LA Times Book Prize1997

Given by Los Angeles Times

Muut nimet: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (englanti)
34 teosta 67,045 kirjaa 1,382 arvostelua ½ 3.9
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 näytä lisää of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. näytä vähemmän
Stages:
Kaikki, Winner (364), Finalist (1,601)
Luokat:
Vuodet:
Kaikki, 2023 (61), 2022 (55), 2021 (56), 2020 (28), 2019 (57), 2018 (51), 2017 (50), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (46), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (49), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (44), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (34), 1996 (53), 1995 (35), 1994 (34), 1993 (33), 1992 (30), 1991 (34), 1990 (18), 1989 (10), 1988 (9), 1987 (9), 1986 (10), 1985 (9), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (9), 1981 (10), 1980 (8)
Announced:
huhtikuu 19: Winner2023 Viimeksi
helmikuu 21: Finalist2023 Viimeksi

Winner 7

TeosKategoriaVuosi
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (tekijä: Sam Tanenhaus)Biography1997
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (tekijä: Anne Fadiman)Current Interest1997
In the Rogue Blood (tekijä: James Carlos Blake)Fiction1997
Don't Erase Me: Stories (tekijä: Carolyn Ferrell)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (tekijä: Orlando Figes)History1997
Black Zodiac: Poems (tekijä: Charles Wright)Poetry1997
How the Mind Works (tekijä: Steven Pinker)Science & Technology1997

Finalist 34

TeosKategoriaVuosi
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (tekijä: Sam Tanenhaus)Biography1997
Nazimova: A Biography (tekijä: Gavin Lambert)Biography1997
Burning the Days: Recollection (tekijä: James Salter)Biography1997
Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life (tekijä: Alan Schom)Biography1997
Humphrey Bogart : elämä ja elokuvat (tekijä: A.M. Sperber)Biography1997
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (tekijä: Anne Fadiman)Current Interest1997
The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture (tekijä: Daniel Harris)Current Interest1997
Race, Crime, and the Law (tekijä: Randall Kennedy)Current Interest1997
Jäätäviin korkeuksiin : murhenäytelmä Mount Everestillä (tekijä: Jon Krakauer)Current Interest1997
Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb (tekijä: Bernard Lefkowitz)Current Interest1997
In the Rogue Blood (tekijä: James Carlos Blake)Fiction1997
Lukuhetkiä pimeässä (tekijä: Seamus Deane)Fiction1997
The Ordinary Seaman (tekijä: Francisco Goldman)Fiction1997
California's Over (tekijä: Louis B. Jones)Fiction1997
Lukija (tekijä: Bernhard Schlink)Fiction1997
Don't Erase Me: Stories (tekijä: Carolyn Ferrell)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
A Crime in the Neighborhood (tekijä: Suzanne Berne)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
Round Rock (tekijä: Michelle Huneven)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
A Child Out of Alcatraz (tekijä: Tara Ison)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
Joutavuuksien jumala (tekijä: Arundhati Roy)First fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1997
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (tekijä: Orlando Figes)History1997
The Years of Persecution: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939 (tekijä: Saul Friedländer)History1997
Sun Dancing (tekijä: Geoffrey Moorhouse)History1997
Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village (tekijä: Serge Schmemann)History1997
Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West (tekijä: Peter N. Stearns)History1997
Black Zodiac: Poems (tekijä: Charles Wright)Poetry1997
Resurrection Update: Collected Poems, 1975-1997 (tekijä: James Galvin)Poetry1997
An Octave above Thunder (Poets, Penguin) (tekijä: Carol Muske)Poetry1997
Natal Command (Phoenix Poets Series) (tekijä: Peter Sacks)Poetry1997
How the Mind Works (tekijä: Steven Pinker)Science & Technology1997
Todellisuuden rakenne (tekijä: David Deutsch)Science & Technology1997
Venus Revealed : A New Look Below the Clouds of our Mysterious Twin Planet (tekijä: David Harry Grinspoon)Science & Technology1997
Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague (tekijä: Richard Rhodes)Science & Technology1997
The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predicament (tekijä: Robert M. Sapolsky)Science & Technology1997

Kuvailut

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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