Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第13回（1997年） Winner
Suketu Mehta
スケトゥ・メータ
Suketu Mehta
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- Kolkata, India
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English, Hindi, Gujarati
- 居住地歴
- Mumbai (Bombay) — raised → New York City — residence and base
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Journalist, Professor, Screenwriter
- 活動期間
- 1990年〜
- 所属
- New York University (Associate Professor of Journalism)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
New York University
国:
United States
Details of degree/years not specified
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
学位:
MFA
国:
United States
Graduate writing program (MFA)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | O. Henry Prize | Short story "Gare du Nord" | — | O. Henry Prize | 受賞 |
| — | New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | New York Foundation for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Kiriyama Prize | Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found | — | Kiriyama Prize | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) | Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found | — | Pulitzer Prize | ノミネート（ファイナリスト） |
| — | Hutch Crossword Award | Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found | — | Hutch Crossword | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1997
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
受賞
O. Henry Prize
1997
対象作品:
Short story "Gare du Nord"
主催:
O. Henry Prize
結果:
受賞
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
主催:
New York Foundation for the Arts
結果:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2007
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞
Kiriyama Prize
2005
対象作品:
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
主催:
Kiriyama Prize
結果:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (finalist)
2005
対象作品:
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
主催:
Pulitzer Prize
結果:
ノミネート（ファイナリスト）
Hutch Crossword Award
対象作品:
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
主催:
Hutch Crossword
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
2004年 Non-fiction / Narrative non-fiction 416ページAn account based on Mehta's experiences and two and a half years of reporting in Mumbai, exploring the city's underbelly, inequality, crime, and cultural complexity through multiple perspectives to portray the dynamics and contradictions of contemporary Mumbai.
Urban lifeMigrationEconomic inequalityViolenceCultural diversity
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
2019年 Non-fiction / Political essayA polemical defense of immigrants' rights arguing that colonialism, climate change, and corporate greed have forced migration and that the right to migrate is an overdue form of reparation.
ImmigrationHuman rightsGlobalizationPolitical philosophy
全著作
- Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (2004)
- This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto (2019)
- Numerous essays and short stories in magazines
翻案
- Film screenplays (e.g. Mission Kashmir; segment in New York, I Love You)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Narrative non-fictionField-research-based reportageMulti-perspective character-driven narration
- 頻出モチーフ
- Vitality and contradictions of the cityMovement and bordersDynamics of class and power
評価・遺産
An internationally recognized journalist and author best known for Maximum City, known for deep insights into urban life and clear-sighted commentary on immigration, influencing both academic and general readers.
大衆文化への影響
- Maximum City is frequently cited in urban studies and journalism contexts.
引用
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The West has forced people to become migrants. The right to migrate is overdue reparation for those centuries of degradation and exploitation.
出典: The Washington Post (op-ed), 2019 (2019年)
豆知識
- Born in Kolkata, raised in Mumbai; moved to New York with his family in 1977.
- Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University.
- Maximum City (2004) won the Kiriyama Prize and was a 2005 Pulitzer finalist.
- Won the Whiting Award and an O. Henry Prize in 1997.