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Timothy Irving Frederick Findley

ティモシー・アーヴィング・フレデリック・ファインドリー

Timothy Irving Frederick Findley

別名: Tiff / Tiffy

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1930-10-30 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
死没
2002-06-20 （Brignoles, France） 71歳
国籍
Canadian
言語
English
居住地歴
Stone Orchard (near Cannington, Ontario, Canada) → South of France (Cotignac / Brignoles area) → Stratford, Ontario, Canada

経歴

職業
novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, screenwriter
活動期間
1960年〜2002年
所属
Writers' Union of Canada, PEN International (Canadian Centre), Stratford Festival
所属団体
Writers' Union of Canada, PEN International (Canadian Centre)
影響を受けた人物
Ruth Gordon, Thornton Wilder, Carl Jung, Alec Guinness
影響を与えた人物
Marnie Woodrow, Elizabeth Ruth

学歴

St. Andrew's College (Aurora, Ontario)
期間: 在学中に10年生で退学（詳細不明）
国: Canada
Left in grade 10 for health reasons

受賞歴

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
1977
対象作品: The Wars
主催: Governor General's Awards
結果: 受賞
ACTRA Award for Best Writing in a Television Documentary
1975
対象作品: The National Dream (miniseries)
部門: 脚本
主催: ACTRA
結果: 受賞
Officer of the Order of Canada
1985
主催: Order of Canada
結果: 任命
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1996
主催: French Ministry of Culture / Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
結果: 叙勲
Trillium Book Award
主催: Trillium Book Award
結果: 受賞
Order of Ontario
主催: Order of Ontario
結果: 受章
Canada's Walk of Fame
2002
主催: Canada's Walk of Fame
結果: 殿堂入り
Canadian Authors Association Award
主催: Canadian Authors Association
結果: 受賞
Governor General's Award (Drama)
対象作品: Elizabeth Rex
主催: Governor General's Awards
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Wars

1977年 Novel

Set during World War I, it follows a young soldier, Robert Ross, and his psychological and moral struggles during the war.

wartraumamoral conflictsecrets
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Wars (film) / Robin Phillips (1983)

Headhunter

1993年 Novel

A novel that examines power and violence in contemporary society and exposes complex ethical questions.

powerviolenceethics

The Piano Man's Daughter

1995年 Novel

A multigenerational family story that explores memory, identity and psychological themes.

familymemorypsychology

Pilgrim

1999年 Novel

A novel that questions identity through religious and psychological exploration.

religious questpsychoanalysisidentity

Elizabeth Rex

2001年 Drama (play)

A stage play about actors' relationships and questions of gender and identity. Premiered at the Stratford Festival to critical acclaim.

gendertheatreidentity
映像化・舞台化
  • [Theatre] Elizabeth Rex (premiere) (2001)

The Last of the Crazy People

1967年 Novel

Findley's early novel examining family relations and individual impulses.

familymadnessindividual impulses

全著作

  • The Last of the Crazy People (1967)
  • The Butterfly Plague (1969)
  • The Wars (1977)
  • Famous Last Words (1981)
  • Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984)
  • The Telling of Lies (1986)
  • Headhunter (1993)
  • The Piano Man's Daughter (1995)
  • You Went Away (1996) — Novella
  • Dust to Dust (1997)
  • Pilgrim (1999)
  • Spadework (2001)
  • The Paper People (1967) — Drama
  • Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969) — Drama
  • The National Dream (1974) — Docudrama (co-authored)
  • Dieppe 1942 (1979) — Docudrama (co-authored)
  • Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook (1990) — Memoir
  • From Stone Orchard (1998) — Memoir
  • Journeyman: Travels of a Writer (2003) — Memoir

翻案

  • The Wars (1983 film, dir. Robin Phillips)
  • The Stillborn Lover → adapted as the TV film 'External Affairs' (1999)
  • Timothy Findley: Anatomy of a Writer (1992) — documentary

作風・主題

文体
Southern Ontario GothicInfluence of Jungian psychologySymbolic and psychological prose
頻出モチーフ
mental illnesssexuality and genderwar and traumafamily secretsethical conflict

健康

  • Health problems (during schooling)
    学童期（10年生在学中に中断）
    Interrupted formal schooling and led him to pursue dance and acting
  • Declining health in later life
    1990年代〜2002年
    Affected residence and creative activity in later years; prompted changes in place of residence in Canada

評価・遺産

Timothy Findley is regarded as one of the major Canadian writers of the late 20th century, a leading figure of the Southern Ontario Gothic tradition. He won multiple major awards and mentored younger writers. His work is known for deep psychological themes and moral conflicts.

関連学会

  • Writers' Union of Canada
  • PEN International (Canadian Centre)

資料所蔵先

  • Timothy Findley and William Whitehead fonds (R4441) — Library and Archives Canada

大衆文化への影響

  • Documentary 'Timothy Findley: Anatomy of a Writer' (1992)
  • Film adaptation of 'The Wars' (1983)
  • TV film adaptation 'External Affairs' (1999) of 'The Stillborn Lover'

引用

  • When we have stopped killing animals as though they were so much refuse, we will stop killing one another. But the highways show our indifference to death, so long as it is someone else's. It is an attitude of the human mind I do not grasp. I have no point of connection with it. People drive in such a way that you think they do not believe in death. Their own lives are their business, but my life is not their business. I cannot refrain from terrific anger when I am threatened so casually by strangers on a public road.
    出典: Journal (1965) — reproduced in 'Journeyman: Travels of a Writer' (p.16) (1965年)
  • A myth is not a lie, as such, but only the truth in size twelve shoes. Its gestures are wider—its voice is projected farther—its face has bolder features than reality would dare contrive.
    出典: 1992 speech — reproduced in 'Journeyman: Travels of a Writer' (p.75) (1992年)

豆知識

  • Informally known as 'Tiff' or 'Tiffy'.
  • Original member of the Stratford Festival, worked as an actor in his early career.
  • Briefly married to Janet Reid in 1959; marriage ended within a few months/years.
  • Longtime partner was writer Bill Whitehead.
  • Credited with coining the term 'Southern Ontario Gothic'.