O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 57 (1977) Winner
Shirley Hazzard
シャーリー・ハザード
Shiruri Hazzādo
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1931-01-30 （Sydney）
- Died
- 2016-12-12 （Manhattan, New York City） age 85
- Nationality
- Australian, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney, Australia → Hong Kong → New Zealand → New York City, USA → Naples, Italy → Capri, Italy → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, essayist, United Nations staff
- Active Years
- 1963-2016
- Affiliations
- United Nations Secretariat
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Royal Society of Literature, Australian Academy of the Humanities (Honorary Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Henry James, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Graham Greene
- Nominations
- Lost Man Booker Prize shortlist (The Bay of Noon)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queenwood School for Girls | — | General | — | 1940s | Australia |
Queenwood School for Girls
General
Period:
1940s
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
Australia
Left in 1947
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | O. Henry Award | A Long Story Short | 短編小説 | O. Henry Award Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1980 | National Book Critics Circle Award | The Transit of Venus | フィクション | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2003 | National Book Award | The Great Fire | フィクション | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Miles Franklin Award | The Great Fire | — | Miles Franklin Literary Award | 受賞 |
| 2005 | William Dean Howells Medal | The Great Fire | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
O. Henry Award
1977
Work:
A Long Story Short
Category:
短編小説
Organization:
O. Henry Award Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
1980
Work:
The Transit of Venus
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
National Book Award
2003
Work:
The Great Fire
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Miles Franklin Award
2004
Work:
The Great Fire
Organization:
Miles Franklin Literary Award
Result:
受賞
William Dean Howells Medal
2005
Work:
The Great Fire
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Miles Franklin Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Bay of Noon
1970 NovelFollows British people in Italy shortly after World War II.
Post-warItalyHuman relationships
The Transit of Venus
1980 NovelFollows a pair of sisters from Australia living different lives in postwar Britain.
FamilyClassFate
The Great Fire
2003 NovelProtagonist is a British war hero in Asia a few years after the war.
WarLoveLoss
Bibliography
- The Evening of the Holiday (1966)
- The Bay of Noon (1970)
- The Transit of Venus (1980)
- The Great Fire (2003)
- Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories (1963)
- People in Glass Houses (1967)
- Collected Stories (2020)
- Defeat of an Ideal (1973)
- Countenance of Truth (1990)
- Greene on Capri (2000)
- The Ancient Shore (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Austere and conciseSkilled in dialogueHenry James-like
- Recurring Motifs
- LoveBeautyArtConflict with philistines or callous people
Health
-
Dementia晩年Reported in late life
Legacy
Acclaimed Australian-American novelist who won major awards like National Book Award; also wrote critical nonfiction on UN.
Archives
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library