Ambassador Book Award

Utdelare: English-Speaking Union of the United States

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Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American visa mer life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website visa färre
Stadier:
Alla, Winner (115), Shortlist (1)
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År:
Alla, 2011 (5), 2010 (6), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (6), 2006 (4), 2005 (5), 2004 (4), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (5), 2000 (4), 1999 (4), 1998 (7), 1997 (4), 1996 (5), 1995 (4), 1994 (3), 1993 (4), 1992 (5), 1991 (4), 1990 (4), 1989 (4), 1988 (4), 1987 (5), 1986 (2)

Winner 115

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Henrietta Lacks odödliga liv av Rebecca SklootAmerican Studies2011
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century av Alan BrinkleyBiography/Autobiography2011
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg av Deborah EisenbergFiction2011
Every Riven Thing: Poems av Christian WimanPoetry2011
Minneshärbärget av Tony JudtSpecial Distinction Award2011
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression av Morris DicksteinAmerican Studies2010
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War av James MannAmerican Studies2010
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life av Melvin I. UrofskyBiography/Autobiography2010
Let the Great World Spin av Colum McCannFiction2010
Mercury Dressing: Poems av J. D. McClatchyPoetry2010
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original av Robin D. G. KelleySpecial Distinction Award2010
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade av Christopher BenfeyAmerican Studies2009
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir av Donald WorsterBiography/Autobiography2009
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals av Jane MayerCurrent Affairs2009
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories av Steven MillhauserFiction2009
Old War: Poems av Alan ShapiroPoetry2009
Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics av Rebecca SolnitAmerican Studies2008
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties av Robert StoneAutobiography2008
Edith Wharton av Hermione LeeBiography2008
Den ovillige fundamentalisten av Mohsin HamidFiction2008
Blackbird and Wolf: Poems av Henri ColePoetry2008
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl av Timothy EganAmerican Studies2007
The Afterlife av Donald AntrimAutobiography2007
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher av Debby ApplegateBiography2007
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq av Thomas E. RicksCurrent Affairs2007
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel av Amy HempelFiction2007
Averno: Poems av Louise GlückPoetry2007
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America av Stacy SchiffAmerican Studies2006
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer av Kai BirdBiography/Autobiography2006
Liberation av Joanna ScottFiction2006
Migration: New & Selected Poems av W. S. MerwinPoetry2006
Washington's Crossing av David Hackett FischerAmerican Studies2005
de Kooning: An American Master av Mark StevensBiography/Autobiography2005
Gilead av Marilynne RobinsonFiction2005
Collected Poems av Donald JusticePoetry2005
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 av David MaranissAmerican Studies2004
Hawthorne: A Life av Brenda WineappleBiography/Autobiography2004
The Time of Our Singing av Richard PowersFiction2004
Collected Poems av Robert LowellPoetry2004
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 av Mary Beth NortonAmerican Studies2003
Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War av T. J. StilesBiography/Autobiography2003
Middlesex av Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
Springing: New and Selected Poems av Marie PonsotPoetry2003
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution av Diane McWhorterAmerican Studies2002
John Adams av David McCulloughBiography/Autobiography2002
Empire Falls av Richard RussoFiction2002
The Darkness and the Light: Poems av Anthony HechtPoetry2002
I hjärtat av havet : den tragiska berättelsen om valfångstfartyget Essex av Nathaniel PhilbrickAmerican Studies2001
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst av David NasawBiography/Autobiography2001
The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks av Russell BanksFiction2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker av Robert HassPoetry2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson av Robert HassPoetry2001
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 av David M. KennedyAmerican Studies2000
Morgan: American Financier av Jean StrouseBiography/Autobiography2000
Close Range av Annie ProulxFiction2000
Vita Nova av Louise GlückPoetry2000
Slaves in the Family av Edward BallAmerican Studies1999
N. C. Wyeth: A Biography av David MichaelisBiography/Autobiography1999
Gift med en kommunist av Philip RothFiction1999
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren av Robert Penn WarrenPoetry1999
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America av Robert HughesAmerican Studies1998
Brända dagar : minnen av James SalterAutobiography1998
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson av Joseph J. EllisBiography1998
Underworld av Peter ConradFiction1998
Under jord av Don DeLilloFiction1998
Black Zodiac: Poems av Charles WrightPoetry1998
God and the American Writer av Alfred KazinSpecial Prize1998
Undaunted Courage av Stephen E. AmbroseAmerican Studies1997
Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century av Robert W. MerryBiography/Autobiography1997
I liljors skönhet av John UpdikeFiction1997
The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 av Robert PinskyPoetry1997
Moving Violations av John HockenberryAmerican Studies1996
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography av David S. ReynoldsBiography/Autobiography1996
All the days and nights: the collected stories av William MaxwellFiction1996
Atlantis: Poems by av Mark DotyPoetry1996
The Liars' Club: A Memoir av Mary KarrSpecial Award1996
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South av John EgertonAmerican Studies1995
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II av Doris Kearns GoodwinBiography/Autobiography1995
The Collected Stories av Grace PaleyFiction1995
Like Most Revelations av Richard HowardPoetry1995
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race av David Levering LewisBiography/Autobiography1994
The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court : Stories av Peter TaylorFiction1994
Tesserae and Other Poems av John HollanderPoetry1994
Up in the Old Hotel av Joseph MitchellAmerican Arts & Letters1993
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America av Garry WillsAmerican Studies1993
Archibald MacLeish; an American Life av Scott DonaldsonBiography/Autobiography1993
Outerbridge Reach av Robert Stone1993
The Journals of John Cheever av John CheeverAmerican Arts & Letters1992
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 av Michael R. BeschlossAmerican Studies1992
Woodrow Wilson av August HeckscherBiography/Autobiography1992
Tusen tunnland av Jane SmileyFiction1992
American Views: Essays on American Art av John WilmerdingSpecial Prize1992
The House of Barrymore av Margot PetersAmerican Arts & Letters1991
New York Life: Of Friends and Others av Brendan GillAmerican Studies1991
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance av Ron ChernowBiography/Autobiography1991
Killing Mister Watson av Peter MatthiessenFiction1991
The Writing Life av Annie DillardAmerican Arts & Letters1990
Among Schoolchildren av Tracy KidderAmerican Studies1990
This Boy's Life av Tobias WolffBiography/Autobiography1990
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All av Allan GurganusFiction1990
At Home: Essays 1982-1988 av Gore VidalAmerican Arts & Letters1989
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam av Neil SheehanAmerican Studies1989
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 av Taylor BranchBiography/Autobiography1989
Där jag ringer ifrån av Raymond CarverFiction1989
The Collected Prose av Robert LowellAmerican Arts & Letters1988
Miami av Joan DidionAmerican Studies1988
Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright av Brendan GillBiography/Autobiography1988
Fåfängans fyrverkeri av Tom WolfeFiction1988
Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visonary Communities Remaking the American Dream av Frances FitzGeraldAmerican Studies1987
The Cycles of American History av Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.American Studies1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America av Arnold RampersadBiography/Autobiography1987
Rogers version : [en roman] av John UpdikeFiction1987
The Story of English av Robert McCrumSpecial Citation1987
Dagar i Lake Wobegon av Garrison KeillorFiction1986
Den tillfällige turisten av Anne TylerFiction1986

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Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website (English, Medlemsbidrag)
discontinued (Russian, Medlemsbidrag)

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