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第13回（2012年） Winner
Rotimi Babatunde
ロティミ・ババトゥンデ
Rotimi Babatunde
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
- 国籍
- Nigerian
- 言語
- English, Yoruba
- 居住地歴
- Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Playwright
- 活動期間
- 2006年〜
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obafemi Awolowo University | — | — | — | — | Nigeria |
Obafemi Awolowo University
国:
Nigeria
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Caine Prize for African Writing | Bombay's Republic | Short story | Caine Prize | Winner |
| — | Meridian Tragic Love Story Competition | — | — | BBC World Service | Winner |
| — | Cyprian Ekwensi Prize for Short Stories (AWF) | — | — | AWF | Winner |
| 2015 | Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award | The Collected Tricks of Houdini | Short story | The Sunday Times | Longlisted |
Caine Prize for African Writing
2012
対象作品:
Bombay's Republic
部門:
Short story
主催:
Caine Prize
結果:
Winner
Meridian Tragic Love Story Competition
主催:
BBC World Service
結果:
Winner
Cyprian Ekwensi Prize for Short Stories (AWF)
主催:
AWF
結果:
Winner
Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
2015
対象作品:
The Collected Tricks of Houdini
部門:
Short story
主催:
The Sunday Times
結果:
Longlisted
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Bombay's Republic
2012年 Short storyA short story about a Nigerian soldier enlisted to fight as an allied soldier in Burma during the Second World War. It uses dark humour and soaring prose to expose the exploitative nature of the colonial project and the psychology of independence.
ColonialismWarIdentityMigration and choice
An Infidel In The Upper Room
2006年 Play (reading)A play presented as a reading at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in London.
Religious conflictIndividual vs community
The Bonfire of the Innocents (Elddopet)
2008年 PlayA play staged at Riksteatern in Stockholm (Swedish title: Elddopet).
RitualSocial tensions
A Shroud For Lazarus
2009年 PlayA play performed at the Halcyon Theatre in Chicago.
MortalityRedemption and rebirth
Feast
2013年 PlayA play staged at the Young Vic Theatre; performed on 25 January 2013.
CelebrationCommunity breakdown and renewal
The Collected Tricks of Houdini
2015年 Short storyA short story that was longlisted for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award.
Craft and illusionMemory
全著作
- Little Drops (contributed stories/poems)
- A Volcano of Voices (contributed)
- Die Aussenseite des Elementes (contributed)
- Bombay's Republic (short story)
- The Collected Tricks of Houdini (short story)
- An Infidel In The Upper Room (play)
- The Bonfire of the Innocents / Elddopet (play)
- A Shroud For Lazarus (play)
- Feast (play)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Poetic and powerful proseDark humour woven into narrativeDramatic structures suited for the stage
- 頻出モチーフ
- Legacy of colonialismWar and soldiers' experiencesConflicts of migration/mobilityReligious and ritual imagery
評価・遺産
Winner of the Caine Prize and selected for Hay Festival's Africa39, he is regarded as a notable contemporary African writer. His plays and short stories have been staged and published internationally, and he is recognised for works addressing colonialism and migration.
引用
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...ambitious, darkly humorous and in soaring, scorching prose exposes the exploitative nature of the colonial project and the psychology of independence.
出典: Bernardine Evaristo (chair judge, Caine Prize) (2012年)
豆知識
- Won the Caine Prize in 2012.
- Named to Hay Festival's Africa39 list in 2014.
- "The Collected Tricks of Houdini" was longlisted for the 2015 Sunday Times short story award.
- Born in Ado-Ekiti and lives in Ibadan.