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Susan Straight

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Susan Straight

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1960-10-19 （Riverside, California, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Riverside, California, U.S.

経歴

職業
Novelist, University professor, Essayist
活動期間
1990年〜
所属
University of California, Riverside (co‑founder of MFA program, professor)

学歴

John W. North High School (attended) / Riverside City College (took classes)
期間: 高校〜（在学中にコミュニティカレッジで授業）
国: United States
Took classes at Riverside City College while in high school
University of Southern California
国: United States
Attended on a scholarship
University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA)
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
学位: MFA
期間: 〜1984
卒業年: 1984
国: United States
Received MFA in 1984

受賞歴

Milkweed National Fiction Prize
1990
対象作品: Aquaboogie: A Novel in Stories
主催: Milkweed Editions
結果: Won
National Book Award (Fiction)
2001
対象作品: Highwire Moon
部門: Fiction
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: Finalist
Lannan Literary Award
2007
部門: Fiction
主催: Lannan Foundation
結果: Won
Edgar Award (Best Short Story)
2008
対象作品: The Golden Gopher (short story)
部門: Best Short Story
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: Won
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Robert Kirsch Award)
2013
部門: Robert Kirsch Award
主催: Los Angeles Times

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Aquaboogie: A Novel in Stories

1991年 Novel (linked stories)

A linked collection of stories set in Riverside, exploring community and familial bonds.

CommunityFamilyRace

Highwire Moon

2001年 Novel

An intergenerational family story set near Los Angeles; a National Book Award finalist.

Family historyMovement and homecomingIdentity

A Million Nightingales

2006年 Historical novel

A historical novel dealing with the American South and slavery, following a heroine's survival and yearning for freedom.

SlaveryFreedomFemale self-determination

Take One Candle Light a Room

2010年 Novel

A story about family and buried secrets where regional history and personal memory intersect.

SecretsMemoryFamily

Between Heaven and Here

2012年 Novel

A novel about everyday life, loss, and renewal, focusing on the ties between its characters.

RenewalCommunityLoss

Mecca

2022年 Novel 384ページ

A contemporary novel exploring family desires and ethics and the dynamics of a local community.

CommunityMorality and desireFamily conflict

全著作

  • Aquaboogie: A Novel in Stories (1991)
  • I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots (1993)
  • Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights (1995)
  • The Gettin' Place (1997)
  • Highwire Moon (2001)
  • A Million Nightingales (2006)
  • Take One Candle Light a Room (2010)
  • Between Heaven and Here (2012)
  • Mecca (2022)
  • Bear E. Bear (children's book, 1995)
  • The Friskative Dog (children's book, 2007)
  • In the Country of Women (nonfiction, 2019)

作風・主題

文体
Realism with detailed portrayals of communityEmotionally intimate characterizationStrong sense of regional voice
頻出モチーフ
Family and intergenerational tiesRace and identityLandscapes of California's Inland Empire

評価・遺産

Susan Straight is known for works set in Riverside and California's Inland Empire, portraying race, family, and memory from a deeply local perspective. She has also contributed as an educator, mentoring younger writers.

関連学会

  • University of California, Riverside (faculty)

資料所蔵先

  • Library of Congress (authority record)
  • VIAF authority record

豆知識

  • Born and living in Riverside, California.
  • Serves as a professor and was involved in founding the MFA program at UC Riverside.
  • Finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in Fiction for Highwire Moon.
  • Won the 2008 Edgar Award for the short story "The Golden Gopher."
  • Has three daughters.