The Age Book of the Year AwardShortlistNon-fiction

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Altri nomi: The Age Book of the Year (Inglese), Age Book of the Year Award (Inglese), Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize (Inglese)
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The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the mostra altro Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for fiction (or imaginative writing), the other for non-fiction work, but in 1993, a poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added. The criteria are that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character" and published in the year before the awards are made. One of the award-winners is chosen as The Age Book of the Year. mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (74), Shortlist (290), Non ci sono fasi (17)
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Tutto, Saggistica (139)
Anni:
Tutto, 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2010 (4), 2009 (4), 2008 (4), 2007 (2), 2006 (4), 2005 (4), 2004 (4), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (3), 1999 (5), 1998 (3), 1997 (2), 1996 (3), 1995 (4), 1994 (3), 1993 (2), 1992 (4), 1991 (3), 1990 (2), 1989 (4), 1988 (4), 1987 (3), 1986 (4), 1985 (4), 1984 (6), 1983 (6), 1982 (4), 1981 (3), 1980 (2), 1979 (4), 1978 (7), 1977 (4), 1976 (3), 1975 (1)

Shortlist 139

OperaAnno
Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance di Jane Gleeson-White2012
Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath di Paul Ham2012
Kinglake-350 di Adrian Hyland2012
Fishing the River of Time di Tony Taylor2012
Sydney di Delia Falconer2011
When It Rains: A Memoir di Maggie MacKellar2011
When horse became saw di Anthony Macris2011
The many worlds of R. H. Mathews : in search of an Australian anthropologist di Martin Thomas2011
Flying with paper wings : reflections on living with madness di Sandy Jeffs2010
Listening to Country: A Journey to the Heart of What It Means to Belong di Ros Moriarty2010
The lost mother : a story of art and love di Anne Summers2010
Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter di Maria Tumarkin2010
Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History di Jenny Hocking2009
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee di Chloe Hooper2009
Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution di Iain McCalman2009
The Red Highway di Nicolas Rothwell2009
I Am Melba di Ann Blainey2008
Van Diemen's Land di James Boyce2008
An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin di Jacqueline Kent2008
A Family History of Smoking di Andrew Riemer2008
Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape can be Saved di Peter Andrews2007
Gemma impura di Alice Pung2007
A trial separation : Australia and the decolonisation of Papua New Guinea di Donald Denoon2006
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth di Tim Flannery2006
Thunder from the Silent Zone: Rethinking China di Paul Monk2006
Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives di Helen O'Neill2006
A certain maritime incident : the sinking of SIEV X di Tony Kevin2005
Leaving Year Zero: Stories of Surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia di Richard Lunn2005
In Tasmania: Adventures at the End of the World di Nicholas Shakespeare2005
Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden di Andrew Stafford2005
Inside Out di Robert Adamson2004
Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics di Robyn Arianrhod2004
Dancing With Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact di Inga Clendinnen2004
Car Wars : How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities di Graeme Davison2004
The Philosopher's Dog di Raimond Gaita2003
Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession di Barry Hill2003
Black sheep : journey to Borroloola di Nicholas Jose2003
Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna di Peter Singer2003
Gallipoli di Les Carlyon2002
C'era una volta la DDR di Anna Funder2002
The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes di Christopher Kremmer2002
An Indelible Stain?: The Question of Genocide in Australia's History di Henry Reynolds2002
The White Divers of Broome. The true story of a fatal experiment di John Bailey2001
The colonial earth di Tim Bonyhady2001
Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000 di Anna Haebich2001
The Essence of Capitalism: The Origins of Our Future di Humphrey McQueen2001
Tiger's Eye: A Memoir di Inga Clendinnen2000
A Better Woman : A Memoir of Motherhood di Susan Johnson2000
Stravinsky's Lunch di Drusilla Modjeska2000
Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A World That Is, Was and Will Be di Diane Bell1999
White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society di Ghassan Hage1999
Sex and Suffering: Women's Health and a Women's Hospital di Janet McCalman1999
Frontier Lands and Pioneer Legends: How Pastoralists Gained Karuwali Land di Pamela Lukin Watson1999
Sins of the brother: The definitive story of Ivan Milat and the backpacker murders di Mark Whittaker1999
Sister, Sister di Anna Rosner Blay1998
South of my days : a biography of Judith Wright di Veronica Brady1998
Romulus mio padre (titolo originale Romulus, My Father) di Raimond Gaita1998
The Europeans in Australia : a history di Alan Atkinson1997
The Fiftieth Gate di Mark Raphael Baker1997
Keating: The Inside Story di John Edwards1996
Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia (Studies in Australian History) di Tom Griffiths1996
Spaces in Her Day: Australian Women's Diaries, 1920s and 1930s di Katie Holmes1996
Bearbrass : imagining early Melbourne di Robyn Annear1995
The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Power di Helen Garner1995
One Summer, Every Summer - An Ashes Journal di Gideon Haigh1995
Good Times, Hard Times: The Past and the Future in Elizabeth di Mark Peel1995
Rose Scott: Vision and Revision in Feminism di Judith A. Allen1994
Georgiana : a biography of Georgiana McCrae, painter, diarist, pioneer di Brenda Niall1994
Noel Counihan: Artist and Revolutionary di Bernard Smith1994
Take Me to Paris, Johnny di John Foster1993
Christina Stead: A Biography di Hazel Rowley1993
Wards of the state : an autobiographical novella di Robert Adamson1992
Tell Me I'm Here: One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia di Anne Deveson1992
Waterloo Creek : the Australia Day massacre of 1838, George Gipps and the British conquest of New South Wales di Roger Milliss1992
Inside Outside: Life Between Two Worlds (Imprint Lives) di Andrew Riemer1992
Sitting in di Barry Hill1991
My strange friend: An autobiography (Picador) di David Martin1991
The Seeds of Time: The Life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet di Christopher Sexton1991
Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914 di Terence Lane1990
Poppy di Drusilla Modjeska1990
The Puzzles of Childhood di Manning Clark1989
Don't Take Your Love to Town di Ruby Langford1989
Martin Boyd, a life di Brenda Niall1989
MY FATHER'S SON di Ric Throssell1989
Louisa di Brian Matthews1988
Survival in Our Own Land: 'Aboriginal' Experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836 di Christobel Mattingley1988
Paradise found and lost di O. H. K. Spate1988
Two Centuries of Panic: A History of Corporate Collapses in Australia di Trevor Sykes1988
Arthur Phillip, 1738-1814: His Voyaging di Alan Frost1987
The limits of hope : soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915-38 di Marilyn Lake1987
Whole Life: An Autobiography di Morris Lurie1987
The Soldiers Story di Terry Burstall1986
The war diaries of Weary Dunlop : Java and the Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1945 di E. E. Dunlop1986
Plankton's luck: A life in retrospect di Mungo MacCallum1986
Heroes di John Pilger1986
Memory Ireland: Insights Into the Contemporary Irish Condition di Vincent Buckley1985
A Knockabout With A Slouch Hat di T. A. G. Hungerford1985
Raffaello! Raffaello!: A biography of Raffaello Carboni di Desmond O'Grady1985
The moon man : a biography of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay di E. M. Webster1985
Punishment short of death : a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island di Margaret Hazzard1984
Struggletown: Public and Private Life in Richmond, 1900-1965 di Janet McCalman1984
Will Dyson: Cartoonist, etcher, and Australia's finest war artist di Ross McMullin1984
Wild man of letters: The story of P.R. Stephensen di Craig Munro1984
The boy Adeodatus : the portrait of a lucky young bastard di Bernard Smith1984
Gilbert Murray: A Life di F R West1984
Full fathom five di Mary Albertus Bain1983
Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic (Adrenaline Classic Series) di Lennard Bickel1983
Cutting Green Hay - Friendships, Movements and Cultural Conflicts In Australia's Great Decades di Vincent Buckley1983
Sons in the saddle di Mary Durack1983
Against the stream : the memories of a philosophical anarchist, 1927-1939 di A. F. Howells1983
This is the ABC : the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1932-1983 di K. S. Inglis1983
Robert Hawke di Blanche d'Alpuget1982
Gods and Politicians di Bruce Grant1982
The Golden Age of Australian Opera: W. S. Lyster and His Companies, 1861-1880 (Music) di Harold Love1982
France Australe : a study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia, 1503-1826 di Leslie Ronald Marchant1982
Trial Balance di H. C. Coombs1981
Annie's Coming Out di Rosemary Crossley1981
A Fortunate Life di A. B. Facey1981
Henry Parkes - A Biography di A. W. Martin1980
Whirlwinds in the plain: Ludwig Leichhardt--friends, foes, and history di E. M. Webster1980
Ernest Giles : explorer and traveller, 1835-1897 di Ray Ericksen1979
Weevils in the flour : an oral record of the 1930s depression in Australia di Wendy Lowenstein1979
This Bed My Centre di Ellen Newton1979
The Spanish lake di O. H. K. Spate1979
A History of Australia, Vol. 4: The Earth Abideth for ever 1851-1888 di Manning Clark1978
Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby di Blanche d'Alpuget1978
Die Like the Carp! di Harry Gordon1978
The secret state : Australia's spy industry di Richard Hall1978
Australia's founding mothers di Helen Heney1978
Going it alone : Australia's national identity in the twentieth century di W. F. Mandle1978
A nation for a continent: The history of Australia, 1901-1975 di Russel Ward1978
Ruling Class, Ruling Culture: Studies of Conflict, Power and Hegemony in Australian Life. di R. W. Connell1977
Lament for the Barkindji : the vanished tribes of the Darling River region di Bobbie Hardy1977
Mucking about : an autobiography di Paul Hasluck1977
Bairnsdale : portrait of an Australian country town di Hal Porter1977
Cape Solitary di Ray Ericksen1976
A Time for Building: Australian Administration in Papua and New Guinea, 1951–1963 di Paul Hasluck1976
Lion and kangaroo : Australia 1901-1919, the rise of a nation di Gavin Souter1976
Native companions : essays and comments on Australian literature, 1936-1966 di A. D. Hope1975

Descrizioni

The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for fiction (or imaginative writing), the other for non-fiction work, but in 1993, a poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added. The criteria are that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character" and published in the year before the awards are made. One of the award-winners is chosen as The Age Book of the Year. (English, Scritto da un membro)
The Age Book of the Year Awards were annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were discontinued in 2013. (English, Scritto da un membro)
The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. A poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added. The criteria are that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character" and published in the year before the awards are made. (English, Scritto da un membro)
discontinued (Russian, Scritto da un membro)

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