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第20回（2001年） Winner
Susan Sontag
スーザン・ソンタグ
Susan Sontag
別名:
Susan Lee Rosenblatt / Susan Lee Sontag
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1933-01-16 （New York City）
- 死没
- 2004-12-28 （New York City） 71歳
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- None
- 居住地歴
- Long Island, New York → Tucson, Arizona → San Fernando Valley, California → New York City → Paris
経歴
- 職業
- Essayist, Novelist, Filmmaker, Critic, Public intellectual
- 活動期間
- 1959年〜2004年
- 所属
- PEN American Center (President 1989)
- 所属団体
- Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 影響を受けた人物
- Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, Kenneth Burke, Hans Heinrich Gerth
- 影響を与えた人物
- Numerous contemporary critics
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | — | Philosophy, Literature, Ancient History | BA | 1949-1951 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Philosophy and Theology | MA | 1950s | United States |
| St Anne's College, Oxford | — | — | — | 1957-1958 | United Kingdom |
| University of Paris (Sorbonne) | — | — | — | 1957-1959 | France |
University of Chicago
Philosophy, Literature, Ancient History
学位:
BA
期間:
1949-1951
卒業年:
1951
国:
United States
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University
Philosophy and Theology
学位:
MA
期間:
1950s
卒業年:
1955
国:
United States
Studied with Perry Miller, Paul Tillich et al.
St Anne's College, Oxford
期間:
1957-1958
国:
United Kingdom
With Iris Murdoch et al.
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
期間:
1957-1959
国:
France
Formative intellectual period
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | National Book Award | In America | Fiction | National Book Foundation | Winner |
| 1977 | National Book Critics Circle Award | On Photography | Criticism | National Book Critics Circle | Winner |
| 1990 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Fellow |
| 2001 | Jerusalem Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2003 | Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels | — | — | — | Winner |
National Book Award
2000
対象作品:
In America
部門:
Fiction
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award
1977
対象作品:
On Photography
部門:
Criticism
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
Winner
MacArthur Fellowship
1990
主催:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
結果:
Fellow
Jerusalem Prize
2001
結果:
Winner
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
2003
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第23回（2003年） Winner
作品
代表作
Against Interpretation
1966年 Essay collectionCollection of essays critiquing art interpretation, including famous 'Notes on Camp'.
Art interpretationCamp
On Photography
1977年 EssaysExplores cultural and social impact of photography.
PhotographyVisual culture
Illness as Metaphor
1978年 NonfictionCritiques metaphors of illness.
IllnessMetaphor
The Volcano Lover
1992年 NovelHistorical novel about Lord and Lady Hamilton.
HistoryLove
In America
2000年 NovelHistorical novel based on Helena Modjeska.
ImmigrationTheater
全著作
- The Benefactor
- Death Kit
- Against Interpretation
- Styles of Radical Will
- On Photography
- Under the Sign of Saturn
- Illness as Metaphor
- The Volcano Lover
- In America
- Regarding the Pain of Others
翻案
- Directed Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo
作風・主題
- 文体
- Intellectual and criticalExperimentalPolyphonic
- 頻出モチーフ
- PhotographyIllnessWarCampHigh and low culture
健康
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Myelodysplastic syndrome → Acute myelogenous leukemia2004Cause of death
評価・遺産
Influential 20th-century critic and writer known for essays on culture, photography, illness, and war.
資料所蔵先
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library digital archive
大衆文化への影響
- Sarajevo's Theater Square renamed Susan Sontag Theater Square
引用
-
The white race is the cancer of human history.
出典: Partisan Review (1967年) -
Photographs are a way of collecting the world.
出典: On Photography (1977年)
豆知識
- Bisexual
- Directed Waiting for Godot during Siege of Sarajevo
- Long-term partner of Annie Leibovitz