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Richard B. Wright

リチャード・B・ライト

Richādo B. Raito

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1937-03-04 (Midland, Ontario)
死没
2017-02-07 (St. Catharines, Ontario) 79歳
国籍
Canada
言語
English
居住地歴
Midland, Ontario → St. Catharines, Ontario

経歴

職業
novelist, teacher, editor
活動期間
1965年〜2017年
所属
Macmillan Canada, Ridley College
所属団体
Order of Canada
ノミネート
Giller Prize nomination (1995, The Age of Longing), Governor General's Award nomination (1995, The Age of Longing)

学歴

Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
Radio and TV Arts
期間: 1956-1959
卒業年: 1959
国: Canada
After high school graduation

受賞歴

Giller Prize
2001
対象作品: Clara Callan
結果: 受賞
Trillium Book Award
2001
対象作品: Clara Callan
結果: 受賞
Governor General's Award
2001
対象作品: Clara Callan
結果: 受賞
Toronto Book Award
1973
対象作品: In the Middle of a Life
結果: 受賞
Faber Memorial Prize
1975
対象作品: In the Middle of a Life
結果: 受賞
Order of Canada
2007
結果: メンバー

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Clara Callan

2001年 novel

An epistolary novel depicting the lives and secrets of two sisters in a small Canadian town in the 1930s.

familywomen's livessecrets

The Weekend Man

1970年 novel

Story of a man who acts as a father only on weekends.

family relationshipsmodern life

Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard

2010年 historical novel

A novel about Shakespeare's bastard daughter.

Shakespearefemale perspective

全著作

  • Andrew Tolliver (1965)
  • The Weekend Man (1970)
  • In the Middle of a Life (1973)
  • Farthing's Fortunes (1976)
  • Final Things (1980)
  • The Teacher's Daughter (1982)
  • Tourists (1984)
  • One John A. Too Many (1984)
  • Sunset Manor (1990)
  • The Age of Longing (1995)
  • Clara Callan (2001)
  • Adultery (2004)
  • October (2007)
  • Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard (2010)
  • A Life With Words: A Writer's Memoir (2015)
  • Nightfall (2016)

作風・主題

文体
Depicts ordinary people's lives with depth and sensitivitySkilled in creating believable female charactersPure narrative of life
頻出モチーフ
everyday lifefamily and relationshipssecrets and inner lives

健康

  • stroke
    2017年
    Cause of death

評価・遺産

Won multiple major Canadian literary awards, breakthrough with Clara Callan. Known for portraying ordinary lives.