murderer Next Door
- Fearless
- Dr. Neruda's Cure for Evil
- A Happy Marriage
- The Wisdom of Perversity
- Fabulous at Fifty
Adaptations
- Fearless (1993 film) - adapted from his novel
- Dark Water (2005 film) - credited on remake screenplay
- Death and the Maiden (film) - screenplay credit/adaptation involvement
- Les Misérables (1998 film) - screenplay involvement
- From Hell (2001 film) - screenplay involvement
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- vivid character depictionautobiographical elementscinematic narrationfrank, direct prose
- Recurring Motifs
- family breakdownillness and recoveryguilt and redemptionurban loneliness
Legacy
Rafael Yglesias began publishing at a young age and has worked across novels and screenwriting. He is known for adapting his own fiction for film (notably Fearless) and for winning the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for A Happy Marriage, marking his role bridging literature and cinema.
In Popular Culture
- Jeff Bridges's acclaimed performance in the film Fearless (adapted from Yglesias's novel) has become notable in popular culture.
Trivia
- Published his first novel at age 17.
- Son of novelist/journalist Jose Yglesias and author Helen Yglesias.
- Father of journalist Matthew Yglesias.
- Married to novelist Ann Packer.
- Has adapted his own novels for film (e.g., Fearless).