Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1991) Winner
Stanley Crouch
スタンレー・クローチ
Sutanrē Kurōchi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-12-14 （Los Angeles, California）
- Died
- 2020-09-16 （New York City） age 74
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles, California → New York City → Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Career
- Occupations
- Cultural critic, Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Biographer, Columnist, Professor, Jazz critic, Jazz drummer
- Active Years
- 1968-2020
- Affiliations
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain
- Influenced
- Wynton Marsalis
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
Thomas Jefferson High School
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | — | ノンフィクション | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Whiting Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Jean Stein Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
MacArthur Fellowship
1993
Organization:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2016
Category:
ノンフィクション
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1991
Result:
受賞
Jean Stein Award
1993
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2016) Winner
Works
Major Works
Don't the Moon Look Lonesome?
2000 NovelA novel exploring American culture and race
RaceJazzAmerican culture
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
2013 BiographyBiography of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker
JazzMusic history
Bibliography
- Victory Is Assured: Uncollected Writings
- Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz
- Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
- The Artificial White Man: Essays on Authenticity
- Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives, 1995-1997
- The All-American Skin Game, or, The Decoy of Race: The Long and the Short of It, 1990–1994
- Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979–1989
- Ain't No Ambulances for No Nigguhs Tonight
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blunt and controversial styleEssayistic
- Recurring Motifs
- Race issuesJazzAmerican democracy
Health
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Long unspecified illness, COVID-192010年代後半 - 2020Decline in public activities
Legacy
Known for jazz criticism and cultural critique, MacArthur Fellow. Advocated neotraditional jazz as radical pragmatist
Archives
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Quotes
-
I saw how important it is to free yourself from ideology. When you look at things solely in terms of race or class, you miss what is really going on.
Source: Interview in The New Yorker (1995)
Trivia
- Played jazz drums but admitted he wasn't good at it
- Best friend and mentor to Wynton Marsalis