Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2010) Winner
Seth Lerer
セス・レラー
Sesu Rerā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955 （Brooklyn, New York City）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York City → San Diego, California
Career
- Occupations
- English scholar, Professor, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1976-2024
- Affiliations
- Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, San Diego
- Influenced
- Geoffrey Chaucer scholars
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| University of Oxford | — | — | Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Chicago | — | — | Doctor of Philosophy | — | United States |
Wesleyan University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
University of Oxford
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Chicago
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter | Criticism | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
| 2010 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Beatrice White Prize | Chaucer and His Readers | — | English Association of Great Britain | winner |
| 2002 | Harry Levin Prize | Error and the Academic Self: The Scholarly Imagination, Medieval to Modern | — | American Comparative Literature Association | winner |
National Book Critics Circle Award
2009
Work:
Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter
Category:
Criticism
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
2010
Work:
Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter
Result:
winner
Beatrice White Prize
1993
Work:
Chaucer and His Readers
Organization:
English Association of Great Britain
Result:
winner
Harry Levin Prize
2002
Work:
Error and the Academic Self: The Scholarly Imagination, Medieval to Modern
Organization:
American Comparative Literature Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter
2008 Literary criticismA reader's history of children's literature from Aesop to Harry Potter.
History of children's literatureReading culture
Bibliography
- Boethius and Dialogue (1985)
- Literacy and Power in Anglo-Saxon Literature (1991)
- Chaucer and His Readers (1993)
- Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII (1997)
- Error and the Academic Self: The Scholarly Imagination, Medieval to Modern (2002)
- Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language (2007)
- Children’s Literature: A Readers’ History from Aesop to Harry Potter (2008)
- The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition (2009)
- Prospero's Son: Life, Books, Love, and Theater (2013)
- Shakespeare's Lyric Stage: Myth, Music, and Poetry in the Last Plays (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Historical analysisPhilological approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Medieval studiesChildren's literatureHistory of English
Legacy
American scholar known for historical analyses of the English language and criticism of authors like Chaucer. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego.
Trivia
- Expert in Old and Middle English pronunciation.
- Lecture series commercially available from The Teaching Company.