ケント・ハルフ（1943–2014）は、アメリカの小説家。故郷コロラド州の平原を舞台に、家族や隣人とのつながりを描いた。『Plainsong』（未邦訳）は1999年の全米図書賞最終候補作。死後に刊行された『夜のふたりの魂』（Our Souls at Night）では、伴侶を亡くした二人が、夜ごと語り合いながら親しくなっていく姿を描いた。
Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist whose stories are set on the plains of his native Colorado. His fiction explores the ties among families and neighbors. “Plainsong” was a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award. Published after his death, “Our Souls at Night” (『夜のふたりの魂』) tells the story of two widowed neighbors who grow close through their conversations at night.
