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William Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959) is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer, and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction for the novel ''Europe Central''.〔 ("National Book Awards – 2005" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-27. (With acceptance speech by Vollmann, introduction by Andre Dubus III, essay by Tom LeClair from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog, and other material.)〕 He lives in Sacramento, California, with his wife and daughter. ==Biography== William Vollmann was born in Los Angeles and lived there for five years. He attended public high school in Bloomington, Indiana, and has also lived in New Hampshire, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. His father was Thomas E. Vollmann, a business professor at Indiana University. When he was nine years old, Vollmann's six-year-old sister drowned in a pond while under his supervision, and he felt responsible for her death. According to him, this loss has influenced much of his work.〔(Interview: "William T. Vollman" ), KCRW, 11 April 2004〕 Vollmann studied at Deep Springs College, and completed a B.A., ''summa cum laude'', in comparative literature at Cornell University. After graduation, Vollmann went on to the University of California, Berkeley, on a fellowship for a doctoral program in comparative literature.〔 He dropped out after one year.〔 Vollmann lives in Sacramento, California, with his wife, who is a radiation oncologist, and their daughter. 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「William T. Vollmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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