Kiriyama PrizeNonfiction

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Andre Navne: Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize (Engelsk), Kiriyama Prize Finalist (Engelsk), Kiriyama Prize Notable Book (Engelsk), Kiryama Prize (Engelsk)
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The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of vis mere this vast and culturally diverse region. vis mindre
Stadier:
Alle, Winner (21), Finalist (84), Notable Book (1), No Stage (1)
Kategorier:
Alle, Skønlitteratur (43), Faglitteratur (44), Notable Book (1), Ingen kategori (19)
År:
Alle, 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (5), 2004 (5), 2002 (5), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (4)

Winner 9

VærkÅr
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific af Julia Whitty2008
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time af Greg Mortenson2007
The Reindeer People: Living With Animals and Spirits in Siberia af Piers Vitebsky2006
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found af Suketu Mehta2005
Dancing With Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact af Inga Clendinnen2004
From the Land of Green Ghosts : A Burmese Odyssey af Pascal Khoo Thwe2002
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze af Peter Hessler2001
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten af Michael David Kwan2000
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam af Andrew X. Pham1999

Finalist 35

VærkÅr
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam (Vintage Departures) af Tom Bissell2008
East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir through the Seasons af Liza Dalby2008
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy af Ramachandra Guha2008
The Talented Women of the Zhang Family af Susan Mann2008
The Haiku Apprentice: Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan af Abigail Friedman2007
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir af Ernestine Hayes2007
Tigers in Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers af Ruth Padel2007
Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China af John Pomfret2007
Isami's House: Three Centuries of a Japanese Family af Gail Lee Bernstein2006
Crossing Three Wildernesses af U Sam Oeur2006
A Man with No Talents: Memoirs of a Tokyo Day Laborer af Shirō Ōyama2006
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed af John Vaillant2006
The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders af Masayo Duus2005
Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare af Philip Short2005
The Devil's Highway: A True Story af Luis Alberto Urrea2005
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change af Charles Wohlforth2005
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India af William Dalrymple2004
Out of God 's Oven af Dom Moraes2004
Secrets and Spies af Mara Moustafine2004
Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History af Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney2004
Singing to the Dead: A Missioner's Life among Refugees from Burma af Victoria Armour-Hileman2002
Korean Endgame af Selig S. Harrison2002
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 af Donald Keene2002
Kinas døtre af Xinran2002
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi af Katherine Frank2001
Red Dust: A Path Through China af Ma Jian2001
Inside Passage: A Journey Beyond Borders af Richard Manning2001
Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle af Shih-Shan Henry Tsai2001
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan af Herbert P. Bix2000
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge af Chanrithy Him2000
Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank af Beverley Jackson2000
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People af Helen Zia2000
The Mummies of Ürümchi af Elizabeth Wayland Barber1999
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II af John W. Dower1999
Riska: Memories of a Dayak Girlhood af Riska Orpa Sari1999

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