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Tobias Hecht (born 18 February 1964 in Seattle, Washington) is an American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator. He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1995 from the University of Cambridge, and was the winner of the 2002 Margaret Mead Award, for his book ''At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil'', an innovative study of street children in Northeastern Brazil.〔(2002 Margaret Mead Award Recipient Tobias Hecht ), Society for Applied Anthropology website. Retrieved January 22, 2010.〕 In 2002–2003 he was the recipient of a Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation research grant for his work on ''The violent life of Bruna Verissimo: An experimental ethnographic biography of a homeless Brazilian youth.''〔(Past Research Grants, 2001-2005 ), Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation website. Retrieved January 22, 2010.〕 His 2006 novel ''After Life: An Ethnographic Novel'' was based in part on that work.〔"After Life: An Ethnographic Novel", Duke University Press. Retrieved January 22, 2010, ISBN 978-0822337881〕 In 2005 Hecht placed second in the Hucha de Oro, Spain's most important literary competition for short works of fiction.〔(La Sexta Columna / Tobias Hecht (Segundo premio "Hucha de Oro" 2005) ), Información del Artículo, Colección "Hucha de Oro", La Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros (FUNCAS) website. Retrieved January 22, 2010.〕 ==Selected bibliography== ;Publications *''After Life: An Ethnographic Novel'', Duke University Press, March 2006. ISBN 0-8223-3788-6 *"La sexta columna" in ''Yardbird y otros cuentos : Concurso de Cuentos de las Cajas de Ahorros, XXXIII Convocatoria Hucha de Oro, octubre 2005'', April 2006. *''At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil'', Cambridge University Press, May 13, 1998. ISBN 0-521-59869-9 ;Edited books *(with Isabel Balseiro) ''South Africa: A Traveler's Literary Companion'', Whereabouts Press, August 11, 2009. ISBN 1-883513-22-7 *''Minor Omissions: Children in Latin American History and Society'', University of Wisconsin Press, September 7, 2002. ISBN 0-299-18034-4 ;Translations *Cristina Peri Rossi, ''The Museum of Useless Efforts'', University of Nebraska Press, April 2001. ISBN 0-8032-8764-X 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「Tobias Hecht」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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