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Victor LaValle

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Victor LaValle

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1972-02-03 （New York City）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Flushing, Queens; New York City → New York City (resident)

経歴

職業
Author, Novelist, Associate Professor
活動期間
1999年〜2025年
所属
Columbia University School of the Arts (Associate Professor)
影響を受けた人物
H. P. Lovecraft, Kenzaburō Ōe

学歴

Cornell University
English
学位: BA
国: United States
Columbia University
Creative Writing
学位: MFA
国: United States

受賞歴

PEN/Open Book Award
2002
対象作品: Slapboxing with Jesus (stories)
主催: PEN America
結果: 共同受賞
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2003
対象作品: The Ecstatic
主催: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
結果: ノミネート（最終候補）
Shirley Jackson Award
2009
対象作品: Big Machine
部門: 長編（小説）
主催: Shirley Jackson Awards
結果: 受賞
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
2010
対象作品: Big Machine
主催: Ernest J. Gaines Award
結果: 受賞
American Book Award
2010
対象作品: Big Machine
主催: Before Columbus Foundation
結果: 共同受賞
Shirley Jackson Award
2016
対象作品: The Ballad of Black Tom
部門: 中編（ノヴェラ）
主催: Shirley Jackson Awards
結果: 受賞
British Fantasy Award
2017
対象作品: The Ballad of Black Tom
部門: 中編（ノヴェラ）
主催: British Fantasy Society
結果: 受賞
Hugo Award
2017
対象作品: The Ballad of Black Tom
部門: ノヴェラ
主催: World Science Fiction Society
結果: ノミネート（最終候補）
World Fantasy Award
2018
対象作品: The Changeling
部門: 長編（小説）
主催: World Fantasy Convention
結果: 受賞（同点）
Locus Award
2018
対象作品: The Changeling
部門: ホラー小説
主催: Locus Magazine
結果: 受賞（第1位）
Bram Stoker Award
2019
対象作品: Victor LaValle's Destroyer (graphic novel)
部門: グラフィックノベル
主催: Horror Writers Association (HWA)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Slapboxing with Jesus (stories)

1999年 Short stories, Social realism

A collection of eleven interconnected stories about young Black and Latino men in New York, exploring urban life, identity, and struggle.

Urban lifeRaceIdentityFamily

The Ecstatic

2002年 Novel (literary fiction, psychological)

Follows Anthony James, a morbidly obese college dropout, and his family's attempts to help him; blends dark themes with gallows humor.

Mental illnessFamilyHuman frailty

Big Machine

2009年 Novel (speculative fiction with horror elements)

Follows Ricky Rice, an ex-junkie and survivor of a suicide cult, summoned by a mysterious letter to a remote Vermont compound; mixes social themes and the uncanny.

RedemptionReligious fanaticismGuilt

The Devil in Silver

2012年 Novel (horror, psychological)

Pepper, a sane man sent to a psychiatric hospital, encounters a creature known as the Devil roaming the halls at night; explores medication, institutional failure, and fear.

Mental health careFearInstitutional critique

The Ballad of Black Tom

2016年 Novella, historical fantasy/horror

A retelling of H. P. Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook" from the perspective of a young Black man in Harlem, addressing race and horror.

RaceReinterpretation of historyHorror

The Changeling

2017年 Novel (horror with fantastical elements)

A novel centered on family, fatherhood, and contemporary fears; received wide critical acclaim and was listed among the best books of 2017.

FamilyParenthoodFear

Destroyer

2017年 Graphic novel (modern retelling of Frankenstein)

A modern retelling of Frankenstein following an African-American descendant of Dr. Frankenstein, her dead son, and the aging monster.

Violence and justiceRaceRevenge and healing

Lone Women

2023年 Novel (western with fantastical elements)

Set in 1915 Montana, follows Adelaide Henry, a single woman who leaves her California family farm to establish a homestead; a western with fantastical, gothic elements.

SettlementIsolationFemale independence
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television (optioned)] Lone Women (TV adaptation option)

全著作

  • Slapboxing with Jesus (1999)
  • The Ecstatic (2002)
  • Big Machine (2009)
  • The Devil in Silver (2012)
  • Lucretia and the Kroons (2012, e-book)
  • The Ballad of Black Tom (2016)
  • The Changeling (2017)
  • Destroyer (2017, graphic novel)
  • Lone Women (2023)

翻案

  • Lone Women — TV adaptation optioned (LaValle attached to write script)

作風・主題

文体
Genre-blending style (horror, speculative, and realism)Combination of humor and the uncannyDeep psychological characterization
頻出モチーフ
Family and fatherhoodMental illness and institutional failureUrban life and racial issuesRevenge and redemption

評価・遺産

Victor LaValle is acclaimed for using horror and speculative elements to address social themes. He has won multiple literary awards and is regarded as an important voice in contemporary American literature.

大衆文化への影響

  • Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) used the title 'The Ecstatic' for an album, indicating LaValle's influence in popular culture.

豆知識

  • His mother emigrated from Uganda; LaValle was raised in Queens, New York.
  • Won the PEN/Open Book Award for 'Slapboxing with Jesus'.
  • 'The Ballad of Black Tom' reimagines a Lovecraft story from a Black Harlem perspective and received multiple awards and nominations.
  • Married to novelist Emily Raboteau; they have two children.