American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第2回（1981年） Winner
Toni Cade Bambara
トニ・ケイド・バンバラ
Toni Cade Bambara
別名:
Miltona Mirkin Cade
ペンネーム:
Toni Cade（Name used in early editorial and literary work）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1939-03-25 （Harlem, New York City, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1995-12-09 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.） 56歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Harlem, New York → Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn → Queens, New York → Jersey City, New Jersey → Atlanta, Georgia → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Documentary filmmaker, Political activist, Educator
- 活動期間
- 1959年〜1995年
- 所属
- SEEK program (City College), Rutgers University (Livingston College) faculty, Emory University (visiting professor), Spelman College (artist-in-residence), Southern Collective of African American Writers (co-founder)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Sun Ra, John Coltrane
- 影響を与えた人物
- Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Subsequent generations of Black feminist writers
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens College (City University of New York) | Theater Arts / English Literature | Department of Theater / English | B.A. | 1954–1959 | United States |
| City College of New York | Graduate program (Modern American fiction) | Graduate Department of English | M.A. | 1961–1964 | United States |
| University of Florence (Italy) | Commedia dell'Arte studies | Theatre studies | — | 1961（短期留学） | Italy |
| Ecole de Mime Etienne Decroux (Paris) | Mime / Physical theatre | Theatre / Physical expression | — | 1961（短期研修） | France |
Queens College (City University of New York)
Theater Arts / English Literature
/ Department of Theater / English
学位:
B.A.
期間:
1954–1959
卒業年:
1959
国:
United States
Participated in theater, dance; received the John Golden Award for Fiction upon graduation.
City College of New York
Graduate program (Modern American fiction)
/ Graduate Department of English
学位:
M.A.
期間:
1961–1964
卒業年:
1964
国:
United States
Studied modern American fiction; completed master's degree.
University of Florence (Italy)
Commedia dell'Arte studies
/ Theatre studies
期間:
1961（短期留学）
国:
Italy
Studied Commedia dell'Arte during a short stay.
Ecole de Mime Etienne Decroux (Paris)
Mime / Physical theatre
/ Theatre / Physical expression
期間:
1961（短期研修）
国:
France
Studied mime and physical performance.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | John Golden Award for Fiction | — | — | Queens College | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Pauper Press Award (Long Island Star) | — | — | Long Island Star | 受賞 |
| 1981 | American Book Award | The Salt Eaters | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Langston Hughes Medal | — | — | Langston Hughes Society | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Georgia Writers Hall of Fame | — | — | University of Georgia | 殿堂入り（追贈） |
John Golden Award for Fiction
1959
主催:
Queens College
結果:
受賞
Pauper Press Award (Long Island Star)
1959
主催:
Long Island Star
結果:
受賞
American Book Award
1981
対象作品:
The Salt Eaters
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
Langston Hughes Medal
1981
主催:
Langston Hughes Society
結果:
受賞
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
2013
主催:
University of Georgia
結果:
殿堂入り（追贈）
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Gorilla, My Love
1972年 Short story collection (Fiction)A 1972 collection of 15 short stories (1960–1970) often told in rhythmic urban Black English, focusing on girls and women navigating community and identity.
CommunityBlack identityFemale coming-of-age
映像化・舞台化
- [Television/Film] Raymond's Run (1985)
The Salt Eaters
1980年 NovelSet in the fictional Claybourne, Georgia, the novel centers on a healing event and explores psychological tolls on Black community activists, especially women, blending folk remedies and modern medicine.
Healing and recoveryPolitics and mental healthWomen's solidarity
Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird
1972年 Short storyA short story depicting tensions between a Black family and outsiders filming them, raising questions of race, dignity, and privacy.
DignityPrivacyResistance to racial stereotyping
Those Bones Are Not My Child
1999年 NovelPosthumously published novel addressing the disappearances and murders of Black children in Atlanta (1979–1981), exploring community trauma and quests for justice.
Violence and justiceCommunity traumaSocial neglect
The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories
1977年 Short story collectionA collected stories volume containing narratives rooted in community and Black cultural life.
CommunityCultural inheritance
全著作
- Gorilla, My Love (1972)
- The Salt Eaters (1980)
- The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories (1977)
- Those Bones Are Not My Child (1999, posthumous)
- The American Adolescent Apprentice Novel (1964)
- The Black Woman: An Anthology (editor, 1970)
- Tales and Stories for Black Folks (editor, 1971)
翻案
- Raymond's Run (TV short, 1985)
- The Bombing of Osage Avenue (documentary screenplay, 1986)
- Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the Story of Race Movies (contribution to PBS 'American Experience')
作風・主題
- 文体
- Use of rhythmic urban Black EnglishOral storytelling and jazz-like improvisational, non-linear structures
- 頻出モチーフ
- Community bondsFemale self-formationHealing and psychological recovery
健康
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Colon cancer1993–1995Diagnosed in 1993; affected her later activities and led to her death in 1995.
評価・遺産
Toni Cade Bambara was a writer and activist deeply involved in Black feminism and the Black Arts Movement. Celebrated for community-centered narratives and political-cultural essays, her oral and jazz-infused style influenced later generations of Black women writers.
関連学会
- Langston Hughes Society
- Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
大衆文化への影響
- Featured in PBS documentaries and adopted in educational curricula for short stories
引用
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Perhaps we need to let go of all notions of manhood and femininity and concentrate on Blackhood.
出典: Essay 'On the Issue of Roles' (1981年)
豆知識
- Born Miltona Mirkin Cade; began using Toni from age six.
- In 1970 she added 'Bambara' to her name after finding the name in a family trunk.
- Her daughter is Karma Bene Bambara Smith.
- Diagnosed with colon cancer in 1993 and died in 1995.
- Posthumously inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2013.