Ambassador Book Award

Attributo da English-Speaking Union of the United States

116 opere 212,012 libri 4,706 recensioni 4.0
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 mostra altro 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 mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (115), Shortlist (1)
Categorie:
Anni:
Tutto, 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

OperaCategoriaAnno
La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks di Rebecca SklootAmerican Studies2011
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century di Alan BrinkleyBiography/Autobiography2011
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg di Deborah EisenbergFiction2011
Every Riven Thing: Poems di Christian WimanPoetry2011
The Memory Chalet di Tony JudtSpecial Distinction Award2011
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression di Morris DicksteinAmerican Studies2010
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War di James MannAmerican Studies2010
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life di Melvin I. UrofskyBiography/Autobiography2010
Questo bacio vada al mondo intero di Colum McCannFiction2010
Mercury Dressing: Poems di J. D. McClatchyPoetry2010
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original di 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 di Christopher BenfeyAmerican Studies2009
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir di Donald WorsterBiography/Autobiography2009
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals di Jane MayerCurrent Affairs2009
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories di Steven MillhauserFiction2009
Old War: Poems di Alan ShapiroPoetry2009
Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics di Rebecca SolnitAmerican Studies2008
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties di Robert StoneAutobiography2008
Edith Wharton di Hermione LeeBiography2008
Il fondamentalista riluttante di Mohsin HamidFiction2008
Blackbird and Wolf: Poems di Henri ColePoetry2008
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl di Timothy EganAmerican Studies2007
La vita dopo di Donald AntrimAutobiography2007
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher di Debby ApplegateBiography2007
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq di Thomas E. RicksCurrent Affairs2007
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel di Amy HempelFiction2007
Averno: Poems di Louise GlückPoetry2007
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America di Stacy SchiffAmerican Studies2006
Robert Oppenheimer, il padre della bomba atomica di Kai BirdBiography/Autobiography2006
Liberation di Joanna ScottFiction2006
Migration: New & Selected Poems di W. S. MerwinPoetry2006
Washington's Crossing di David Hackett FischerAmerican Studies2005
de Kooning: An American Master di Mark StevensBiography/Autobiography2005
Gilead di Marilynne RobinsonFiction2005
Collected Poems di Donald JusticePoetry2005
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 di David MaranissAmerican Studies2004
Hawthorne: A Life di Brenda WineappleBiography/Autobiography2004
Il tempo di una canzone di Richard PowersFiction2004
Collected Poems di Robert LowellPoetry2004
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 di Mary Beth NortonAmerican Studies2003
Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War di T. J. StilesBiography/Autobiography2003
Middlesex di Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
Springing: New and Selected Poems di Marie PonsotPoetry2003
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution di Diane McWhorterAmerican Studies2002
John Adams di David McCulloughBiography/Autobiography2002
Il declino dell'impero Whiting di Richard RussoFiction2002
The Darkness and the Light: Poems di Anthony HechtPoetry2002
Il cuore dell'oceano: il naufragio della baleniera Essex di Nathaniel PhilbrickAmerican Studies2001
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst di David NasawBiography/Autobiography2001
L'angelo sul tetto di Russell BanksFiction2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker di Robert HassPoetry2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson di Robert HassPoetry2001
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 di David M. KennedyAmerican Studies2000
Morgan: American Financier di Jean StrouseBiography/Autobiography2000
Gente del Wyoming di Annie ProulxFiction2000
Vita Nova di Louise GlückPoetry2000
Slaves in the Family di Edward BallAmerican Studies1999
N. C. Wyeth: A Biography di David MichaelisBiography/Autobiography1999
Ho sposato un comunista di Philip RothFiction1999
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren di Robert Penn WarrenPoetry1999
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America di Robert HughesAmerican Studies1998
Burning the Days: Recollection di James SalterAutobiography1998
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson di Joseph J. EllisBiography1998
Underworld di Peter ConradFiction1998
Underworld di Don DeLilloFiction1998
Black Zodiac: Poems di Charles WrightPoetry1998
God and the American Writer di Alfred KazinSpecial Prize1998
Undaunted Courage di Stephen E. AmbroseAmerican Studies1997
Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century di Robert W. MerryBiography/Autobiography1997
Nello splendore dei gigli di John UpdikeFiction1997
The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 di Robert PinskyPoetry1997
Moving Violations di John HockenberryAmerican Studies1996
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography di David S. ReynoldsBiography/Autobiography1996
All the days and nights: the collected stories di William MaxwellFiction1996
Atlantis: Poems by di Mark DotyPoetry1996
Il club dei bugiardi di Mary KarrSpecial Award1996
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South di John EgertonAmerican Studies1995
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II di Doris Kearns GoodwinBiography/Autobiography1995
The Collected Stories di Grace PaleyFiction1995
Like Most Revelations di Richard HowardPoetry1995
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race di David Levering LewisBiography/Autobiography1994
The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court : Stories di Peter TaylorFiction1994
Tesserae and Other Poems di John HollanderPoetry1994
Up in the Old Hotel di Joseph MitchellAmerican Arts & Letters1993
Lincon a Gettysburg di Garry WillsAmerican Studies1993
Archibald MacLeish; an American Life di Scott DonaldsonBiography/Autobiography1993
Outerbridge Reach di Robert Stone1993
Una specie di solitudine di John CheeverAmerican Arts & Letters1992
Guerra Fredda di Michael R. BeschlossAmerican Studies1992
Woodrow Wilson di August HeckscherBiography/Autobiography1992
La casa delle tre sorelle di Jane SmileyFiction1992
American Views: Essays on American Art di John WilmerdingSpecial Prize1992
The House of Barrymore di Margot PetersAmerican Arts & Letters1991
New York Life: Of Friends and Others di Brendan GillAmerican Studies1991
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance di Ron ChernowBiography/Autobiography1991
Killing Mister Watson di Peter MatthiessenFiction1991
The Writing Life di Annie DillardAmerican Arts & Letters1990
Un posto che si chiama scuola di Tracy KidderAmerican Studies1990
Un vero bugiardo: vita di un ragazzo nell'America degli anni '50 di Tobias WolffBiography/Autobiography1990
L' ultima vedova sudista vuota il sacco di Allan GurganusFiction1990
At Home: Essays 1982-1988 di Gore VidalAmerican Arts & Letters1989
Vietnam. Una sporca bugia di Neil SheehanAmerican Studies1989
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 di Taylor BranchBiography/Autobiography1989
Da dove sto chiamando di Raymond CarverFiction1989
The Collected Prose di Robert LowellAmerican Arts & Letters1988
Miami di Joan DidionAmerican Studies1988
Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright di Brendan GillBiography/Autobiography1988
Il falò delle vanità di Tom WolfeFiction1988
Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visonary Communities Remaking the American Dream di Frances FitzGeraldAmerican Studies1987
I cicli della storia americana di Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.American Studies1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America di Arnold RampersadBiography/Autobiography1987
La versione di Roger di John UpdikeFiction1987
The Story of English di Robert McCrumSpecial Citation1987
Lake Wobegon Days di Garrison KeillorFiction1986
Turista per caso di Anne TylerFiction1986

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Descrizioni

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, Scritto da un membro)
discontinued (Russian, Scritto da un membro)

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