American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第22回（2001年） Winner
William S. Penn
ウィリアム・エス・ペン
William S. Penn
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1949-01-01 （United States (specific birthplace unknown)）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Western United States (raised) → England (residence) → New York (South Bronx, worked) → East Lansing, Michigan (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Professor of English, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1975年〜
- 所属
- State University of New York at Oswego (former), Hostos Community College (South Bronx, former), Michigan State University (faculty)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Davis | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Syracuse University | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of California, Davis
国:
United States
Syracuse University
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Stephen Crane Prize for Fiction | — | — | Stephen Crane Prize organization | 受賞（2回） |
| — | Yaddo Fellowship | The Absence of Angels (work in progress) | — | Yaddo Writers' Colony | フェローシップ |
| 1985 | Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant | — | — | Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation | 助成 |
| 1988 | New York Foundation for the Arts Prize | — | — | New York Foundation for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Michigan Council on the Arts grant | The Absence of Angels (support) | — | Michigan Council on the Arts | 助成 |
| 1991 | Banff Centre for the Arts Resident Writer | — | — | Banff Centre for the Arts | レジデンシー |
| 1994 | North American Indian Prose Award | All My Sins Are Relatives | — | University of Nebraska Press | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Critic's Choice Award (Most Acclaimed Books) | All My Sins Are Relatives | — | Critic's Choice | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Wordcraft Circle - Native American Writer of the Year (Non-fiction) | — | — | Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Wordcraft Circle - Native American Editor of the Year | — | — | Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Best University Press Books list | The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art | — | University Press selectors | 選出 |
| — | American Book Award (Literary Merit) | — | — | American Book Awards | 受賞 |
| — | Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award | — | — | Michigan State University | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Wordcraft Circle - Writer of the Year (Creative Prose: Fiction) | Feathering Custer | — | Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers | 受賞 |
Stephen Crane Prize for Fiction
主催:
Stephen Crane Prize organization
結果:
受賞（2回）
Yaddo Fellowship
対象作品:
The Absence of Angels (work in progress)
主催:
Yaddo Writers' Colony
結果:
フェローシップ
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant
1985
主催:
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
結果:
助成
New York Foundation for the Arts Prize
1988
主催:
New York Foundation for the Arts
結果:
受賞
Michigan Council on the Arts grant
1990
対象作品:
The Absence of Angels (support)
主催:
Michigan Council on the Arts
結果:
助成
Banff Centre for the Arts Resident Writer
1991
主催:
Banff Centre for the Arts
結果:
レジデンシー
North American Indian Prose Award
1994
対象作品:
All My Sins Are Relatives
主催:
University of Nebraska Press
結果:
受賞
Critic's Choice Award (Most Acclaimed Books)
1996
対象作品:
All My Sins Are Relatives
主催:
Critic's Choice
結果:
受賞
Wordcraft Circle - Native American Writer of the Year (Non-fiction)
1997
主催:
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
結果:
受賞
Wordcraft Circle - Native American Editor of the Year
1998
主催:
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
結果:
受賞
Best University Press Books list
2000
対象作品:
The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art
主催:
University Press selectors
結果:
選出
American Book Award (Literary Merit)
主催:
American Book Awards
結果:
受賞
Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award
主催:
Michigan State University
結果:
受賞
Wordcraft Circle - Writer of the Year (Creative Prose: Fiction)
2002
対象作品:
Feathering Custer
主催:
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Absence of Angels
FictionA novel exploring urban mixed-blood identity and family. Worked on during a Yaddo fellowship; publication details vary by source.
mixed-blood identityfamilycultural dislocation and continuity
Killing Time with Strangers
FictionA collection containing short fiction, depicting urban life and interpersonal relationships.
urban lifelonelinessencounters and partings
This is the World
FictionA short-story collection addressing worldviews and cultural differences.
cultural contrastidentity
The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art (ed.)
Anthology (editor)An edited collection of Native American stories and art; selected among notable university press books.
Native storiesoral traditionvisual art
All My Sins Are Relatives
1994年 Essays / Non-fictionAn essay collection on experiences as a mixed-blood person, family, memory, and cultural inheritance. Winner of the North American Indian Prose Award.
mixed-blood selfhoodfamily narrativescultural survival
As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity (ed. & contributor)
Essays / Edited volumeAn edited volume collecting essays on mixblood experiences, examining race and identity.
raceidentitymixblood
Feathering Custer
Non-fiction / EssaysAn essay collection incorporating historical topics and Native perspectives; awarded by the Wordcraft Circle in 2002.
historyNative perspectivesmemory and storytelling
全著作
- The Absence of Angels
- Killing Time with Strangers
- This is the World
- The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art (ed.)
- All My Sins Are Relatives
- As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity (ed. & contributor)
- Feathering Custer
作風・主題
- 文体
- use of oral-tradition narrative voiceinterplay of humor and critical perspectiveessayistic approach centered on mixed-blood experience
- 頻出モチーフ
- family (grandfathers, children)storytelling and transmissionurban vs. rural contrastscultural survival and inheritance
評価・遺産
William S. Penn is known for works addressing mixed-blood identity and Native American narratives. As a writer and educator he has received multiple awards and fellowships, and has contributed to mentoring through his teaching at Michigan State University.
関連学会
- Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers (awarded/associated)
- Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (associated)
引用
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“I write to amuse and entertain, but I write from a center I take seriously, a center given to me by my grandfather, encouraged by my sisters, and nurtured by my wife and by my daughter and son with whom I tell stories. Indeed, All My Sins Are Relatives is dedicated 'For Grandfather, who knows / And Rachel and Willy, so they may.' Thus, I would say that much of my work is so they—the children, not just my own—may know my attempt to bridge the gap between the urban mixblood and Euramerican worlds to which I belong.”
出典: All My Sins Are Relatives (dedication/preface) (1994年)
豆知識
- He is an urban mix-blood with Nez Perce ancestry.
- Has lived in England and various regions across the United States.
- In 2013 he drew controversy for remarks in a class criticizing Republicans and was temporarily removed from teaching.
- Lives in East Lansing with his wife Jennifer and children Rachel Antonia and William Anthony.