Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2009) Winner
Salvatore Scibona
サルヴァトーレ・スキボナ
Saruvatōre Shībona
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2008-
- Affiliations
- Fine Arts Work Center, Wesleyan University, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
St. John's College
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1999
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | National Book Award | The End | Fiction | National Book Foundation | Shortlisted |
| 2009 | Young Lions Fiction Award | The End | — | New York Public Library | Won |
| 2009 | Whiting Award | — | Fiction | — | Won |
| 2020 | Ohioana Book Award | The Volunteer | Fiction | Ohioana Library | Won |
| 2021 | Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award | The Volunteer | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Won |
National Book Award
2008
Work:
The End
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Shortlisted
Young Lions Fiction Award
2009
Work:
The End
Organization:
New York Public Library
Result:
Won
Whiting Award
2009
Category:
Fiction
Result:
Won
Ohioana Book Award
2020
Work:
The Volunteer
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Ohioana Library
Result:
Won
Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award
2021
Work:
The Volunteer
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The End
2008 Novel
warmasculinityabandonmentgrace
Translations
- translated into ten languages
The Volunteer
2019 NovelTranslations
- translated into ten languages
Bibliography
- The End (2008)
- The Volunteer (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous and extravagant languagemythic fury
- Recurring Motifs
- warmasculinityabandonment
Legacy
Salvatore Scibona's work is grand, tragic, epic. Brings to the American novel a mythic fury, a fresh greatness.
Quotes
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Salvatore Scibona's work is grand, tragic, epic. His novel The Volunteer, about war, masculinity, abandonment, and grimly executed grace, is an intricate masterpiece of plot, scene, and troubled character. In language both meticulous and extravagant, Scibona brings to the American novel a mythic fury, a fresh greatness.
Source: American Academy of Arts and Letters (2021)