PEN/Malamud Award (PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1999) Winner
T. C. Boyle
ティー・シー・ボイル
T. C. Boyle
Pen Names:
Thomas Coraghessan Boyle（Full name used in some publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-12-02 （Peekskill, New York, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Peekskill, New York (birth and upbringing) → Iowa (graduate study) → Montecito, California (residence) → Los Angeles (University of Southern California faculty)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, professor
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (faculty)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
- Influenced By
- Gabriel García Márquez, Flannery O'Connor, Robert Coover
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State University of New York at Potsdam | — | English and History | BA | 1964–1968 | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa) | — | Creative writing (MFA) | MFA | 1972–1974 | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Doctoral program | PhD | 1974–1977 | United States |
State University of New York at Potsdam
English and History
Degree:
BA
Period:
1964–1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Bachelor of Arts in English and History
Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa)
Creative writing (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1972–1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Received MFA from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
Doctoral program
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1974–1977
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
Earned PhD
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | World's End | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Prix Médicis (étranger) | The Tortilla Curtain | — | French publishing community | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Rea Award for the Short Story | — | — | Rea Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement | — | — | Kenyon Review | 受賞 |
| 2003 | National Book Award (Finalist) | Drop City | — | National Book Foundation | 最終候補 |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1988
Work:
World's End
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
受賞
Prix Médicis (étranger)
1997
Work:
The Tortilla Curtain
Organization:
French publishing community
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1988
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Rea Award for the Short Story
2014
Organization:
Rea Award committee
Result:
受賞
Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement
2019
Organization:
Kenyon Review
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Finalist)
2003
Work:
Drop City
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
Water Music
1981 historical novelAn adventure novel set in the late 18th century, exploring exploration and colonial encounters.
explorationcolonialismhuman and nature
World's End
1987 historical family novelA sprawling novel recounting 300 years in an upstate New York community, dealing with generations and social change.
historygenerational conflictrural vs. civilization
The Tortilla Curtain
1995 social novelA satirical novel set in Southern California that examines immigration and middle-class anxieties.
immigrationneighbor relationsxenophobia
When the Killing's Done
2011 environmental novelSet on California's Channel Islands, it dramatizes conflicts between humans and conservation efforts.
conservationethical conflicthuman-ecosystem relations
The Road to Wellville
1993 historical satireA satirical novel set in 1907 Battle Creek, lampooning the health industry and eccentric figures.
medical quackerysatirehistorical figures
Adaptations
- [film] The Road to Wellville / Alan Parker (1994)
Bibliography
- Descent of Man (short stories, 1979)
- Water Music (1981)
- Budding Prospects (1984)
- World's End (1987)
- The Tortilla Curtain (1995)
- Drop City (2003)
- Talk Talk (2006)
- The Terranauts (2016)
Adaptations
- The Road to Wellville (film, 1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satirical voiceblack humorpostmodern techniqueselements of magical realism
- Recurring Motifs
- conflict between nature and humansmiddle-class desires and disillusionmentanti-hero protagonists
Legacy
One of the prominent contemporary American writers, known for satire, humor, and sharp social critique. Renowned as a master of the short story and recipient of numerous awards.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Papers held at the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas)
In Popular Culture
- The Road to Wellville adapted as a film (1994)
Quotes
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Boyle's stories and novels take the best elements of Carver's minimalism, Barth's postmodern extravaganzas, García Márquez's magical realism, O'Connor's dark comedy and moral seriousness, and Dickens' entertaining and strange plots, bringing them to bear on American life in an accessible, subversive, and inventive way.
Source: Paul William Gleason, Understanding T. C. Boyle (2009)
Trivia
- Born Thomas John Boyle; he changed his middle name to Coraghessan at age 17 after a maternal ancestor.
- His home in Montecito was imperiled by the 2017 Thomas Fire and later affected by the 2018 mudslides; he documented these events on his website and in The New Yorker.
- The Road to Wellville was adapted as a film in 1994 but was largely unsuccessful critically and commercially.