N. K.杰米辛 推理小说作家

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N. K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction Writer | Class of 2020
Pushing against the conventions of epic fantasy and science fiction genres while exploring deeply human questions about structural racism, environmental crises, and familial relationships.


Portrait of N. K. Jemisin

Title
Speculative Fiction Writer
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Age
48 at time of award
Area of Focus
Fiction and Nonfiction Writing
Website
nkjemisin.com
Social
Twitter
Published October 6, 2020
ABOUT N.K.'S WORK
N. K. Jemisin is a speculative fiction writer exploring deeply human questions about structural racism, environmental crises, and familial relationships while immersing readers in intricately imagined, fantastical worlds. The societies she constructs are populated by protagonists who push against the conventions of earlier-era science fiction and epic fantasy, which often feature male-dominated casts of characters and draw heavily from the legends of medieval Europe. Her multi-volume sagas counterbalance the monumental themes of oppression and exploitation with attentiveness to the more intimate inner workings of families and communities and the range of emotions—from love to rage, resentment to empathy—that they inspire.

Jemisin’s ambitious three-book series, The Broken Earth Trilogy (completed in 2017), takes place in the Stillness, a continent wracked by geological upheaval as a result of technological hubris and an environmental catastrophe thousands of years in its past. Members of the orogenes, an oppressed minority within the caste-based society of the Stillness, possess power to quell the quakes and eruptions, and this power is exploited and harnessed by other inhabitants as a means of preventing disaster. Jemisin experiments with point of view as she orients her readers to the fractured landscape and social history of her fictional universe. The first novel in the series, The Fifth Season (2015), unfolds from the perspectives of three orogene characters: the grieving mother, Essun, whose son has been killed and daughter abducted; Damaya, a young girl who is forced into training to manipulate her powers; and Syenite, who accommodates herself to the dehumanizing system that controls but also rewards her. The experiences of these characters illuminate the ways in which trauma and the exigencies of survival give rise to new identities and divided selves over the course of a lifespan. Jemisin’s most recent novel, The City We Became (2020), is the first in what will become her Great Cities series and features present-day New York not only as its setting but also as a sentient entity itself. Invading and homogenizing forces threaten the metropolis she depicts and must be fended off by a team of human avatars—comprised primarily of people of color, male and female, queer and straight—who embody the diverse histories and distinct personalities of the city’s boroughs. The novel dramatizes the city’s own legacies of racism and both references and critiques the xenophobic and racist views of H. P. Lovecraft, whose horror fiction has had a profound impact on popular culture.

Jemisin is broadening the spectrum of participants in speculative fiction’s creation and surrounding fandom through her published works as well as her world-building workshops, frequent interviews, and active presence on social media. While engaging readers with grippingly paced narratives, Jemisin demonstrates how the speculative mode enables us to contemplate the ecological crises and social inequalities of our contemporary moment and to consider how societies formed along fault lines might build themselves anew.



N.K.Jemisin
BIOGRAPHY
N. K. Jemisin received a BS (1994) from Tulane University and a MEd (1997) from the University of Maryland. Her additional books include The Inheritance Trilogy (2010–2011) and The Dreamblood Duology (2012), the story collection How Long ‘Til Black Future Month (2018), and the comic book series Far Sector (2019–2021) for DC Comics.



N. K.杰米辛
推理小说作家 | 2020级
在探索有关结构性种族主义、环境危机和家庭关系等深入人心的问题时，反对史诗性幻想和科幻小说流派的惯例。


N.K. 杰米辛的肖像

标题
投机性小说作家
工作地点
布鲁克林，纽约
年龄
获奖时为48岁
重点领域
小说和非小说写作
网站
nkjemisin.com
社交网络
推特
2020年10月6日出版
关于N.K.的作品
N. 杰米辛是一位推理小说作家，她探索有关结构性种族主义、环境危机和家庭关系等深刻的人类问题，同时让读者沉浸在错综复杂的幻想世界里。她所构建的社会中的主人公与早期科幻小说和史诗奇幻小说的惯例相抵触，后者通常以男性为主，并大量借鉴中世纪欧洲的传奇故事。她的多卷本传奇故事通过关注家庭和社区更亲密的内部运作以及它们所激发的一系列情感--从爱到愤怒、从怨恨到同情--来平衡压迫和剥削的巨大主题。

杰米辛雄心勃勃的三部曲《破碎的地球三部曲》（2017年完成）发生在静止大陆，由于技术上的傲慢和过去几千年的环境灾难，这个大陆被地质动荡所困扰。orogenes的成员是静止大陆基于种姓的社会中受压迫的少数人，他们拥有平息地震和爆发的力量，而这种力量被其他居民利用和驾驭，作为预防灾难的手段。杰米辛在将她的读者引向她的虚构宇宙的断裂景观和社会历史时，对观点进行了实验。该系列的第一部小说《第五季》（2015年）从三个角色的视角展开：悲伤的母亲埃松，她的儿子被杀，女儿被绑架；达玛雅，一个被迫接受训练以操纵她的力量的年轻女孩；以及西尼特，她适应了控制她但也奖励她的非人化系统。这些人物的经历阐明了创伤和生存的紧迫性如何在一个人的一生中产生新的身份和分裂的自我。杰米辛最近的小说《我们成为的城市》（2020年）是她的 "伟大的城市 "系列的第一部作品，它不仅以当今的纽约为背景，还将其本身作为一个有生命的实体。入侵和同质化的力量威胁着她所描绘的大都市，必须由一队人类化身--主要由有色人种、男性和女性、同性恋者和异性恋者组成--来抵御，他们体现了该市各区的不同历史和独特个性。这部小说戏剧化地展现了这个城市自身遗留的种族主义问题，并参考和批判了H.P.洛夫克拉夫特的仇外和种族主义观点，他的恐怖小说对流行文化产生了深远影响。

杰米辛通过她的出版作品以及她的世界建设研讨会、频繁的采访和在社交媒体上的活跃表现，扩大了投机小说创作和周边粉丝的参与范围。在以扣人心弦的叙事方式吸引读者的同时，杰米辛展示了投机模式如何让我们思考当代的生态危机和社会不平等问题，并考虑在断层线上形成的社会如何能够重新建设自己。



N.K.Jemisin
个人简历
N. Jemisin在杜兰大学获得学士学位（1994），在马里兰大学获得硕士学位（1997）。她的其他书籍包括《继承三部曲》（2010-2011年）和《梦血二部曲》（2012年），故事集《黑色未来月还有多久》（2018年），以及DC漫画公司的漫画系列《远区》（2019-2021年）。