Russian Booker Prize
1回登壇
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第12回（2003年） Winner
Rubén Gallego
ルベン・ガリェゴ
Rubén Gallego
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1968-09-20 （Soviet Union）
- 国籍
- Russia
- 言語
- Russian
- 居住地歴
- Soviet Union (orphanages) → Russia → Prague → Freiburg, Germany → United States → Israel
経歴
- 職業
- writer, computer specialist
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜2024年
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Russian Booker Prize | White on Black | — | Booker Prize Foundation | winner |
Russian Booker Prize
2003
対象作品:
White on Black
主催:
Booker Prize Foundation
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
White on Black
2002年 memoirMemoir detailing the author's harrowing childhood in Soviet orphanages after being born with severe cerebral palsy and separated from his family.
disabilityorphanage lifeSoviet societystruggle for survival
翻訳
- French (2002) by Aurora Gallego Rodríguez and Joëlle Roche-Parfenov, Actes Sud/Solin
- Brazilian Portuguese (2004) by Luis Reyes Gil, Ediouro
- Vietnamese (2005) by Vũ Thư Hiên
- Swedish (2005) by Ola Wallin, Ersatz
- Lithuanian (2005) by Andrius Šiuša
- Polish (2005) by Katarzyna Maria Janowska, Wydawnictwo Znak
- Finnish (2006) by Teemu Kaskinen, Sammakko
- Icelandic (2007) by Helga Brekkan, JPV
- Hebrew (2008) by S. Levin
- Czech (2009) by Denisa Šťastná, Revolver Revue
- Georgian (2009) by Nino Bekishvili
- Esperanto (2010) by Kalle Kniivilä
- Romanian (2019) by Liliana Radulescu and Nicoleta Silivestru
- Estonian (2020) by Valdek Kiiver
全著作
- White on Black
作風・主題
- 文体
- direct and raw descriptionsfrank narrative
- 頻出モチーフ
- physical sufferingsocial exclusionhuman resilience
健康
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cerebral palsy1968年出生時から生涯Born without use of hands and feet, separated from family at age one and sent to state orphanage, yet survived to adulthood, married, and had children.
評価・遺産
Russian writer of Spanish ancestry who overcame severe cerebral palsy and Soviet orphanage hardships, winning the Russian Booker Prize for his memoir 'White on Black'. Now resides in Israel.
豆知識
- His grandfather, Ignacio Gallego, Spanish Communist leader, was ashamed of his disability and told his daughter the baby had died.
- Reunited with his mother in Prague in 2001 after 27 years.
- An abridged version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in 2006.