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Walter Mosley

ウォルター・モズリー

Worutā Mozurī

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1952-01-12 （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Judaism (family background / self-identified)
居住地歴
Los Angeles, California (born/raised) → New York City (long-term residence)

経歴

職業
novelist, screenwriter, playwright, producer
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
Board of Directors, National Book Awards (former), TransAfrica Forum (board member)
影響を受けた人物
Dashiell Hammett, Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, Langston Hughes, Gabriel García Márquez, Alice Walker

学歴

Goddard College
期間: 在学中に中途退学
国: United States
Dropped out
Johnson State College
Political Science
学位: BA
国: United States
Earned a B.A. in political science
City College of New York
Writing course (non-degree)
国: United States
Took a writing course while working

受賞歴

Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award
1996
対象作品: RL's Dream
主催: Black Caucus of the American Library Association
結果: 受賞
O. Henry Award
1996
対象作品: A Socrates Fortlow story
主催: O. Henry Award
結果: 受賞
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1998
主催: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
結果: 受賞
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
2001
対象作品: Richard Pryor — …And It's Deep Too! (album notes)
主催: The Recording Academy (Grammy)
結果: 受賞
Honorary doctorate (City College of New York)
2004
主催: City College of New York
結果: 授与
Risktaker Award (Sundance Institute)
2005
主催: Sundance Institute
結果: 受賞
Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award
2006
対象作品: 47 (young adult novel)
部門: ヤングアダルト
主催: Carl Brandon Society
結果: 受賞
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
2007
対象作品: Blonde Faith
主催: NAACP
結果: 受賞
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
2009
対象作品: The Long Fall
主催: NAACP
結果: 受賞
Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame
2013
主催: New York State Writers Hall of Fame
結果: 殿堂入り
Langston Hughes Medal
2014
主催: City College of New York
結果: 受賞
Grand Master (Mystery Writers of America)
2016
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
Edgar Award for Best Novel
2019
対象作品: Down the River Unto the Sea
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
2020
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 受賞
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
2021
対象作品: The Awkward Black Man
主催: NAACP
結果: 受賞
Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger
2023
主催: Crime Writers' Association
結果: 受賞（生涯功労）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Devil in a Blue Dress

1990年 Crime / Hardboiled

A hardboiled novel set in postwar Los Angeles featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins; explores race, justice, and urban life.

race and social inequalityurban violencejustice and morality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Devil in a Blue Dress (film) / Carl Franklin (1995)

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

2010年 Literary fiction

A story about Ptolemy Grey, an elderly man with dementia, exploring memory, aging, family, and society.

memory and forgettingaginghuman dignity
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television] The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (TV) (2022)

Down the River Unto the Sea

2018年 Historical mystery / Fiction

Set in the early 20th-century American South, it addresses racial violence and social injustice through historical fiction.

history and memoryracial violencepursuit of justice

全著作

  • Devil in a Blue Dress
  • A Red Death
  • White Butterfly
  • Black Betty
  • A Little Yellow Dog
  • Gone Fishin'
  • Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
  • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
  • Down the River Unto the Sea
  • The Awkward Black Man

翻案

  • Devil in a Blue Dress (1995 film, starring Denzel Washington)
  • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022 television series)

作風・主題

文体
hardboiled narrationsocially conscious realismconcise, powerful dialogue
頻出モチーフ
race and identitycity and communityconflict between justice and violence

評価・遺産

Walter Mosley is a leading contemporary American crime novelist, acclaimed for the Easy Rawlins series and his portrayals of race and urban life. He has received numerous awards, seen many adaptations, and is recognized for his lasting contributions to American letters.

関連学会

  • Mystery Writers of America (named Grand Master)
  • New York State Writers Hall of Fame

大衆文化への影響

  • Film adaptation of Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) and TV adaptation of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022) among others; his works have been adapted for screen multiple times.

引用

  • "You're Black, Jewish, with a poor upbringing; there are riches therein."
    出典: Edna O'Brien (as mentor), Moment magazine (2010年)

豆知識

  • Began writing seriously at age 34.
  • Devil in a Blue Dress was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington (1995).
  • In 2019 he left the writers' room of Star Trek: Discovery after controversy over his use of a racial slur in a story.
  • In 2020 he received the National Book Foundation Medal, becoming the first Black man to receive the honor.