Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1997) Winner
Thomas Mallon
トーマス・マロン
Tōmasu Maron
Aliases:
Thomas Vincent Mallon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-11-02 （Glen Cove, New York）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Glen Cove, New York → Stewart Manor, New York → Washington, D.C.
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, critic, literary editor, professor
- Active Years
- 1984-2025
- Affiliations
- Vassar College, The George Washington University, Gentleman's Quarterly, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Memberships
- Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa
- Influenced By
- Mary McCarthy, Edmund Blunden
- Nominations
- Lambda Literary Award 2007 (Fellow Travelers), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2013 (Watergate)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewanhaka High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Brown University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | English Department | BA | ~1973 | United States |
| Harvard University | Graduate School | English Department | MA, PhD | 1973-1981 | United States |
Sewanhaka High School
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
United States
High school graduation
Brown University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
/ English Department
Degree:
BA
Period:
~1973
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
United States
Honors thesis on Mary McCarthy
Harvard University
Graduate School
/ English Department
Degree:
MA, PhD
Period:
1973-1981
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Dissertation on Edmund Blunden
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Rockefeller Fellowship | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Ingram Merrill Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Nona Balakian Citation) | — | レビュー | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award | — | 散文スタイル | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
Rockefeller Fellowship
1986
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受賞
Ingram Merrill Award
1994
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (Nona Balakian Citation)
1998
Category:
レビュー
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2000
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award
2011
Category:
散文スタイル
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Henry and Clara
1994 Historical fictionTraces the lives of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris who accompanied Lincoln to Ford's Theatre.
bystanders to historylovetragedy
Watergate
2012 Historical fictionRetelling of the Watergate scandal from seven characters' perspectives.
political scandalpowerconspiracy
Fellow Travelers
2007 Historical fictionStory of gay men in politics during McCarthy era.
LGBTQ+politicsCold War
Adaptations
- [miniseries] Fellow Travelers / null (2023)
Bibliography
- Edmund Blunden (1983), A Book of One's Own (1984), Stolen Words (1989), etc.
Adaptations
- Fellow Travelers (miniseries, 2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wittymeticulous historical detailcharacter development
- Recurring Motifs
- bystanders to historical eventsAmerican political historydiaries and letters
Legacy
Renowned American novelist for historical fiction focusing on bystanders to major events with wit and detail.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In Popular Culture
- Fellow Travelers adapted into miniseries
Trivia
- Openly gay
- Former Republican who left the party in 2016