RBC Taylor Prize

Attributo da Charles Taylor Foundation

Altri nomi: Charles Taylor Prize (Inglese), Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Inglese)
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The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian mostra altro historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (19), Finalist (70), Longlist (52)
Anni:
Tutto, 2020 (5), 2019 (9), 2018 (10), 2017 (12), 2016 (11), 2015 (11), 2014 (12), 2013 (15), 2012 (11), 2011 (5), 2010 (4), 2009 (3), 2008 (5), 2007 (3), 2006 (4), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2002 (6), 2000 (6)

Winner 19

OperaAnno
Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson (Untold Lives Series) di Mark Bourrie2020
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road di Kate Harris2019
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City di Tanya Talaga2018
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies di Ross King2017
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva di Rosemary Sullivan2016
They Left Us Everything: A Memoir di Plum Johnson2015
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America di Thomas King2014
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy di Andrew Preston2013
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery di Andrew Westoll2012
Mordecai: The Life & Times di Charles Foran2011
The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son di Ian Brown2010
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918 di Tim Cook2009
John A: The Man Who Made Us di Richard J. Gwyn2008
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest di Rudy Wiebe2007
Dead Man in Paradise di J. B. MacKinnon2006
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific di Charles Montgomery2005
Belonging di Isabel Huggan2004
Jane Austen di Carol Shields2002
Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir di Wayne Johnston2000

Finalist 70

OperaAnno
Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? di Robyn Doolittle2020
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls di Jessica Mcdiarmid2020
The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World di Ziya Tong2020
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator di Timothy C Winegard2020
Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood di Bill Gaston2019
Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music di Ian Hampton2019
All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir di Elizabeth Hay2019
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age di Darrel J. McLeod2019
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) di Stephen R. Bown2018
Life on the Ground Floor di James Maskalyk2018
In the Name of Humanity di Max Wallace2018
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz di Max Eisen2017
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story di Matti Friedman2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World di Marc Raboy2017
This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications di Diane Schoemperlen2017
Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? di Ian Brown2016
This Is Happy di Camilla Gibb2016
Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War di David Halton2016
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir di Wab Kinew2016
One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe di David O'Keefe2015
The Last Asylum di Barbara Taylor2015
And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa di M. G. Vassanji2015
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage di Kathleen Winter2015
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country di Charlotte Gray2014
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be di J. B. MacKinnon2014
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan di Graeme Smith2014
Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life di David Stouck2014
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca di Carol Bishop-Gwyn2013
Warlords: Borden;mackenzie King And Canada's World Wars di Tim Cook2013
Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page di Sandra Djwa2013
L'enigma del Cenacolo: l'avventura di un genio nel Rinascimento e dell'affresco che lo rese immortale di Ross King2013
Into the silence di Wade Davis2012
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe di Charlotte Gill2012
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit di Jj Lee2012
Afflictions and Departures di Madeline Sonik2012
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women di Stevie Cameron2011
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven di Ross King2011
The Geography of Arrival di George Sipos2011
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das di Merrily Weisbord2011
Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1968-2000 di John English2010
René Lévesque di Daniel Poliquin2010
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst di Kenneth Whyte2010
Sugar: A Bittersweet History di Elizabeth Abbott2009
Angel of Vengeance: The "Girl Assassin," the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World di Ana Siljak2009
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy di Kevin Bazzana2008
The Film Club: A Memoir di David Gilmour2008
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island di Lorna Goodison2008
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust di Anna Porter2008
Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 di John English2007
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism di Ross King2007
The Greek for Love: A Memoir of Sorrow and Joy di James Chatto2006
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 di Laura M. Mac Donald2006
The Boys: Or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter di John Terpstra2006
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark di Christopher Dewdney2005
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered di Patrick Lane2005
A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq di Paul William Roberts2005
In The Shadow Of Silence di Gertrud Baer2004
Lake of the Prairies di Warren Cariou2004
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground di J. Edward Chamberlin2004
Parigi 1919: sei mesi che cambiarono il mondo di Margaret MacMillan2004
Il signore del tempo di Clark Blaise2002
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten di Michael David Kwan2002
The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text di A. B. McKillop2002
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood di Nega Mezlekia2002
The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church di Margaret Visser2002
Losing the Dead di Lisa Appignanesi2000
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found di Wayson Choy2000
The Warrior's Honor di Michael Ignatieff2000
A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century di Witold Rybczynski2000
Always give a penny to a blind man : a memoir di Eric Wright2000

Longlist 52

OperaAnno
Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir di Mark Critch2019
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country di David Johnston2019
Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience di Allan Levine2019
Heart Berries: A Memoir di Terese Marie Mailhot2019
How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays di Mandy Len Catron2018
Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place di Daniel Coleman2018
The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to Freedom di Mohamed Fahmy2018
Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World di Michael Harris2018
A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land di Adam Shoalts2018
Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China di Jan Wong2018
Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD di Roméo Dallaire2017
An intimate wilderness : Arctic voices in a land of vast horizons di Norman Hallendy2017
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World di Mark Leiren-Young2017
Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend di Dan Robson2017
Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer (Life Writing) di Kenneth Sherman2017
Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve di Alexandra Shimo2017
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 di Bill Waiser2017
Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History di Andrew Cohen2016
Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey Into the New Heart of Africa di Will Ferguson2016
Zoroaster's Children: and Other Travels di Marius Kociejowski2016
Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway di Siobhan Roberts2016
The Prison Book Club di Ann Walmsley2016
Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead di Michael Winter2016
The Necessary War, Volume 1: Canadians Fighting The Second World War:1939-1943 di Tim Cook2015
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection di Michael Harris2015
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate di Naomi Klein2015
Berlin : Imagine a city di Rory MacLean2015
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design di Charles Montgomery2015
Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising di Alexandra Richie2015
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us di Carolyn Abraham2014
Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation di Mary Janigan2014
1914. Come la luce si spense sul mondo di ieri di Margaret MacMillan2014
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit di Witold Rybczynski2014
Without Honour di Rob Tripp2014
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad di Alison Wearing2014
Little Ship of Fools: Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic di Charles Wilkins2014
Walls: Travels Along the Barricades di Marcello Di Cintio2013
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age di Modris Eksteins2013
A Season in Hell di Robert Fowler2013
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else di Chrystia Freeland2013
March Forth: The Inspiring True Story of a Canadian Soldier's Journey of Love, Hope and Survival [Hardcover] di Trevor Greene2013
Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives That Changed Canada di Sandra Martin2013
What We Talk About When We Talk About War di Noah Richler2013
Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century di Jeffrey Simpson2013
Epistolophilia : writing the life of Ona Šimaitė di Julija Sukys2013
The Universe Within di Neil Turok2013
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter di Carmen Aguirre2012
The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan di Ryan Flavelle2012
John A: The Man Who Made Us di Richard J. Gwyn2012
Facing the Hunter di David Adams Richards2012
Why Not?: Fifteen Reasons to Live di Ray Robertson2012
Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism di Joel Yanofsky2012

Descrizioni

The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. (English, Scritto da un membro)
RBC TAYLOR PRIZE commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the field of literary non-fiction. The Prize will be awarded to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. The Prize consists of $25,000 for the winner and $2,000 for each of the runners up. (English, Scritto da un membro)

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