RBC Taylor PrizeFinalist

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Andere Namen: Charles Taylor Prize (Englisch), Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Englisch)
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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 mehr anzeigen Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. weniger anzeigen
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Alle, Winner (19), Finalist (70), Longlist (52)
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Alle, 2020 (4), 2019 (4), 2018 (3), 2017 (4), 2016 (4), 2015 (4), 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2010 (3), 2009 (2), 2008 (4), 2007 (2), 2006 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (4), 2002 (5), 2000 (5)

Finalist 70

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

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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 historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
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, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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