Maxine Hong Kinston

先ずはNYTの記事;


Maxine Hong Kingston Honored by Foundation


Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
Published: September 10, 2008

The author Maxine Hong Kingston, below, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The award was given by the National Book Foundation, the presenter of the National Book Awards, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a writer of fiction, memoir and nonfiction. Ms. Kingston, who is the daughter of immigrant Chinese parents and the author of “The Woman Warrior,” was the recipient of a National Book Award in 1981 for “China Men.” In addition to Ms. Kingston, the publisher Barney Rosset will receive the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Mr. Rosset has introduced readers to authors like Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Jean Genet through his publishing house, Grove Press, and his magazine, The Evergreen Review. The medals will be presented at the 59th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 19. The announcement was made by Harold Augenbraum, the executive director of the foundation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/books/11arts-004.html

また、San Francisco ChronicleのHillel Italie(AP)”Rosset, Kingston win National Book Awards”*1からMaxine Hong Kingston関連の部分;

Maxine Hong Kingston, the Stockton-born Chinese American author best known for "The Woman Warrior," a fictionalized memoir that became a model for other immigrant writers and is taught on campuses nationwide, was awarded a medal for "distinguished contribution to American letters."

The prizes were announced Wednesday by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization that presents the National Book Awards.

"Kingston exposed the great story of American immigration to a new, rich blend of fiction, memory, folk-tale and political idea. Rosset opened a door to brash concepts about reading in America, letting controversial literary work speak for itself," foundation Executive Director Harold Augenbraum said in a statement.


Kingston, 67, an Oakland resident, is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and has written often about her early years and her parents' lives. "Woman Warrior," her debut work, published in 1976, won a National Book Critics Circle prize. Five years later, she won a National Book Award for the memoir "China Men." She has also written "The Fifth Book of Peace," "Tripmaster Monkey" and "Through the Black Curtain."
康慨編訳「美国国家図書奨頒出:湯亭亭獲得終身成就奨」(『東方早報』2008年9月17日)という記事によれば、彼女の中国名は「湯亭亭」。彼女の父親(Tom Hong)は広東省生まれで、1925年に米国に移民したが、広東語では「湯」をhongと読むのか。また、この記事ではMaxine Hong Kingstonを「一頭披肩白髪、疑似梅超風、但笑容温暖的」と形容している。
また、2006年のTimeの記事、


Xu Xi “Maxine Hong Kingston: She overturned traditional notions of what it meant to be a Chinese woman” http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/at_kingston.html *2


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