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Thom Jones

トム・ジョーンズ

Tomu Jōnzu

別名: Thomas Douglas Jones

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1945-01-26 (Aurora, Illinois)
死没
2016-10-14 (Olympia, Washington) 71歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Aurora, Illinois → University of Hawaiʻi → University of Washington → University of Iowa → Olympia, Washington

経歴

職業
writer, copywriter, janitor
活動期間
1991年〜2016年
影響を受けた人物
Schopenhauer, George Orwell

学歴

University of Hawaiʻi
国: United States
Played catcher on the baseball team
University of Washington
卒業年: 1970
国: United States
Graduated in 1970
University of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
学位: M.F.A.
卒業年: 1973
国: United States

受賞歴

O. Henry Award
1991
対象作品: The Pugilist at Rest
主催: O. Henry Awards
結果: 受賞
National Book Award
1993
対象作品: The Pugilist at Rest
結果: ファイナリスト

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Pugilist at Rest

1993年 Short story collection

Collection of short stories dealing with mortality, pain, boxing, absent fathers, trauma, and Vietnam War.

mortalitypainSchopenhauer philosophyboxingabsent fathersVietnam War

Cold Snap

1995年 Short story collection

Collection of short stories.

mortalitypain

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine

1999年 Short story collection

Collection of short stories.

mortalitypain

Night Train: New and Selected Stories

2018年 Short story collection

New and selected stories, published posthumously.

mortalitypain

作風・主題

文体
Dark, pessimistic short story styleBased on personal experiences
頻出モチーフ
mortalitypainboxingmental illnessVietnam Warfather's suicide

健康

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy
    晩年
    Health issue
  • Diabetes
    晩年
    Health issue, subject in stories

評価・遺産

O. Henry Award winner, National Book Award finalist. Praised by John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates.

豆知識

  • Trained in Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance but discharged before Vietnam.
  • Father was a boxer who committed suicide after mental institution.
  • Discovered by The New Yorker in his forties.