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Arturo Vivante (October 17, 1923 Rome - April 1, 2008 Wellfleet, MA) was an Italian American fiction writer.〔("Arturo Vivante: Italian-born writer with autobiographical bent" ), ''The Guardian'', Christopher Hawtree, 1 May 2008〕 He was the son of Elena (née de Bosis), a painter, and Leone Vivante, a philosopher. The family fled to England in 1938, anticipating the war and the fascist government's anti-Semitic policies (Leone was Jewish). The British sent Arturo to an internment camp in Canada while his family remained in England for the duration of the war.〔("Arturo Vivante, 84", ''Provincetown Banner'', Apr 10th, 2008 )〕〔("Arturo Vivante, at 84; was doctor-turned-author" ), ''The Boston Globe'', Dennis Hevesi, April 13, 2008〕 He graduated from McGill University in 1944 and received his medical degree at University of Rome in 1949. He practiced medicine in Rome until 1958,〔http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/eresources/featuredcollections/bryant/biostz.html〕 but thereafter moved to New York〔http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.PersonDetail/PersonPK/1294.cfm〕 to pursue writing full-time. He married Nancy Adair Bradish (died 5 July 2002) in 1958.〔("Arturo Vivante, Author of Tales Defined by Their Detail, Dies at 84" ), ''The New York Times'', DENNIS HEVESI, April 12, 2008〕 In 1982, he appeared at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference. In addition to writing numerous short stories and three novels, Vivante taught writing courses at various colleges from 1968 to 1993, including the University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Bennington College, and MIT.〔()〕〔("Arturo Vivante, 84", ''Provincetown Banner'', Apr 10th, 2008 )〕 After publication of his final book in 2006, he retired and lived in Wellfleet, Massachusetts until his death two years later.〔http://www.nd.edu/~ndr/issues/ndr5/vivante/bio.html〕 His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'' over 70 times,〔http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/arturo_vivante/search?contributorName=arturo%20vivante〕 as well as other magazines including ''AGNI'',〔http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/A/Arturo-Vivante.html〕 ''Vogue'', ''The New York Times'', ''London Magazine'', ''The Guardian'', ''Antaeus'', ''TriQuarterly'', ''Santa Monica Review'', and ''The Southern Review''. His fiction often drew from autobiographical experiences with attention to the subtlest details of reflective observation. ==Awards== * 1976 Italian Communication Award * 1979 National Endowment for the Arts grant * 1985 Guggenheim Fellowship〔http://www.gf.org/fellows/15214-arturo-vivante〕 * 2004 Richard Sullivan Prize for short fiction * 2006 Katherine Anne Porter Award for fiction 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arturo Vivante」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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