Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第6回（1990年） Winner
Tony Kushner
トニー・クシュナー
Tony Kushner
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1956-07-16 （Manhattan, New York City, United States）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Judaism
- 居住地歴
- Lake Charles, Louisiana → New York City (Manhattan)
経歴
- 職業
- playwright, author, screenwriter
- 活動期間
- 1978年〜2025年
- 所属団体
- American Philosophical Society
- 影響を受けた人物
- Bertolt Brecht, Pierre Corneille, S. Ansky
- 影響を与えた人物
- Contemporary American playwrights
- ノミネート
- Academy Award nominations (screenwriting/producing) — Munich, Lincoln, West Side Story, The Fabelmans, etc., Grammy nomination (Best Musical Theater Album) — Caroline, or Change (2021 revival)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | Medieval Studies | BA | 1974–1978 | United States |
| New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) | — | Theatre / Graduate program | MFA | 1980s（在学期間の詳細不明） | United States |
Columbia University
Medieval Studies
学位:
BA
期間:
1974–1978
卒業年:
1978
国:
United States
Undergraduate degree in Medieval Studies
New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)
Theatre / Graduate program
学位:
MFA
期間:
1980s（在学期間の詳細不明）
卒業年:
1984
国:
United States
Received an MFA from Tisch
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Tony Award for Best Play | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Best Play | Tony Awards | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Tony Award for Best Play | Angels in America: Perestroika | Best Play | Tony Awards | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie | Angels in America (HBO miniseries teleplay) | — | Emmy Awards (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences) | 受賞 |
| 2013 | National Medal of Arts | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts / White House | 受賞 |
| 2002 | PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award | — | 中堅劇作家賞（mid-career） | PEN / Laura Pels Foundation | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1993
対象作品:
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
受賞
Tony Award for Best Play
1993
対象作品:
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
部門:
Best Play
主催:
Tony Awards
結果:
受賞
Tony Award for Best Play
1994
対象作品:
Angels in America: Perestroika
部門:
Best Play
主催:
Tony Awards
結果:
受賞
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie
2004
対象作品:
Angels in America (HBO miniseries teleplay)
主催:
Emmy Awards (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences)
結果:
受賞
National Medal of Arts
2013
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts / White House
結果:
受賞
PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
2002
部門:
中堅劇作家賞（mid-career）
主催:
PEN / Laura Pels Foundation
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
1991年 Play / Drama (epic)The first part of Kushner's two-part epic about the AIDS crisis and Reagan-era America. Blends fantastical elements with political and personal themes in a sprawling drama.
AIDSpolitics and ideologysexuality and identityJewishness and history
映像化・舞台化
- [Television (miniseries)] Angels in America (HBO miniseries) / Mike Nichols (2003)
翻訳
- Available in translation (see editions for translators and Japanese titles)
Angels in America: Perestroika
1992年 Play / Drama (epic)The second part of Angels in America, furthering characters' arcs and exploring transformation, loss, and redemption in American society.
transformationredemption and losshistory and the individual
Caroline, or Change (book and lyrics)
2003年 Musical (book/lyrics)A musical set in the 1960s about a woman confronting race, class, and change; combines music and theatre in a character-driven piece.
racesocial changepersonal dignity
Munich (screenplay, co-written)
2005年 Film (historical / political thriller)Screenplay for Spielberg's film about the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy; deals with political conflict and moral ambiguity.
revenge and ethicspolitical decision-making
Lincoln (screenplay)
2012年 Film (historical drama)Screenplay for Spielberg's film about Abraham Lincoln's final months and the political struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment.
political historymorality and leadership
全著作
- Plays by Tony Kushner (collected plays, 1999)
- Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (essays, 1995)
- Brundibár (illustrated edition, 2003)
- A Meditation from Angels in America (1994)
翻案
- Angels in America — HBO miniseries (2003)
- West Side Story — 2021 film (screenplay)
作風・主題
- 文体
- epic theatre addressing political and social themesmixing of fantastical and realistic elementsdense, discursive dialogue
- 頻出モチーフ
- illness and loss (notably AIDS)history and memoryidentity and communityJewishness and religious questioning
評価・遺産
Tony Kushner is one of the leading American playwrights since the 1990s, acclaimed for addressing political and social issues in large-scale works. He has also succeeded in film and television screenwriting and has significantly influenced contemporary playwrights and screenwriters.
関連学会
- American Philosophical Society
引用
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At least I never voted Republican.
出典: Six-word memoir (quoted in collections/interviews) (2010年)
豆知識
- Angels in America won the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards.
- He won a Primetime Emmy for the Angels in America HBO miniseries teleplay.
- By 2023 he became one of the few writers nominated for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards (EGOT nominations).
- He has received multiple honorary doctorates from various universities.