American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第5回（1984年） Winner
William J. Kennedy
ウィリアム・J・ケネディ
Uiriamu J. Kenedī
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1928-01-16 （Albany, New York, U.S.）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Catholicism
- 居住地歴
- North Albany, Albany, New York → San Juan, Puerto Rico → Averill Park, New York
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Journalist, Historian, Professor, Screenwriter, Playwright
- 活動期間
- 1955年〜
- 所属
- University at Albany, SUNY (faculty)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siena College | — | — | BA | 1945–1949 | United States |
Siena College
学位:
BA
期間:
1945–1949
卒業年:
1949
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Ironweed | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | 受賞 |
| 1983 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Ironweed | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1984
対象作品:
Ironweed
主催:
Pulitzer Prize Board
結果:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
1983
対象作品:
Ironweed
主催:
National Book Critics Circle
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Ink Truck
1969年 FictionA novel centered on a newspaper columnist; set around a strike at an Albany newspaper.
JournalismLocal community
Legs
1975年 Historical fictionA historical novel about the real-life gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond; part of Kennedy's Albany cycle.
GangstersUrban corruptionHistory
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
1978年 FictionStory of the fictional Albany hustler Billy Phelan; part of the Albany cycle.
Irish-American communityUrban lifeChance and gambling
Ironweed
1983年 Fiction (realism with spiritual themes)Follows Francis Phelan, a homeless man confronting his past sins; Kennedy's best-known work and a central novel in the Albany cycle.
Sin and redemptionLonelinessMemoryCatholic imagination
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Ironweed / Héctor Babenco (1987)
Roscoe
2002年 FictionA novel set against local politics, depicting Albany's political life and human relationships.
PoliticsPowerCommunity
Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
2011年 Historical fictionA multi-generational novel that weaves stories across the U.S. and the Caribbean in the 20th century.
Immigrant historyCultural exchangeHistory
全著作
- The Ink Truck (1969)
- Legs (1975)
- Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978)
- Ironweed (1983)
- Quinn's Book (1988)
- Very Old Bones (1992)
- The Flaming Corsage (1996)
- Roscoe (2002)
- Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes (2011)
- O Albany! (1983)
- The Making of Ironweed (1988)
- Riding the Yellow Trolley Car (1993)
- Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine (co-authored, 1986)
- Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose (co-authored, 1994)
翻案
- Film 'Ironweed' (1987) - screenplay by William Kennedy
- Film 'The Cotton Club' (co-written screenplay)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Regionally rooted realismUse of Catholic imaginationCharacter-driven prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- The city of Albany and its politicsThe Phelan familySin and redemptionMemory and the past
評価・遺産
William Kennedy became a major regional American novelist by repeatedly portraying the city of Albany through the fictional Phelan family. He gained wide recognition with the Pulitzer Prize for Ironweed, and is valued for his portrayals of local politics and immigrant history.
記念館・博物館
- M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives (William Kennedy papers) University at Albany Libraries, Albany, New York
資料所蔵先
- University at Albany Special Collections
大衆文化への影響
- Broader recognition through the film adaptation of Ironweed
豆知識
- Ironweed was rejected 13 times before being published after Saul Bellow intervened.
- He befriended Hunter S. Thompson while living in Puerto Rico.
- His wife Dana Daisy Segarra (stage name Dana Sosa) died in 2023.
- Many of his novels belong to the Albany Cycle, depicting the fictional Irish-American Phelan family.