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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff

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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1945-06-19 （Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Catholic
居住地歴
Birmingham, Alabama (birth) → Seattle, Washington (childhood/adolescence) → Newhalem, Washington (adolescence) → Oxford, England (study) → Syracuse, New York (faculty) → Stanford, California (residence/faculty)

経歴

職業
Writer, Short story writer, Memoirist, Novelist, Professor (creative writing)
活動期間
1975年〜
所属
Syracuse University (faculty), Stanford University (faculty)
所属団体
American Academy of Arts and Letters (elected 2014)
影響を受けた人物
Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, American short-story tradition (e.g., Poe)
影響を与えた人物
Jay McInerney, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Alice Sebold

学歴

Hertford College, Oxford
English
学位: BA (First Class Honours)
期間: 1969–1972
卒業年: 1972
国: United Kingdom
First Class Honours in English
Stanford University
Creative Writing (Wallace Stegner Fellowship)
学位: MA
期間: 1974–1975
卒業年: 1975
国: United States
Wallace Stegner Fellow

受賞歴

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1985
対象作品: The Barracks Thief
主催: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
結果: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Award (Biography)
1989
対象作品: This Boy's Life
部門: 伝記
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: 受賞
Rea Award for the Short Story
1989
主催: Rea Award committee
結果: 受賞
Whiting Award
1989
部門: フィクション／ノンフィクション
主催: Whiting Foundation
結果: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1981
対象作品: In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (short story)
主催: O. Henry Prize
結果: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1982
対象作品: Next Door (short story)
主催: O. Henry Prize
結果: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1985
対象作品: Sister (short story)
主催: O. Henry Prize
結果: 受賞
PEN/Malamud Award
2006
主催: PEN America
結果: 受賞（共同受賞）
The Story Prize
2008
対象作品: Our Story Begins
主催: The Story Prize
結果: 受賞
Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement
2014
部門: 生涯業績
主催: Oregon State University
結果: 受賞
National Medal of Arts
2015
主催: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
結果: 授与（大統領による）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

In the Garden of the North American Martyrs

1981年 Short story collection

A collection of early short stories exploring gritty realism, moral ambiguity, and intimate human relationships.

realismmoral dilemmafamily relations

The Barracks Thief

1984年 Novella / Military fiction

Set in a military barracks before deployment to Vietnam, it follows three recruits ostracized by their company as thefts and suspicion escalate.

alienationsuspicion and ethicsmilitary life

This Boy's Life

1989年 Memoir

A memoir chronicling Wolff's unsettled adolescence, his turbulent relationship with a stepfather, and the search for identity.

parent-child relationshipsidentitycoming-of-age struggles
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] This Boy's Life / Michael Caton-Jones (1993)
翻訳
  • This Boy's Life (Japanese translation)

In Pharaoh's Army

1994年 Memoir (war)

A memoir of Wolff's service in Vietnam, reflecting on military training, memories of combat, and the lasting effects of war.

war memoryethicsmemory and truth

Old School

2003年 Novel

A novel set at an elite boarding school, exploring literature, ambition, and students' desire for recognition.

ambitionliterary educationauthority and recognition

The Night in Question

1997年 Short story collection

A collection of mature short stories dealing with memory, loss, and ethical dilemmas.

memorylossmoral choice
映像化・舞台化
  • [Short film] Bullet in the Brain / David Von Ancken & CJ Follini (2001)

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories

2008年 Short story collection (new and selected)

A selection combining new stories with previously published work, showcasing Wolff's craft and recurring themes.

autobiographical elementsmoral quandarylanguage and memory

全著作

  • Ugly Rumours (1975)
  • In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (1981)
  • The Barracks Thief (1984)
  • Back in the World (1985)
  • This Boy's Life (1989)
  • In Pharaoh's Army (1994)
  • The Night in Question (1997)
  • Old School (2003)
  • Our Story Begins (2008)

翻案

  • This Boy's Life (1993 film)
  • Bullet in the Brain (2001 short film)

作風・主題

文体
spare, controlled proseblend of autobiographical elements and fictionrealistic psychological portraiture
頻出モチーフ
duplicity vs. honestyfather-child relationshipsmemory and truth

評価・遺産

An influential American writer of short stories and memoirs from the late 20th century onward. Praised for his treatment of ethical dilemmas and memory, and noted as a mentor who trained many contemporary writers.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters

大衆文化への影響

  • The memoir This Boy's Life was adapted into a 1993 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

引用

  • I have to be able, with a straight face, to tell myself that something is nonfiction if I say it's nonfiction.
    出典: Interview / BOMB Magazine (Fall 1996) (1996年)

豆知識

  • As a youth he falsified transcripts for admission to The Hill School and was later expelled.
  • Served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1968, trained for Special Forces and served in Vietnam.
  • His older brother Geoffrey Wolff is also a writer.
  • He has won the O. Henry Award multiple times.