Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
Salvatore John Giovanni La Puma
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Salvatore La Puma
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1929-02-21 （Bensonhurst, Brooklyn）
- Died
- 2008-05-08 （Santa Barbara, California） age 79
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bensonhurst (Brooklyn), New York → Westchester County, New York → Santa Barbara, California
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, advertising copy editor, military medic
- Active Years
- 1951-2008
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories | — | University of Georgia Press | 受賞 |
| 1988 | O. Henry Award | — | — | The O. Henry Awards | ファイナリスト |
| 1988 | American Book Award | The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1987
Work:
The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
1988
Organization:
The O. Henry Awards
Result:
ファイナリスト
American Book Award
1988
Work:
The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1988) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories
1987 Short story collectionA collection of short stories portraying Italian-American families and neighborhood life in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Stories explore immigrant experience, generational tensions, and mix humor with pathos.
Italian-American lifefamilyimmigrant experienceneighborhood/community
A Time for Wedding Cake
1991 Fiction / short stories (classification unclear)A collection addressing issues around family and marriage, depicting complexities of relationships and change through close attention to daily life.
familymarriagedomestic life
Teaching Angels to Fly
1992 Short story collection / FictionA collection of short stories dealing with loss, hope, and personal renewal, notable for delicate character portrayals and understated humor.
loss and renewalinterior lifehope and humor
Bibliography
- The Boys of Bensonhurst: Stories (1987)
- A Time for Wedding Cake (1991)
- Teaching Angels to Fly (1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist narrative stylemixes humor and pathosdelicate interior characterization
- Recurring Motifs
- family and generational conflictfood and ritual (weddings, meals)neighborhood/community bonds
Legacy
Salvatore La Puma is regarded as an important short fiction writer in Italian-American literature. He depicted immigrant community experience through detailed everyday scenes and was recognized with awards such as the Flannery O'Connor Award and the American Book Award.
Trivia
- Drafted in 1951 and served as a medic in the Korean War.
- Married Linda Ferrara in 1955 and had six children; divorced in 1977; married Joan Dewberry in 1980; divorced in 2000.
- Work appeared in periodicals such as Antioch Review, Kenyon Review, and Zyzzyva.
- Won the Flannery O'Connor Award (1987) and the American Book Award (1988); was an O. Henry Award finalist in 1988.