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Rick Moody

リック・ムーディ

Rikku Mūdi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1961-10-18 (New York City, United States)
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Grew up in Connecticut suburbs (Darien, New Canaan, etc.) → Brooklyn, New York → Dutchess County, New York

経歴

職業
novelist, short story writer, essayist, composer, professor
活動期間
1992年〜2025年
影響を受けた人物
Grace Paley, John Cheever
影響を与えた人物

学歴

St. Paul's School
国: United States
Graduated from the boarding school in New Hampshire
Brown University
国: United States
Completed undergraduate studies
Columbia University
学位: MFA
期間: 1984–1986
卒業年: 1986
国: United States
Received MFA in 1986; later published criticism of the program

受賞歴

Pushcart Editor's Choice Award
1992
対象作品: Garden State
主催: Pushcart Press
結果: 受賞
Addison Metcalf Award
主催: American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果: 受賞
The Paris Review Aga Khan Prize
主催: The Paris Review
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
NAMI/Ken Book Award
対象作品: The Black Veil
主催: NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
結果: 受賞
PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
対象作品: The Black Veil
主催: PEN America
結果: 受賞
Fernanda Pivano Award
2012
主催: Premio Fernanda Pivano (Italy)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Garden State

1992年 Novel (coming-of-age / contemporary fiction)

A debut novel about young people coming of age in the industrial wasteland of northern New Jersey.

coming-of-agealienationfamily

The Ice Storm

1994年 Novel (family drama / suburban fiction)

Chronicles the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973. It was widely acclaimed, became a bestseller and was adapted into a film.

family breakdownsuburban lifeestrangement
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] The Ice Storm (film) / Ang Lee (1997)

Purple America

1996年 Novel 304ページ

Tells the story of a Connecticut family over a single weekend; noted for stylistic dexterity and narrative ventriloquism.

familyillnessidentity

Demonology

2001年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories noted for the title story about the death of a sister and themes of loss.

lossfamilydeath

The Black Veil

2002年 Non-fiction (memoir)

A memoir weaving family history and personal experience; received critical attention and won awards.

memoirfamily historypsychological struggle

The Diviners

2005年 Novel

A novel composed of multiple voices and technical bravura; praised by critics.

formal techniqueintelligencefamily

The Four Fingers of Death

2010年 Novel

A 2010 novel representing Moody's mid-career work.

middle ageidentity

Hotels of North America

2015年 Novel

Explores the interior life of a middle-aged man through hotel-related observations; received strong critical praise.

middle ageeveryday pathosirony

The Long Accomplishment

2019年 Non-fiction (memoir)

A second memoir chronicling marriage and personal struggle.

marriagerecoveryhope

全著作

  • Garden State (1992)
  • The Ice Storm (1994)
  • Purple America (1996)
  • The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven (1995)
  • Demonology (2001)
  • The Black Veil (2002)
  • The Diviners (2005)
  • Right Livelihoods (2007)
  • The Four Fingers of Death (2010)
  • Hotels of North America (2015)
  • The Long Accomplishment (2019)

翻案

  • The Ice Storm (film adaptation directed by Ang Lee, released 1997)

作風・主題

文体
complex, winding sentencespolyphonic narrationblend of humor and righteous anger
頻出モチーフ
suburban life and collapsefamily tensionsaddiction and recoveryloss

健康

  • alcoholism
    1980年代中頃(大学院修了直後)
    Checked himself into a mental hospital for alcoholism soon after finishing his thesis; later recovered. The experience has been referenced as influencing his personal life and writing.

評価・遺産

Rick Moody is a prominent American writer since the 1990s known for his incisive portrayals of suburban society and family disintegration. The film adaptation of The Ice Storm and sustained critical acclaim have established his international reputation.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters (awarding organization)

資料所蔵先

  • Rick Moody Papers (The Ohio State University Rare Books & Manuscripts Library)

大衆文化への影響

  • The Ice Storm film adaptation (1997) increased the visibility of Moody's work

引用

  • "This is one of Mr. Moody's best novels in many years."
    出典: Dwight Garner (The New York Times, review of Hotels of North America) (2015年)

豆知識

  • The Ice Storm was adapted into a film directed by Ang Lee in 1997.
  • Moody has participated in musical collaborations, including work with One Ring Zero.