PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1993) Winner
Sylvia Watanabe
シルヴィア・ワタナベ
Shiruvia Watanabe
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1953-01-01 （Wailuku, Maui）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Wailuku, Maui → Kailua, Oahu
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor, Editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Oberlin College
- Nominations
- 1993 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist (Talking to the Dead)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | — | Art History | BA | — | United States |
| Binghamton University | — | Creative Writing and English | MA | — | United States |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Art History
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
Binghamton University
Creative Writing and English
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | NEA Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| — | Josephine Miles PEN Oakland Award | — | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| — | Arts Council Grant | — | — | Arts Council | 受賞 |
NEA Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Josephine Miles PEN Oakland Award
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Arts Council Grant
Organization:
Arts Council
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Talking to the Dead
1992 Short Story CollectionA collection of ten short stories acclaimed for several pieces, with the title story a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Tensions between culture and tradition, change and modernization in a Hawaiian village
Translations by Author
- Home to Stay (co-edited)
- Into the Fire (co-edited)
Legacy
American writer of Japanese origin contributing to Asian American fiction through short stories and co-edited anthologies.
Trivia
- Her grandfather was a Presbyterian minister interned in a WWII camp in New Mexico.
- Her husband, William Osborne, taught in Michigan.