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第16回（1990年） Winner
Valerie Martin
ヴァレリー・マーティン
Valerie Martin
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1948-03-14 （Sedalia, Missouri, United States）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- New Orleans (raised from age three) → Dutchess County, New York (current residence)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, short story writer, professor
- 活動期間
- 1977年〜
- 所属
- Mount Holyoke College (professor), University of New Orleans (former assistant professor)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Walker Percy (teacher/influence), Margaret Atwood (friend and early reader)
- ノミネート
- World Fantasy Award Best Novel nominee: Mary Reilly, Nebula Award Best Novel nominee: Mary Reilly
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Orleans | — | College of Arts and Sciences | BA | 1966–1970 | United States |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA Program for Poets & Writers) | — | MFA Program (Poets & Writers) | MFA | 1972–1974 | United States |
University of New Orleans
College of Arts and Sciences
学位:
BA
期間:
1966–1970
卒業年:
1970
国:
United States
Received Bachelor of Arts
University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA Program for Poets & Writers)
MFA Program (Poets & Writers)
学位:
MFA
期間:
1972–1974
卒業年:
1974
国:
United States
Received Master of Fine Arts
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Louisiana Endowment for the Arts grant | — | — | Louisiana Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize | Mary Reilly | — | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Orange Prize for Fiction (Women's Prize for Fiction) | Property | — | Women's Prize for Fiction | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Louisiana Writer Award | — | — | Louisiana Writer Award | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
Louisiana Endowment for the Arts grant
1983
主催:
Louisiana Endowment for the Arts
結果:
受賞
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
1990
対象作品:
Mary Reilly
主催:
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
結果:
受賞
Orange Prize for Fiction (Women's Prize for Fiction)
2003
対象作品:
Property
主催:
Women's Prize for Fiction
結果:
受賞
Louisiana Writer Award
2010
主催:
Louisiana Writer Award
結果:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2011
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第8回（2003年） Winner
作品
代表作
Property
2003年 historical fictionA historical novel set in the 19th-century American South exploring slave ownership, power and desire through intimate character study.
slaverypower and ethicsfemale perspective
Mary Reilly
1990年 gothic / retellingA retelling of Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the point of view of a servant, Mary Reilly, highlighting themes of identity and class.
identityclassduality
映像化・舞台化
- [film] Mary Reilly / Stephen Frears (1996)
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
2014年 historical fictionA historical novel revolving around the real-life mystery of the ship Mary Celeste, exploring the sea, fear and human curiosity.
the seamysteryhuman limits
全著作
- Love: Short Stories (1977)
- Set in Motion (1978)
- Alexandra (1979)
- A Recent Martyr (1987)
- The Consolation of Nature, and Other Stories (1988)
- Mary Reilly (1990)
- The Great Divorce (1993)
- Italian Fever (1999)
- Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis (2001)
- Property (2003)
- Trespass (2007)
- The Confessions of Edward Day (2009)
- The Ghost of the Mary Celeste (2014)
- Sea Lovers: Selected Stories (2015)
- I Give It To You (2020)
- Mrs. Gulliver (2024)
- Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea (2013) (co-authored)
- Anton and Cecil: Cats on Track (2015) (co-authored)
- Anton and Cecil: Cats Aloft (2016) (co-authored)
翻案
- Mary Reilly (film adaptation, 1996)
作風・主題
- 文体
- detailed prose with historical settingspsychological characterizationreinterpretation of classic gothic elements
- 頻出モチーフ
- the sea and shipsidentity and dualityservant-master relationshipsconflict of faith and moralityanxiety about climate change and nature
評価・遺産
Valerie Martin is an award-winning American novelist known for historical fiction and inventive retellings. She has also contributed as an educator; major works such as Property and Mary Reilly have been translated internationally and adapted for film.
関連学会
- Mount Holyoke College (faculty)
資料所蔵先
- Library of Congress (authority records)
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
大衆文化への影響
- Mary Reilly was adapted into a 1996 film starring John Malkovich and Julia Roberts.
引用
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Writing is a solitary activity, but I need the social activity of working with young authors to balance it.
出典: Interview / biography (summary)
豆知識
- Born Valerie Metcalf.
- Was friends with Margaret Atwood and was among the first to read The Handmaid's Tale manuscript.
- Mary Reilly has been translated into 16 languages and was adapted into a film in 1996.
- Often begins writing longhand, later transfers text to a computer.
- Partner John Cullen, a translator, died in 2021.