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Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an American author. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life.〔("I Am Abraham: A Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War" ) Norton Books online, 2013.〕 Michael Chabon calls him “one of the most important writers in American literature.” 〔("Review of The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson" ) Norton Books online, 2010.〕 New York Newsday hailed Charyn as “a contemporary American Balzac,”〔("Bloomsbury" ) Bloomsbury online, 2010.〕 and the Los Angeles Times described him as “absolutely unique among American writers.”〔("Bloomsbury" ) Bloomsbury Publishing online, 2010.〕 Since the 1964 release of Charyn’s first novel, ''Once Upon a Droshky'', he has published 30 novels, three memoirs, eight graphic novels, two books about film, short stories, plays and works of non-fiction. Two of his memoirs were named New York Times Book of the Year.〔("NYT Book of the Year" ) New York Times Book of the Year online, 2010.〕 Charyn has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Charyn was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fiction, 1983. He received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been named Commander of Arts and Letter (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Minister of Culture. Charyn was Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at the American University of Paris until 2009, when he retired from teaching. In addition to his writing and teaching, Charyn is a tournament table tennis player, once ranked in the top 10 percent of players in France. Noted novelist Don DeLillo called Charyn’s book on table tennis, ''Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins'', "The Sun Also Rises of ping-pong."〔("They Also Serve" ) The Observer online, July 21, 2002.〕 Charyn lives in Paris and New York City. ==Biography== 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「Jerome Charyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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