American Library in Paris Book Award

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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 mehr anzeigen 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." weniger anzeigen
Etappen:
Alle, Winners (10), Shortlist (50), Longlist (5)
Jahre:
Alle, 2023 (10), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (5), 2017 (6), 2016 (6), 2015 (5), 2014 (6), 2013 (5)

Winners 10

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

Shortlist 50

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

Longlist 5

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

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