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第1回（1982年） international category
Robert B. Parker
ロバート・ビー・パーカー
Robert B. Parker
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1932-09-17 （Springfield, Massachusetts, United States）
- 死没
- 2010-01-18 （Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States） 77歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Springfield, Massachusetts → Cambridge, Massachusetts → Greater Boston area, Massachusetts
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist
- 活動期間
- 1973年〜2010年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald
- 影響を与えた人物
- Robert Crais, J. A. Konrath
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Edgar Award (Best Novel) | Promised Land | 長編賞 | Mystery Writers of America (Edgar Awards) | Winner |
| 2002 | MWA Grand Master Award | — | 巨匠賞 | Mystery Writers of America | Winner |
Edgar Award (Best Novel)
1977
対象作品:
Promised Land
部門:
長編賞
主催:
Mystery Writers of America (Edgar Awards)
結果:
Winner
MWA Grand Master Award
2002
部門:
巨匠賞
主催:
Mystery Writers of America
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Godwulf Manuscript
1973年 Hard-boiled / MysteryDebut novel introducing private detective Spenser; a hard-boiled mystery set around Boston.
Private detectivePersonal ethics and justiceUrban Boston setting
翻訳
- The Godwulf Manuscript
Promised Land
1976年 Hard-boiled / MysteryThe fourth Spenser novel; one of Parker's representative works and winner of the 1977 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Crime and revengeJusticeFriendship
翻訳
- Promised Land
Early Autumn
1982年 Hard-boiled / MysteryThe seventh Spenser novel; gained many fans in Japan. Themes include family and confronting the past.
FamilySettling with the pastMoral choices
翻訳
- Early Autumn
Appaloosa
2005年 Western / ActionA work in the Cole & Hitch series; adapted into a 2008 film.
FriendshipLaw and order in the WestViolence and honor
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Appaloosa / Ed Harris (2008)
翻訳
- Appaloosa
全著作
- The Godwulf Manuscript
- Promised Land
- Early Autumn
- Appaloosa
- Crimson Joy
翻案
- Spenser: For Hire (TV series, 1985–1988)
- Jesse Stone (TV films / series, 2005–2015)
- Appaloosa (film, 2008)
- Spenser Confidential (film, 2020)
作品の翻訳
- The Godwulf Manuscript (Japanese translations)
- Early Autumn (Japanese translation)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Hard-boiled proseConcise, dialogue-driven style
- 頻出モチーフ
- Private detective Spenser and his circleBoston and its environsHumor and irony
健康
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Heart attack (acute)2010-01-18（急性）Suffered a fatal heart attack in Cambridge on January 18, 2010.
評価・遺産
A modern inheritor of hard-boiled detective fiction who established long-running series (notably Spenser). Winner of the Edgar Award and MWA Grand Master; influential in the genre and popular in Japan through translations such as Early Autumn.
関連学会
- Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
資料所蔵先
- Robert B. Parker papers / related materials (location unspecified)
- Find a Grave entry
大衆文化への影響
- Multiple screen adaptations (e.g., Spenser: For Hire) raising public recognition
- Appaloosa adapted into a theatrical film
豆知識
- Married to Joan Parker in 1956.
- Had two sons.
- Early Autumn became especially popular in Japan.
- Spenser series translations into Japanese were long handled by Mitsuru Kikuchi.