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Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction〔("National Book Awards – 2011" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2012. (With acceptance speech by Ward, interviews with and readings by all five finalists.)〕〔Carolyn Kellogg (November 17, 2011). ("Jesmyn Ward wins National Book Award for fiction" ), ''The Los Angeles Times''.〕 and a 2012 Alex Award〔Angela Carstensen (January 24, 2012). ("The Alex Awards, 2012" ), ''School Library Journal''.〕 with her second novel ''Salvage the Bones'', a story about familial love and community covering the 10 days preceding Hurricane Katrina, the day of the cyclone, and the day after.〔Jeffrey Brown (August 26, 2011). ("In 'Salvage the Bones,' Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina" ), ''PBS NewsHour''.〕 Prior to her appointment at Tulane, Ward was an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama.〔Jennifer Xu (November 15, 2011). ("'U' MFA alum Jesmyn Ward nominated for National Book Award for 'Salvage the Bones'" ), ''The Michigan Daily''.〕 From 2008 to 2010, Ward had a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University.〔Stanford Creative Writing Program. ("Current and Recent Stegner Fellows" ), ''Stanford University''.〕 She was the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi for the 2010–2011 academic year.〔English Department. ("John and Renée Grisham Writers in Residence" ), ''University of Mississippi''.〕 Ward joined the faculty at Tulane in the fall of 2014. In 2013 she released her memoir ''Men We Reaped''.〔 ==Early life and education== Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, a small rural community in Mississippi.〔Ed Lavandera (November 18, 2011). ("Ignored by literary world, Jesmyn Ward wins National Book Award" ), ''CNN''.〕 She developed a love-hate relationship with her hometown after having been bullied at public school by black classmates and subsequently by white students while attending a private school paid for by her mother’s employer.〔 Ward chose to become a writer to honor the memory of her younger brother,〔Julie Bosman (November 16, 2011). ("National Book Awards Go to ‘Salvage the Bones’ and ‘Swerve’" ), ''The New York Times''.〕 who was killed by a drunk driver the year she graduated from college.〔Staff and wire reports/Susan Whitall (November 18, 2011). ("U-M grad takes top national book honor" ), ''The Detroit News''.〕 In 2005, Ward received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan.〔 Shortly afterwards, she and her family became victims of Hurricane Katrina.〔 With their house in De Lisle flooding rapidly, the Ward family set out in their car to get to a local church, but ended up stranded in a field full of tractors.〔 When the white owners of the land eventually checked on their possessions, they refused to invite the Wards into their home, claiming they were overcrowded.〔 Tired and traumatized, the refugees were eventually given shelter by another white family down the road.〔Alison Flood (November 17, 2011). ("Hurricane Katrina novel wins National Book Award" ), ''The Guardian''.〕 Ward went on to work at the University of New Orleans, where her daily commute took her through the neighborhoods ravaged by the hurricane. Empathizing with the struggle of the survivors and coming to terms with her own experience during the storm, Ward was unable to write creatively for three years – the time it took her to find a publisher for her first novel, ''Where the Line Bleeds''.〔Noam Cohen (November 19, 2011). ("Breakfast Meeting, Nov. 17" ), ''The New York Times''.〕 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「Jesmyn Ward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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