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Richard Peck

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Richard Peck

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1934-04-10 （Decatur, Illinois, U.S.）
死没
2018-05-23 （Manhattan, New York City, U.S.） 84歳
国籍
American
言語
English
居住地歴
Decatur, Illinois, U.S. → Stuttgart, Germany (stationed during military service) → New York City, U.S.

経歴

職業
Writer, Novelist, Teacher (former)
活動期間
1972年〜2018年
所属
Louisiana State University, School of Library and Information Sciences (adjunct)
ノミネート
National Book Award finalist (A Long Way from Chicago)

学歴

DePauw University
学位: Bachelor of Arts
期間: 1952–1956
卒業年: 1956
国: United States
Spent junior year abroad at the University of Exeter
University of Exeter (junior year abroad)
期間: 1954–1955 (junior year)
国: United Kingdom
Study abroad; degree completed at DePauw University
Southern Illinois University
学位: Master's degree
期間: 1957–1959
卒業年: 1959
国: United States
Completed master's degree

受賞歴

Margaret A. Edwards Award
1990
主催: American Library Association (YALSA)
結果: Winner
ALAN Award
1990
主催: The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN)
結果: Winner
Edgar Award (Best Juvenile)
1977
対象作品: Are You in the House Alone?
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: Winner
Newbery Medal
2001
対象作品: A Year Down Yonder
主催: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
結果: Winner
National Humanities Medal
2001
主催: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
結果: Recipient
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
2004
対象作品: The River Between Us
主催: Scott O'Dell Award Committee
結果: Winner
Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award
2004
主催: Educational Paperback Association
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Year Down Yonder

2000年 Young adult fiction / Historical

Set in 1929 in the American Midwest, the book follows a girl's year living with her stern grandmother, a linked collection of stories about family, growth and humor.

FamilyComing of ageRural communityHumor

A Long Way from Chicago

1998年 Young adult fiction / Linked stories

A linked collection of stories about siblings who visit their grandmother each summer, featuring Midwestern life, humor and nostalgia.

NostalgiaFamilyHumor

Don't Look and It Won't Hurt

1972年 Young adult fiction

A teenage girl struggles to find her place within her family and the wider world; one of Peck's early novels.

AdolescenceFamilySelf-discovery

Are You in the House Alone?

1976年 Juvenile thriller

A teenage girl faces frightening events in this thriller; the book won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile.

FearDangerComing of age
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV movie] Are You in the House Alone? (TV movie) (1978)

The River Between Us

2003年 Historical fiction / Young adult

A historical novel set after the Civil War about friendship and family among children from different backgrounds.

HistoryFriendshipReconciliation

The Best Man

2016年 Young adult fiction

A story about friendship and growing up, touching on themes of marriage and social change.

FriendshipComing of ageDiversity

全著作

  • Don't Look and It Won't Hurt (1972)
  • Dreamland Lake (1973)
  • The Ghost Belonged to Me (1975)
  • Are You in the House Alone? (1976)
  • A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
  • A Year Down Yonder (2000)
  • The River Between Us (2003)
  • The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts (2004)
  • Here Lies The Librarian (2006)
  • The Best Man (2016)

翻案

  • The Ghost Belonged to Me (1976 film)
  • Are You in the House Alone? (1978 TV movie)
  • Child of Glass (1978 TV movie)
  • Father Figure (1980 film)
  • Gas Food Lodging (1992; based on Don't Look and It Won't Hurt)

作風・主題

文体
Warm, humorous proseNarration from young people's perspectivesClear, conversational style
頻出モチーフ
Family and intergenerational relationshipsRural / Midwestern communityPast and memoryHumor and humanity

健康

  • Cancer
    数年（晩年）
    Long battle with cancer; resulted in death in 2018

評価・遺産

Richard Peck was widely recognized for his sustained contributions to young adult literature, earning awards such as the Newbery Medal and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. His books remain popular with readers and in educational settings.

関連学会

  • American Library Association (YALSA)
  • The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN)

資料所蔵先

  • De Grummond Children's Literature Collection, The University of Southern Mississippi (Richard Peck papers)

大衆文化への影響

  • Several works were adapted into TV movies and films
  • Frequently featured in school libraries and reading curricula in the U.S.

引用

  • The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.
    出典: Statement at a PEN panel in New York City, February 8, 2010 (2010年)
  • Ironically, it was my students who taught me to be a writer, though I had been hired to teach them.
    出典: Speech published in Arkansas Libraries (date not specified)
  • Nobody, but a reader, ever became a writer.
    出典: Source unspecified

豆知識

  • Wrote on an electric typewriter and was reluctant to adopt new technology.
  • Published 41 books in 41 years.
  • Won the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1990; six of his works were cited by the award panel.
  • Lived in New York in later life and died of cancer in 2018.
  • His papers are held in the De Grummond Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi.
  • Spoke publicly about being a gay man and the perspective it brought to his work.