Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1993) Winner
Sigrid Nunez
シグリッド・ヌネズ
Shiguriddo Nunezu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1951 （New York City）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City
Career
- Occupations
- author, writer
- Active Years
- 1995-
- Affiliations
- Columbia University, Princeton University, Boston University
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Barnard College
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | National Book Award | The Friend | フィクション | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize | — | フィクション | — | 受賞 |
| — | Whiting Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Rome Prize | — | 文学 | — | 受賞 |
| — | Berlin Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
National Book Award
2018
Work:
The Friend
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
2025
Category:
フィクション
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
Result:
受賞
Rome Prize
Category:
文学
Result:
受賞
Berlin Prize
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2025) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Friend
2018 NovelAfter her mentor commits suicide, a writer inherits his Great Dane. Contemplates writing and loss.
grieffriendshipwriting
Adaptations
- [Film] The Friend / Scott McGehee and David Siegel (2024)
What Are You Going Through
2020 NovelA woman helps her terminally ill friend through her final days with euthanasia.
deathfriendshipeuthanasia
Adaptations
- [Film] The Room Next Door / Pedro Almodóvar (2024)
A Feather on the Breath of God
1995 NovelA young woman reflects on her immigrant parents and her life in ballet.
immigrationfamilydreams
The Last of Her Kind
2006 NovelFriendship between two women from different backgrounds meeting at Barnard in 1968.
friendshipclass1960s
The Vulnerables
2023 NovelDuring COVID-19 in NYC, a writer pet-sits a parrot and befriends a Gen Z student.
pandemiclonelinessintergenerational
Bibliography
- A Feather on the Breath of God
- Naked Sleeper
- Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
- For Rouenna
- The Last of Her Kind
- Salvation City
- Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag
- The Friend
- What Are You Going Through
- The Vulnerables
Adaptations
- The Friend (2024 film)
- The Room Next Door (2024 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meditativeconciseintrospective
- Recurring Motifs
- lossanimalsfriendship
Legacy
Prominent American novelist, National Book Award winner. Explores grief, friendship, ethical dilemmas. Two novels adapted to films in 2024.
In Popular Culture
- Novels adapted by Pedro Almodóvar
Trivia
- Mother German, father Chinese-Panamanian.
- Born and raised in New York City.
- Wrote memoir about Susan Sontag.