American Library in Paris Book Award

Attributo da American Library in Paris

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The American Library in Paris Book Award (est. 2010) is a book award established by the American Library in Paris. It is awarded each November with a remunerative prize of $5,000 for the "most mostra altro distinguished book of the year about France or the encounters between France and the United States." The first award was given in 2013. The library "was founded and originally run by American expatriates in Paris in 1920, with books that had been sent by American libraries to soldiers fighting in World War I." mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winners (10), Shortlist (50), Longlist (5)
Anni:
Tutto, 2023 (10), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (5), 2017 (6), 2016 (6), 2015 (5), 2014 (6), 2013 (5)

Winners 10

OperaAnno
France: An Adventure History di Graham Robb2022
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture di Sudhir Hazareesingh2021
The Plateau di Maggie Paxson2020
Hate: the rising tide of anti-semitism in France (and what It means for us) di Marc Weitzmann2019
De Gaulle di Julian Jackson2018
The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables di David Bellos2017
The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France di Ethan B. Katz2016
The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered di Laura Auricchio2015
An Officer and a Spy di Robert Harris2014
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam di Fredrik Logevall2013

Shortlist 50

OperaAnno
Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc di Katherine J. Chen2023
Americans in Paris : artists working in postwar France, 1946-1962 di Lynn Gumpert2023
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain di Julian Jackson2023
#You Know You're Black in France When: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness di Trica Keaton2023
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History di Joel Warner2023
The Caretakers di Amanda Bestor-Siegal2022
City of Incurable Women di Maud Casey2022
In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism di J. P. Daughton2022
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal di Peter Watson2022
Leonora in the Morning Light di Michaela Carter2021
Letters to Camondo di Edmund De Waal2021
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries di Emma Rothschild2021
Perestroika in Paris di Jane Smiley2021
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking di Bill Buford2020
The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum di James Gardner2020
The Vexations di Caitlin Horrocks2020
Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France di Rachel Mesch2020
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern di Maurice Samuels2020
Little di Edward Carey2019
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely di Andrew S. Curran2019
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc di David Elliott2019
A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment di Stéphane Hénaut2019
The Flight Portfolio di Julie Orringer2019
The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera di Adam Begley2018
Caesar's Footprints: A Cultural Excursion to Ancient France: Journeys Through Roman Gaul di Bijan Omrani2018
Never Anyone But You di Rupert Thomson2018
Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris di Caroline Weber2018
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog di Adam Gidwitz2017
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies di Ross King2017
Duck Season di David McAninch2017
I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir di Nadja Spiegelman2017
The Némirovsky Question: The Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in Twentieth-Century France di Susan Rubin Suleiman2017
A Country Road, A Tree di Jo Baker2016
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others di Sarah Bakewell2016
The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed di Julie Barlow2016
Paris at War: 1939-1944 di David Drake2016
The Other Paris di Lucy Sante2016
The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880-1941 di Nancy L. Green2015
Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003 di Richard C. Keller2015
In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art di Sue Roe2015
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 di Ronald C. Rosbottom2015
How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair di Jonathan Beckman2014
The Embrace of Unreason: France, 1914-1940 di Frederick Brown2014
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize di Sean B. Carroll2014
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power di Philip Dwyer2014
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932: A Novel di Francine Prose2014
Cezanne: A Life di Alex Danchev2013
ˆIl ‰diario segreto del Conte di Montecristo di Tom Reiss2013
The Illusion of Separateness di Simon Van Booy2013
How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance di Marilyn Yalom2013

Longlist 5

OperaAnno
Paris and Her Cathedrals di R. Howard Bloch2023
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris di Mark Braude2023
Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette di John Hardman2023
The French Resistance and its Legacy di Rod Kedward2023
Unmaking Sex: The Gender Outlaws of Nineteenth-Century France di Anne E. Linton2023

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