LA Times Book Prize2007

Given by Los Angeles Times

Andre Navne: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Engelsk)
45 Works 73,192 Books 3,330 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 vis mere of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (364), Finalist (1,601)
Kategorier:
Years:
Alle, 2023 (61), 2022 (55), 2021 (56), 2020 (28), 2019 (57), 2018 (51), 2017 (50), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (46), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (49), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (44), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (34), 1996 (53), 1995 (35), 1994 (34), 1993 (33), 1992 (30), 1991 (34), 1990 (18), 1989 (10), 1988 (9), 1987 (9), 1986 (10), 1985 (9), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (9), 1981 (10), 1980 (8)
Announced:
april 19: Winner2023 Nyeste
februar 21: Finalist2023 Nyeste

Winner 8

VærkKategoriÅr
Unge Stalin af Simon Sebag MontefioreBiography2007
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point af Elizabeth D. SametCurrent Interest2007
Be Near Me af Andrew O'HaganFiction2007
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears af Dinaw MengestuFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
CIA - fra den kolde krig til krigen mod terror af Tim WeinerHistory2007
Old Heart: Poems af Stanley PlumlyPoetry2007
I Am a Strange Loop af Douglas HofstadterScience & Technology2007
A Darkling Plain af Philip ReeveYoung Adult Literature2007

Finalist 45

VærkKategoriÅr
Unge Stalin af Simon Sebag MontefioreBiography2007
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr af Nancy IsenbergBiography2007
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer af Tim JealBiography2007
Boone: A Biography af Robert MorganBiography2007
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War af Michael J. NeufeldBiography2007
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point af Elizabeth D. SametCurrent Interest2007
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier af Ishmael BeahCurrent Interest2007
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam (Vintage Departures) af Tom BissellCurrent Interest2007
The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America af Ronald BrownsteinCurrent Interest2007
Chokdoktrinen af Naomi KleinCurrent Interest2007
Be Near Me af Andrew O'HaganFiction2007
Oscar Wao & hans korte og forunderlige liv af Junot DíazFiction2007
Last Night at the Lobster af Stewart O'NanFiction2007
Ud og stjæle heste af Per PettersonFiction2007
The Shadow Catcher af Marianne WigginsFiction2007
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears af Dinaw MengestuFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
Skylark Farm af Antonia ArslanFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
Twenty Grand: And Other Tales of Love and Money (P.S.) af Rebecca CurtisFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
The Understory af Pamela ErensFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
The Last Chicken in America: A Novel in Stories af Ellen LitmanFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2007
CIA - fra den kolde krig til krigen mod terror af Tim WeinerHistory2007
The First Total War af David A. BellHistory2007
Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World af Margaret MacMillanHistory2007
The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II af Andrew NagorskiHistory2007
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England af Lynne OlsonHistory2007
Christine Falls af Benjamin BlackMystery/Thriller2007
Himlen er et sted på jorden af Åke EdwardsonMystery/Thriller2007
Skoven af Tana FrenchMystery/Thriller2007
Ice Moon af Jan Costin WagnerMystery/Thriller2007
Old Heart: Poems af Stanley PlumlyPoetry2007
Mars Being Red af Marvin BellPoetry2007
Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems af Elaine EquiPoetry2007
The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007 af Albert GoldbarthPoetry2007
Little Boat (Wesleyan Poetry) af Jean ValentinePoetry2007
I Am a Strange Loop af Douglas HofstadterScience & Technology2007
Animal Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence af James L. GouldScience & Technology2007
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language af Christine KenneallyScience & Technology2007
Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics af Gino SegrèScience & Technology2007
On Deep History and the Brain af Daniel Lord SmailScience & Technology2007
A Darkling Plain af Philip ReeveYoung Adult Literature2007
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian af Sherman AlexieYoung Adult Literature2007
The White Darkness af Geraldine McCaughreanYoung Adult Literature2007
What They Found: Love on 145th Street af Walter Dean MyersYoung Adult Literature2007
Darkwing af Kenneth OppelYoung Adult Literature2007
The Zero af Jess Walter2007

Beskrivelser

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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