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Terry Tempest Williams

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Terry Tempest Williams

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1955-09-08 （Corona, California, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) — explored/engaged
居住地歴
Salt Lake City, Utah → Castle Valley, Utah → Cambridge, Massachusetts

経歴

職業
Writer, Educator, Conservationist, Activist
活動期間
1985年〜
所属
Governing Council of The Wilderness Society, National Parks and Conservation Association (advisory board), Center for Biological Diversity (board member), Round River Conservation Studies (board member), The Nature Conservancy — Utah Chapter, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Thoreau Society (honorary advisor), American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
所属団体
The Wilderness Society (former governing council), Center for Biological Diversity (board member), American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)

学歴

University of Utah
English (minor: Biology)
学位: BA
期間: 1974–1978
卒業年: 1978
国: United States
Major in English with a minor in Biology
University of Utah
Environmental Education
学位: MSc
期間: 1982–1984
卒業年: 1984
国: United States
Master of Science in Environmental Education

受賞歴

Evans Biography Award
1991
対象作品: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
主催: Mountain West Center for Regional Studies (Utah State University)
結果: 受賞
Reading the West Book Award (Creative Nonfiction)
1992
対象作品: Refuge
部門: Creative Nonfiction
主催: Mountain & Plains Booksellers
結果: 受賞
National Wildlife Federation Conservation Award (Special Achievement)
1993
主催: National Wildlife Federation
結果: 受賞
Wallace Stegner Award
2005
主催: Center for the American West
結果: 受賞
Sierra Club John Muir Award
2014
主催: Sierra Club
結果: 受賞
Robert Kirsch Award
2019
主催: Robert Kirsch Award
結果: 受賞
Lannan Literary Fellowship (Creative Nonfiction)
主催: Lannan Foundation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

1991年 Memoir / Creative Nonfiction

Interweaves family cancer histories, natural history of Utah, and personal reflections on loss and place. Notable for its epilogue exploring possible links between nuclear testing and cancer in her family.

NatureFamilyIllness and griefSense of placeEnvironmental justice

Leap

2000年 Creative Nonfiction / Essays

A collection of essays reflecting on change, risk, and the interplay of personal experience with landscape, including considerations of Utah's environment and civic life.

ChangeRisk and courageRelationship to land

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks

2015年 Nonfiction / Natural history

Essays that traverse America's national parks to explore conservation, public memory, and personal encounters, examining parks' histories and cultural significance.

National parksConservationPublic memory

Finding Beauty In A Broken World

2008年 Essay / Nonfiction

An essay collection about finding beauty and hope amid turmoil, focusing on intersections of nature and spirituality.

HealingSpiritualityDialogue with nature

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

2012年 Essays / Memoir

A personal inquiry into voice, expression, and women's histories, told through letters and fragmented reflections.

WomanhoodVoiceMemory

Erosion

2019年 Essays / Environmental criticism

A collection of essays addressing the erosion of environmental, cultural, and political boundaries, and transformations in land-human relationships.

ErosionCulture and environmentPolitics

全著作

  • The Secret Language of Snow
  • Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland
  • Between Cattails
  • Coyote's Canyon
  • Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
  • Leap
  • Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert
  • Finding Beauty In A Broken World
  • When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
  • The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks
  • Erosion
  • The Moon Is Behind Us

翻案

  • Featured in PBS documentary series (appearances)

作風・主題

文体
Lyrical essayCreative nonfictionBlend of natural history and personal memoir
頻出モチーフ
Arid/Western landscapesFamily and lossIntersection of nature and spiritualityEnvironmental justice

評価・遺産

Terry Tempest Williams is known for lyrical nonfiction rooted in Utah and the American West. Her writing and activism on conservation and women's health have influenced public discourse and contributed to debates over public lands and national park protection.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)

資料所蔵先

  • Yale Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Terry Tempest Williams Papers)

大衆文化への影響

  • Featured in PBS documentary series (The West; The National Parks: America's Best Idea)

引用

  • "Teaching helped me find my voice."
    出典: Writings / Interviews
  • "This made a difference." (President Bill Clinton, holding the book)
    出典: 1996 dedication of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (1996年)

豆知識

  • In 2016 she legally purchased oil and gas leases in Utah to keep the land from development as part of the Keep It in the Ground movement.
  • Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019.
  • Married Brooke Williams in 1975 and has long been based in Castle Valley, Utah.