ReLit Awards
2回登壇
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第4回（2004年） Winner
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第11回（2011年） Winner
Tony Burgess
トニー・バージェス
Tonī Bājesu
別名:
Tony Blue
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1959-09-07 （Toronto, Ontario）
- 国籍
- Canada
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Toronto, Ontario → Mississauga, Ontario → Parkdale, Toronto → Wasaga Beach, Ontario → Clearview, Ontario (Stayner area)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Poet, Painter, Actor, Musician
- 活動期間
- 1997年〜2024年
- 影響を受けた人物
- H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen Leacock, Alfred Jarry, Comte de Lautréamont, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Genet, Alain Robbe-Grillet, André Gide, Charlotte Brontë
- ノミネート
- Nominated, Best Adapted Screenplay, 2010 Genie Award (Pontypool), Nominated, 2012 Ontario Trillium Award (Idaho Winter), Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song, 2023
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applewood Heights Secondary School | — | — | High School Diploma | — | Canada |
| University of Toronto | — | Semiotics | 学士（記号論） | 1989-1995 | Canada |
Applewood Heights Secondary School
学位:
High School Diploma
卒業年:
1978
国:
Canada
Graduated using day passes from a medium security facility
University of Toronto
Semiotics
学位:
学士（記号論）
期間:
1989-1995
卒業年:
1995
国:
Canada
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Book of 1998 by NOW magazine | Pontypool Changes Everything | — | NOW magazine | winner |
| 2011 | ReLit Award, Short Fiction Category | Ravenna Gets | Short Fiction | ReLit | winner |
Best Book of 1998 by NOW magazine
1998
対象作品:
Pontypool Changes Everything
主催:
NOW magazine
結果:
winner
ReLit Award, Short Fiction Category
2011
対象作品:
Ravenna Gets
部門:
Short Fiction
主催:
ReLit
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Pontypool Changes Everything
1998年 Horror/Suspense/Literary fictionA virus transmitted through language causes aphasia and zombie-like cannibalism in Ontario. Communication is banned to stop it, in a metaphysical narrative.
Language as infectionZombie apocalypseSmall-town collapseSemiotics
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Pontypool / Bruce McDonald (2008)
The Hellmouths of Bewdley
1997年 Short story collection/Horror16 short stories set in Bewdley, Ontario, featuring insane doctors, supernatural dogs, dead men, and a ninja turtle.
Small-town OntarioSupernatural horrorAbsurdity
Ravenna Gets
2010年 Short story collection/HorrorWheeled stories where Ravenna residents decide to kill Collingwood's population, each a unique homicide.
Mass homicideSudden violenceSmall-town conflict
全著作
- The Hellmouths of Bewdley
- Pontypool Changes Everything
- Caesarea
- Fiction for Lovers: A Small Bouquet of Flesh, Fear, Larvae, and Love
- Ravenna Gets
- People Live Still in Cashtown Corners
- Idaho Winter
- The n-Body Problem
翻案
- Pontypool (film, 2008)
- Septic Man (film, 2013)
- Hellmouth (film, 2014)
作風・主題
- 文体
- literary horror fictionblended ultra-violent horror and absurdist humournightmarish narratives
- 頻出モチーフ
- rural Southern Ontario townsoutbreaks of sudden violencepeople suddenly being not what they seemabsurdity and horror
評価・遺産
Renowned Canadian literary horror author for blending ultra-violent horror, absurdist humour in small-town Ontario tales, especially Pontypool trilogy. Also successful screenwriter.
豆知識
- Robbed a convenience store wearing his mother's blouse, spent 3 months in a medium security facility
- Banned from Toronto's Hotel Isabella for trying to burn tables with lit paper while drunk
- Active in Toronto's Queen Street West art and music scene as Tony Blue
- Worked as a telephone psychic and vinegar factory worker
- Married to crown attorney Rachel Jones, two children, lives in a reputedly haunted former funeral home