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Edition 10 (1996) Winner
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Edition 17 (2003) Winner
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Edition 18 (2004) Winner
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Edition 23 (2009) Winner
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Edition 24 (2010) Winner
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Edition 31 (2017) Winner
Tracy Daugherty
トレイシー・ドーガティ
Toreishī Dōgati
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Corvallis, Oregon, USA (affiliated with Oregon State University)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor of English and Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1986-
- Affiliations
- Oregon State University
- Influenced By
- Donald Barthelme, Joseph Heller, Joan Didion
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Oregon Book Award | What Falls Away | — | Oregon Literary Arts | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ(採択) |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ(採択) |
| 2024 | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) | Larry McMurtry: A Life | — | Pulitzer Prize | ファイナリスト |
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Desire Provoked
1986 NovelDaugherty's first novel, praised at publication for its craft and accuracy.
What Falls Away
1996 NovelA 1996 novel that won the Oregon Book Award, exploring family and loss.
The Boy Orator
1999 NovelA novel dealing with youth and public performance.
Axeman's Jazz
2003 NovelFiction engaging with jazz and facets of American culture.
Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme
2009 BiographyA biography analyzing the life and work of short-story writer Donald Barthelme.
Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller
2011 BiographyA biography tracing the life and major works of Joseph Heller.
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion
2015 BiographyA biography of essayist and novelist Joan Didion, examining her life and work.
Larry McMurtry: A Life
2023 BiographyA detailed biography of Larry McMurtry; it was a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize.
Bibliography
- Desire Provoked (1986)
- What Falls Away (1996)
- The Woman in the Oil Field (short stories, 1996)
- The Boy Orator (1999)
- Axeman's Jazz (2003)
- It Takes a Worried Man (short stories, 2002)
- Late in the Standoff (short stories, 2005)
- One Day the Wind Changed (short stories, 2010)
- The Empire of the Dead (short stories, 2014)
- American Originals (short stories, 2016)
- Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme (2009)
- Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller (2011)
- The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion (2015)
- Leaving the Gay Place: Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society (2018)
- Larry McMurtry: A Life (2023)
- Five Shades of Shadow (essays, 2003)
- Let Us Build Us a City (essays, 2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- observational proselyrical yet occasionally ironic toneanalytical and attentive approach in biography
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and lossreconsideration of American culturerelationship between writers and their work
Legacy
Known both for his fiction and for biographies of major 20th-century American writers. He has influenced scholars and general readers alike and has played an educational role in Oregon.
Archives
- Oregon State University Special Collections (oral history interviews and related materials)
Quotes
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"impressive" and "exquisitely accurate"
Source: The New York Times (review by Ron Loewinsohn) (1987)
Trivia
- Won the Oregon Book Award for 'What Falls Away'.
- Serves as Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University.
- 'Larry McMurtry: A Life' was a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist.