American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第20回（1999年） Winner
Speer Morgan
スピアー・モーガン
Speer Morgan
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1946-01-25 （Fort Smith, Arkansas）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Sewanee, Tennessee (University of the South attendance) → Columbia, Missouri (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Editor, Professor of English
- 活動期間
- 1972年〜
- 所属
- The Missouri Review (editor-in-chief), University of Missouri (Department of English)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of the South (Sewanee) | — | — | — | 1964-1966 | United States |
| University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) | — | — | BA | 1966-1968 | United States |
| Stanford University | — | — | PhD | 1968-1972 | United States |
University of the South (Sewanee)
期間:
1964-1966
国:
United States
Attended 1964–1966
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)
学位:
BA
期間:
1966-1968
卒業年:
1968
国:
United States
Received BA in 1968
Stanford University
学位:
PhD
期間:
1968-1972
卒業年:
1972
国:
United States
Received PhD in 1972
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Prairie Schooner Best Story of the Year | Internal Combustion | — | Prairie Schooner | 受賞 |
| 1994 | National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellow | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| 1990 | NEA Individual Fellowship in Fiction | Based on manuscript-in-progress 'The Whipping Boy' | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| 1999 | American Book Award | The Freshour Cylinders | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Lawrence Foundation Prize | The Girl | — | Lawrence Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Goodheart Prize (Shenandoah best story) | The Big Bang | — | Shenandoah (magazine) | 受賞 |
| — | Foreword Magazine Silver Award | The Freshour Cylinders | — | Foreword Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Distinguished Literary Achievement Award | — | — | Missouri Humanities Council | 受賞 |
Prairie Schooner Best Story of the Year
1978
対象作品:
Internal Combustion
主催:
Prairie Schooner
結果:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellow
1994
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
フェローシップ
NEA Individual Fellowship in Fiction
1990
対象作品:
Based on manuscript-in-progress 'The Whipping Boy'
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
フェローシップ
American Book Award
1999
対象作品:
The Freshour Cylinders
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
Lawrence Foundation Prize
2000
対象作品:
The Girl
主催:
Lawrence Foundation
結果:
受賞
Goodheart Prize (Shenandoah best story)
2008
対象作品:
The Big Bang
主催:
Shenandoah (magazine)
結果:
受賞
Foreword Magazine Silver Award
対象作品:
The Freshour Cylinders
主催:
Foreword Magazine
結果:
受賞
Distinguished Literary Achievement Award
2019
主催:
Missouri Humanities Council
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Frog Gig and Other Stories
1976年 Short story collectionA collection of early short stories emphasizing regional settings and character-driven narratives.
regionalismhuman relationshipseveryday violence
Belle Starr
1979年 NovelA novel drawing on historical figures and legend, exploring the intersection of personal lives and folklore.
history and legendidentity
The Assemblers
1986年 NovelA novel with ensemble elements portraying characters on the margins of society.
communityalienation
Whipping Boy
1994年 NovelA long-form novel dealing with personal pasts, trauma, and forgiveness.
effects of the pastatonement
The Freshour Cylinders
2000年 Novel/StoriesA work that uses multiple stories and perspectives to depict fragments of American society and family life.
familymemorysociety
全著作
- Frog Gig and Other Stories (1976)
- Belle Starr (1979)
- The Assemblers (1986)
- Whipping Boy (1994)
- The Freshour Cylinders (2000)
作風・主題
- 文体
- realist stylestrong regional (Southern/Midwestern) sense of placeconcise, observation-driven prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- family and kinshipmemory and the past's influencedeclining regional landscapesviolence beneath the everyday
評価・遺産
Speer Morgan has contributed to raising the profile of The Missouri Review as its long-time editor, and is recognized for his work in American regional fiction, short stories, and novels. Through teaching and editorial work he has supported emerging writers.
関連学会
- Missouri Humanities Council
豆知識
- In the mid-1980s he established an online edition of The Missouri Review (TMR Online) on a commercial site, making it an early pioneer among online literary magazines.
- Taught at the Moberly Area correctional facility in 1977.
- His wife Kristine is a writer and teacher; they have lived in Columbia, Missouri.