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Sharon Creech

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Sharon Creech

別名: Sharon Rigg
ペンネーム: Sharon Rigg（Used for publishing adult novels）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1945-07-29 （South Euclid, Ohio, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
England (lived; taught English) → Switzerland (lived; taught English) → United States (resides in New Jersey)

経歴

職業
Children's novelist, Novelist, Poet, English teacher
活動期間
1990年〜
ノミネート
Carnegie Medal shortlisted/commended (2001), Newbery Honor/runner-up (2000, The Wanderer)

受賞歴

Newbery Medal
1995
対象作品: Walk Two Moons
主催: American Library Association
結果: winner
Carnegie Medal
2002
対象作品: Ruby Holler
主催: CILIP
結果: winner
Red House Children's Book Award (long novel)
1995
対象作品: Walk Two Moons
部門: 長編部門
主催: Red House Children's Book Award (children's vote)
結果: winner
Literaturhaus Award
1997
対象作品: Walk Two Moons
主催: Literaturhaus (Austria)
結果: winner
IRA/CBC Children's Choices
1999
対象作品: Bloomability
主催: IRA/CBC
結果: winner
Parents' Choice Award
2000
対象作品: The Wanderer
主催: Parents' Choice
結果: winner
Young Adult Sequoyah Award
1997
対象作品: Walk Two Moons
主催: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
結果: winner
Carnegie Medal (commended runner-up)
2001
対象作品: Love That Dog
主催: CILIP
結果: commended runner-up

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Walk Two Moons

1994年 Children's literature, Young adult

A road novel about a girl who travels in search of her mother; through the journey family secrets and themes of grief and identity are revealed.

familylosscoming of agejourney

Ruby Holler

2002年 Children's literature

The story of orphaned twins who find a new home and hope with a kindly older couple; themes of warmth, humor, and renewal.

familyrenewalbelonging

Love That Dog

2001年 Children's poetry (verse/blank verse)

A poetic novel following a boy who resists poetry assignments but gradually learns to write and express himself; themes of emotion and self-expression.

poetryself-expressioneducation

Bloomability

1998年 Children's literature, boarding school novel

A story of a girl at a boarding school in Switzerland who discovers new possibilities; themes include cross-cultural experience and independence.

coming of agecross-culturalindependence

The Wanderer

2000年 Children's literature, adventure

A tale centered on a yacht crossing the Atlantic and its crew; explores loss, courage, and friendship.

friendshipcourageloss

全著作

  • The Recital (adult novel, as Sharon Rigg)
  • Nickel Malley (adult novel, as Sharon Rigg)
  • The Center of the Universe: Waiting for the Girl (play)
  • Absolutely Normal Chaos
  • Walk Two Moons
  • Pleasing the Ghost
  • Chasing Redbird
  • Bloomability
  • Fishing in the Air
  • The Wanderer
  • Love That Dog
  • A Fine, Fine School
  • Ruby Holler
  • Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
  • Heartbeat
  • Replay
  • Who's That Baby
  • The Castle Corona
  • Hate That Cat
  • The Unfinished Angel
  • The Great Unexpected
  • The Boy on the Porch
  • Moo
  • Saving Winslow
  • One Time

作風・主題

文体
child-centered narrative voicepoetic, concise proseuse of humor to soften serious themeselements of low fantasy/magic realism
頻出モチーフ
family and rootsloss and healingpersonal growth (rites of passage)journey (physical and emotional)

評価・遺産

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels who gained international recognition for Walk Two Moons (Newbery Medal, 1995) and Ruby Holler (Carnegie Medal, 2002). She was among the first American-born authors to win the Carnegie Medal and is notable for being one of the authors to have won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Her lyrical prose and emotionally resonant stories have had a lasting impact on contemporary children's literature.

資料所蔵先

  • Library of Congress catalog records

豆知識

  • Published adult novels under the name Sharon Rigg.
  • Won the Newbery Medal in 1995 (Walk Two Moons) and the Carnegie Medal in 2002 (Ruby Holler).
  • Taught English in England and Switzerland; those experiences influenced settings in several books.
  • Visits to relatives in Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky inspired the fictional town of Bybanks.