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第17回(2011年) Winner
Ricardo Piglia
リカルド・ピリア
Ricardo Piglia
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1941-11-24 (Adrogué, Argentina)
- 死没
- 2017-01-06 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 75歳
- 国籍
- Argentine
- 言語
- Spanish
- 居住地歴
- Adrogué → Mar del Plata → Buenos Aires → United States (resided)
経歴
- 職業
- author, critic, scholar
- 活動期間
- 1967年〜2017年
- 所属
- Harvard University (faculty), Princeton University (Walter S. Carpenter Professor)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, David Goodis, Horace McCoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National University of La Plata | — | Department of History | — | 1961–1962 | Argentina |
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rómulo Gallegos Prize | Blanco nocturno (Nocturnal Target) | — | Rómulo Gallegos Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Premio Planeta | — | — | Planeta (publisher) | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Casa de las Américas Prize | — | — | Casa de las Américas | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Konex Diamond Award | — | — | Konex Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Prix Formentor | — | — | — | 受賞 |
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Respiración artificial (Artificial Respiration)
1980年 Novel (metafiction, crime elements)A novel that explores Argentine society and literary memory through multiple narrators and stylistic experiments; strongly metafictional.
- Artificial Respiration (English translation available)
La ciudad ausente (The Absent City)
1992年 Novel (crime fiction elements, experimental)A narrative about crime, memory, and the absence of the city, featuring Piglia's investigatory narration.
- The Absent City (English translation available)
Plata Quemada (Burnt Money)
1997年 Novel (crime fiction)A crime novel based on a real-life robbery; explores violence, friendship, and fate.
- [Film] Plata Quemada / Marcelo Piñeyro (2000)
- Burnt Money (English translation)
Blanco nocturno (Nocturnal Target)
2010年 Novel (crime fiction, social critique)A work illuminating crime, journalism, and Argentine society. Winner of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2011.
- Nocturnal Target (English translation)
El Camino de Ida (The Way Out)
2013年 NovelA later work about lost relationships and journeys.
La Invasión (The Invasion)
1967年 Short story collectionPiglia's early short story collection, published in 1967.
全著作
- Criticism and Fiction - 1986
- Argentina in Pieces - 1993
- Brief Forms - 1999
- Dictionary of the Novel of Macedonio Fernández - 2000
- The Last Reader - 2005
- Respiración artificial (Artificial Respiration) - 1980
- La ciudad ausente (The Absent City) - 1992
- Plata Quemada (Burnt Money) - 1997
- Blanco nocturno (Nocturnal Target) - 2010
- El Camino de Ida (The Way Out) - 2013
- The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Formative Years - 2015
- The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years - 2016
- The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life - 2017
翻案
- Plata quemada - 2000 film (dir. Marcelo Piñeyro)
作品の翻訳
- English translation of Respiración artificial (Artificial Respiration)
- English translation of La ciudad ausente (The Absent City)
- English translation of Blanco nocturno (Nocturnal Target)
- English translation of Plata Quemada (Burnt Money)
作風・主題
- 文体
- incorporation of hard-boiled crime-fiction elementsmetafictional experimentationtheoretical perspective that intersects criticism and fiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- crimememorythe cityexploration of literarinessjournalism/reporting
健康
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2013–2017Diagnosed with ALS in 2013; despite progressive illness he continued working with the help of an assistant on diaries and unpublished writings. The disease was the cause of death.
評価・遺産
Ricardo Piglia introduced hard-boiled crime-fiction techniques to Argentine literature and was highly regarded for his unique style that traversed criticism and fiction. As an educator at Harvard and Princeton, he left a significant impact on Latin American literature and intellectual history.
大衆文化への影響
- The novel Plata Quemada was adapted into a film in 2000 and became widely known.
- In 2018 a homage was held in New York City, reaffirming his academic recognition and influence.
豆知識
- Known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.
- Served as Walter S. Carpenter Professor at Princeton University (2001–2011).
- Diagnosed with ALS in 2013 but continued working on writings and diaries.