William Saroyan International Prize for WritingNonfiction

Attributo da William Saroyan Foundation

Altri nomi: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Finalist (Inglese), William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Shortlist (Inglese)
89 opere 3,029 libri 162 recensioni 4.1
The Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation jointly award the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, a biennial competition for newly-published books. The prize mostra altro commemorates the life, legacy and intentions of William Saroyan - author, artist, dramatist, composer - and is intended to encourage new or emerging writers, rather than to recognize established literary figures. mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Finalist (30), Shortlist (139), Non ci sono fasi (19)
Categorie:
Tutto, Narrativa (93), Fiction winner (2), Saggistica (89), Nonfiction winner (3), Nessuna categoria (1)
Anni:
Tutto, 2022 (1), 2020 (14), 2018 (15), 2016 (14), 2014 (15), 2012 (11), 2010 (15), 2008 (2), 2005 (2)

Finalist 13

OperaAnno
Riverine: A Memoir from Anywhere but Here di Angela Palm2018
Shakespeare in Swahililand: In Search of a Global Poet di Edward Wilson-Lee2018
Russian Tattoo: A Memoir di Elena Gorokhova2016
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War di Susan Southard2016
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics di Daniel James Brown2014
Solacers di Arion Golmakani2012
Pulphead: Essays di John Jeremiah Sullivan2012
Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life di Brian Brett2010
Aesop's Mirror: A Love Story di Maryalice Huggins2010
Ticket to Exile di Adam David Miller2008
Return of the Condor: The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction di John Moir2008
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia di Tom Bissell2005
The Children's Blizzard di David Laskin2005

Shortlist 70

OperaAnno
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria di Rania Abouzeid2020
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me di Adrienne Brodeur2020
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays di Alexander Chee2020
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life di Doug Bock Clark2020
Neruda: The Poet's Calling di Mark Eisner2020
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation di Robert W. Fieseler2020
A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice di William E. Glassley2020
Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa di Akemi Johnson2020
Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories di Michael Khodarkovsky2020
In the Dream House: A Memoir di Carmen Maria Machado2020
Why We Fight: One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring di Josh Rosenblatt2020
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds di Caroline Van Hemert2020
The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice di Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh2020
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste di Bianca Bosker2018
No Relation di Paula Carter2018
Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve di Lenora Chu2018
Juliet's Answer: One Man's Search for Love and the Elusive Cure for Heartbreak di Glenn Dixon2018
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen di Kate Fagan2018
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone di Olivia Laing2018
The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat: A Young Woman's Search for Ethical Food di Marissa Landrigan2018
Grazie, Obama. I miei anni alla Casa Bianca. Memorie semiserie di un giovane scrittore di discorsi. di David Litt2018
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp di Ben Rawlence2018
Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim di Sabeeha Rehman2018
The People Elsewhere: Unbound Journeys with the Storytellers of Myanmar di Lucas Stewart2018
Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction di Britt Wray2018
Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World di Andy Bull2016
The Four Words for Home di Angie Chuang2016
Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging di Joshua Dolezal2016
Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War di David Halton2016
Bettyville: A Memoir di George Hodgman2016
The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World di Joel K. Bourne Jr2016
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War di Rohini Mohan2016
A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother's Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade di Barbara Rylko-Bauer2016
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape di Lauret Savoy2016
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey Through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond di Meline Toumani2016
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return di Kenan Trebincevic2016
Crossing the Line: A Marriage across Borders di Linda Valdez2016
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care di Cris Beam2014
We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust di Ellen Cassedy2014
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir di Reyna Grande2014
Telling Our Way to the Sea: A Voyage of Discovery in the Sea of Cortez di Aaron Hirsh2014
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation di Yossi Klein Halevi2014
The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century di David Laskin2014
River Bend Chronicle: The Junkification of a Boyhood Idyll amid the Curious Glory of Urban Iowa di Ben Miller2014
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir di Deborah A. Miranda2014
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story di Qais Akbar Omar2014
The Man with the Bionic Brain: And Other Victories over Paralysis di Jon Mukand MD PhD2014
Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America di Mark Schimmoeller2014
God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine di Victoria Sweet2014
The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society di David Wolman2014
Under Surge, Under Siege: The Odyssey of Bay St. Louis and Katrina di Ellis Anderson2012
Tales from a Mountain City: A Vietnam War Memoir di Quynh Dao2012
The Good Daughter di Jasmin Darznik2012
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam di Eliza Griswold2012
Family of Shadows: A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream di Garin K. Hovannisian2012
Black Elephants: A Memoir di Karol Nielsen2012
Confessions of a Left-Handed Man: An Artist's Memoir (Sightline Books) di Peter Selgin2012
Rattlesnake Daddy: A Son's Search for His Father di Brent Spencer2012
Me as her again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter di Nancy Agabian2010
Notes from no man's land di Eula Bliss2010
The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction di Glen Chilton2010
The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars di Christopher Cokinos2010
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood di Taras Grescoe2010
Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents di Minal Hajratwala2010
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds di Trevor Herriot2010
Opa Nobody di Sonya Huber2010
The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption di Harry N. MacLean2010
Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island di Peter Rudiak-Gould2010
Everyone Had Cameras di Richard Steven Street2010
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story di Christina Thompson2010

Non ci sono fasi 6

OperaAnno
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir di Wayétu Moore2022
Homesick di Jennifer Croft2020
On Trails: An Exploration di Robert Moor2018
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code di Margalit Fox2014
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating di Elisabeth Tova Bailey2012
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire di Linda Himelstein2010

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