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词条 John McPhee
释义

  1. Background

  2. Writing career

  3. Teaching

  4. Awards and honors

  5. Bibliography

      Books    Essays and reporting  

  6. Notes

  7. References

  8. External links

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}}John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World[1] (a collection of five books, including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). In 2008, he received the George Polk Career Award for his "indelible mark on American journalism during his nearly half-century career".[1]

Since 1974, McPhee has been the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.[2]

Background

McPhee has lived in Princeton, New Jersey, for most of his life. He was born in Princeton, the son of the Princeton University athletic department's physician, Dr. Harry McPhee. He was educated at Princeton High School, then spent a postgraduate year at Deerfield Academy, before graduating from Princeton University in 1953,[3] and spending a year at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.[4]

While at Princeton, McPhee went to New York once or twice a week to appear as the juvenile panelist on the radio and television quiz program Twenty Questions.[5] One of his roommates at Princeton was 1951 Heisman Trophy winner Dick Kazmaier.[6]

Twice married, McPhee is the father of four daughters: the novelists Jenny McPhee and Martha McPhee, photographer Laura McPhee, and architecture historian Sarah McPhee.[7][8]

Writing career

McPhee's writing career began at Time magazine, and led to a long association with the weekly magazine The New Yorker from 1963[9] to the present. Many of his twenty-nine books include material originally written for this latter periodical.

Unlike Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson, who helped kick-start the "new journalism" of the 1960s, McPhee produced a gentler, more literary style of writing that more thoroughly incorporated techniques from fiction. McPhee avoided the streams of consciousness styles of Wolfe and Thompson, but used detailed description of characters and appetite for details to make his writing lively and personal, even when it focuses on obscure or difficult topics. He is highly regarded by fellow writers for the quality, quantity, and diversity of his literary output.[10][11]

Reflecting his personal interests, McPhee's subjects are highly eclectic. He has written pieces on lifting body development (The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed), the psyche and experience of a nuclear engineer (The Curve of Binding Energy), a New Jersey wilderness area (The Pine Barrens), the United States Merchant Marine (Looking for a Ship), farmers' markets (Giving Good Weight), the movement of coal across America ("Coal Train" in Uncommon Carriers), the shifting flow of the Mississippi River ("Atchafalaya" in The Control of Nature), geology (in several books), as well as a short book entirely on the subject of oranges. One of his most widely read books, Coming into the Country, is about the Alaskan wilderness.

McPhee has profiled a number of famous people, including conservationist David Brower in Encounters with the Archdruid, and the young Bill Bradley, whom McPhee followed closely during Bradley's four-year basketball career at Princeton University.

Teaching

McPhee is also a renowned nonfiction writing instructor at Princeton University, having taught generations of aspiring undergraduate writers. McPhee teaches his writing seminar every year in the spring semester.[12]

Many of McPhee's students have achieved their own distinction for writing:[8]

  • David Remnick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and current editor-in-chief of The New Yorker
  • Richard Stengel, former managing editor of Time magazine
  • Jim Kelly, former managing editor of Time magazine
  • Robert Wright, former senior editor at The New Republic and columnist for Time, Slate and the New York Times, and author of award-winning books
  • Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and other books
  • Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and other books about infectious disease epidemics and bioterrorism
  • Peter Hessler, contributor to The New Yorker and author of three books about China
  • Timothy Ferriss, entrepreneur and author of New York Times bestsellers The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body[13]
  • Joel Achenbach, writer for the Washington Post and author of seven books[14]
  • Jennifer Weiner, best-selling author of Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, and other novels

Awards and honors

McPhee has received many literary honors, including the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, awarded for Annals of the Former World. In 1978 McPhee received a LittD from Bates College, in 2009 he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and in 2012 he received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Amherst College.

  • Pulitzer Prize (1999) for Annals of the Former World[15]
  • Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1977)
  • finalist, National Book Award (science) for The Curve of Binding Energy[16]
  • nominated, National Book Award (science) for Encounters with the Archdruid
  • Wallace Stegner Award (2011) for "sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West".
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)[17]

Bibliography

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Books

TitleDate Publication Details Notes
A sense of where you are: a profile of William Warren Bradley 1965 {{ISBN>0-374-51485-2}} A profile of Hall of Fame basketball player and Rhodes Scholar Bill Bradley.
The headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield 1966 {{ISBN>0-374-16860-1}} Biography of Frank Boyden, long time headmaster of Deerfield Academy.
Oranges 1967 {{ISBN>0-374-22688-1}} The history and significance of the farming of oranges, how farmers have struggled with frost and how horticulturists have introduced new breeds of citrus.
The Pine Barrens 1968 {{ISBN>0-374-23360-8}} The story of the near wilderness central area of New Jersey, known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens.
A roomful of Hovings and other profiles 1968 {{ISBN>0-374-51501-8}} Collection.
Levels of the game 1969 {{ISBN>0-374-51526-3}} Explores the relationship between two tennis players, Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, and their tennis match at Forest Hills in 1968.
The crofter and the laird 1970 {{ISBN>0-374-13192-9}} A memoir of the author's stay with his family on the island of Colonsay in Scotland, where his forebears had been raised.
Encounters with the archdruid 1971 {{ISBN>0-374-14822-8}} Discussions in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon - with "Archdruid" David Brower, founder of Friends of the Earth.
Wimbledon 1972 {{ISBN>0-670-77079-5}} Contains two essays – "Hoad on Court 5" (originally published in 1971 as "Centre Court" and collected in Pieces of the Frame) and "Twynam of Wimbledon" (originally published in 1968 and collected in A Roomful of Hovings) – and photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
The deltoid pumpkin seed 1973 {{ISBN>0-374-51635-9}} Story of the Aereon, a combination aerodyne/aerostat, a.k.a. hybrid airship.
The curve of binding energy 1974 {{ISBN>0-374-13373-5}} Traveling American nuclear institutions with Theodore Taylor, one of the founders of those technologies. Finalist for the National Book Award.[16]
Pieces of the frame 1975 {{ISBN>0-374-51498-4}} Collection.
The survival of the bark canoe 1975 {{ISBN>0-374-27207-7}} The story of the ancient craft of making birch-bark canoes, still practiced by a builder in a small town in New Hampshire.
The John McPhee reader 1976 {{ISBN>0-374-17992-1}} Collection of excerpts from his first twelve books, edited by William L. Howarth.
Coming into the country 1977 {{ISBN>0-374-52287-1}} The story of Alaska and the Alaskans.
Giving good weight 1979 {{ISBN>0-374-16306-5}} Collection. Title story is about New York City's Greenmarkets in 1976-1977.
Alaska: images of the country 1981 {{ISBN>0871562901}} Selections from Coming into the Country. Photographs by Galen Rowell.
Basin and range 1981 {{ISBN>0-374-10914-1}} First in his 'Annals of the Former World' series of books on geology and geologists. Republished in Annals of the Former World. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[15]
In suspect terrain 1983 {{ISBN>0-374-17650-7}} Second book in his 'Annals of the Former World' series on geology and geologists, from the outwash plains of Brooklyn to the Appalachian landscape. Republished in Annals of the former world.
La Place de la Concorde Suisse 1984 {{ISBN>0-374-18241-8}} The study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. Also published as The Swiss Army.
Table of contents 1985 {{ISBN>0-374-27241-7}} Collection.
Heirs of general practice 1986 {{ISBN>0-374-51974-9}} Stories of young doctors who specialize in family practice. Also included in the Table of contents collection.
In the highlands and islands 1986 {{ISBN>0-571-14599-X}} Contains "The Crofter and the Laird" and three essays from Pieces of the Frame, all originally published in 1969 and 1970.
Rising from the plains 1986 {{ISBN>0-374-25082-0}} Third book in his 'Annals of the Former World' series on geology and geologists, covering the Rockies and surrounding areas. Republished in Annals of the former world. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[15]
Outcroppings 1988 {{ISBN>0879052627}} Writings on geology and ecology from Rising from the Plains, Basin and Range, and Encounters with the Archdruid. Photographs by Tom Till. Edited by Christopher Merrill.
The control of nature 1989 {{ISBN>0-374-12890-1}} Three stories: the US Army Corps of Engineers' efforts to control the waters of the Mississippi near New Orleans; townspeople in Iceland cooling flowing lava to prevent it from flowing into their town; and residents of Los Angeles attempting to control debris flows that roar down mountain canyons.
Looking for a ship 1990 {{ISBN>0-374-19077-1}} The story of one of the last American merchant ships. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[15]
Assembling California 1993 {{ISBN>0-374-10645-2}} Fourth book in his 'Annals of the Former World' series on geology and geologists. Surveys throughout California and elsewhere, describing the geologic history of the land. Republished in Annals of the former world.
The ransom of Russian art 1994 {{ISBN>0-374-24682-3}} The story of how an American professor of Soviet economics managed to remove thousands of works of art in the 1960s and 1970s from the Soviet Union to the US.
The second John McPhee reader 1996 {{ISBN>0-374-52463-7}} Collection of excerpts from previously published stories, edited by Patricia Strachan.
Irons in the fire 1997 {{ISBN>0-374-17726-0}} Collection of essays. The title essay describes a trip to Nevada where, accompanying a brand inspector, the author discovers that cattle rustling is still practiced.
Annals of the former world 1998 {{ISBN>0-374-10520-0}} Compilation of four previously published books on geology, plus a final part, "Crossing the craton". Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
The founding fish 2002 {{ISBN>0-374-10444-1}} The history of the shad, going back to the days of George Washington and Henry David Thoreau.
The American shad: selections from The founding fish 2004 {{ISBN>1-886967-14-8}} Limited edition.
Uncommon carriers 2006 {{ISBN>0-374-28039-8}}Essays on travels by several unconventional means, primarily ocean and water freight transportation.
Silk parachute 2010 {{ISBN>0-374-26373-6}} Collection.
The Princeton reader: contemporary essays by writers and journalists at Princeton University 2011 {{ISBN>9780691143071}} Edited with Carol Rigolot.
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process2017New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux{{ISBN|9780374142742}}Essays that form a guide to writing long-form nonfiction
The Patch2018New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux{{ISBN| 978-0374229481}}His seventh collection of essays

Essays and reporting

  • {{cite journal |author=McPhee, John |authorlink= |date=July 1, 2013 |title=The Orange Trapper: compulsions are hard to explain |department=The Sporting Scene |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=19 |pages=30–34 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/01/the-orange-trapper |}}

Notes

1. ^http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Univ-Ctr-PR/Pre-2008/February/GP-Press-Release-Feb-2008
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://humanities.princeton.edu/journalism/roster.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720030745/http://humanities.princeton.edu/journalism/roster.html |archivedate=July 20, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
3. ^https://www.princeton.edu/pr/home/99/0415-mcphee/hmcap.html
4. ^http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/355264/John-McPhee
5. ^{{Cite news|issn=0040-781X|title=A Letter From The Publisher: 23 Nov. 1962|work=Time|accessdate = September 18, 2008|date = November 23, 1962|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829455,00.html}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/article/number-no-other |title=A number like no other |website=paw.princeton.edu |accessdate=21 September 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum79.html |title=Jenny & Martha McPhee |publisher=Identity Theory |date=December 25, 2002 |last= Birnbaum |first=Robert |accessdate=March 16, 2008}}
8. ^1 {{cite journal|author=Peter Hessler |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5997/the-art-of-nonfiction-no-3-john-mcphee |title=The Art of Nonfiction No. 3, John McPhee|work=The Paris Review|date=Spring 2010|accessdate=October 2, 2011}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=John McPhee The New Yorker|url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/john-mcphee|website=newyorker.com|accessdate=23 August 2017}}
10. ^While being interviewed on the August 27, 2009, edition of Radio West (KUER, Salt Lake City, Utah), writer Christopher Cokinos said that he has a sign above his desk which says Too tired to write? John McPhee isn't.
11. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/books/review/Royte-t.html | work=New York Times | first=Elizabeth | last=Royte | title=At Close Range | date=March 21, 2010}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/course_details.xml?courseid=003788&term=1194|title=Course Details « Office of the Registrar|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=March 19, 2012}}
13. ^http://ilovemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/I-Love-Marketing-013.pdf
14. ^https://paw.princeton.edu/article/writing-master
15. ^1 2 3 4 "General Nonfiction". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
16. ^1 "National Book Awards – 1975" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909065656/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1975.html |date=September 9, 2011 }}. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/75882-2017-nbcc-awards-finalists-announced.html |title=2017 NBCC Awards Finalists Announced |work=Publishers Weekly |author=John Maher |date=January 22, 2018 |accessdate=January 23, 2018}}

References

  • Weltzein, O. Alan and Susan N. Maher (2003). Coming into McPhee Country: John McPhee and the Art of Literary Criticism. {{ISBN|978-0-87480-746-2}}.

External links

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  • Publisher's official web site
  • {{cite journal| url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5997/the-art-of-nonfiction-no-3-john-mcphee| title=John McPhee, The Art of Nonfiction No. 3| date=Spring 2010| author=Peter Hessler| work=The Paris Review }}
  • {{YouTube|66yuZWkxBik|John McPhee interviewed on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM's Discourse}}
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