Ambassador Book Award

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Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American mehr anzeigen life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website weniger anzeigen
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Alle, Winner (115), Shortlist (1)
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Alle, 2011 (5), 2010 (6), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (6), 2006 (4), 2005 (5), 2004 (4), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (5), 2000 (4), 1999 (4), 1998 (7), 1997 (4), 1996 (5), 1995 (4), 1994 (3), 1993 (4), 1992 (5), 1991 (4), 1990 (4), 1989 (4), 1988 (4), 1987 (5), 1986 (2)

Winner 115

WerkKategorieJahr
Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks von Rebecca SklootAmerican Studies2011
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century von Alan BrinkleyBiography/Autobiography2011
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg von Deborah EisenbergFiction2011
Every Riven Thing: Poems von Christian WimanPoetry2011
Das Chalet der Erinnerungen von Tony JudtSpecial Distinction Award2011
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression von Morris DicksteinAmerican Studies2010
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War von James MannAmerican Studies2010
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life von Melvin I. UrofskyBiography/Autobiography2010
Die große Welt von Colum McCannFiction2010
Mercury Dressing: Poems von J. D. McClatchyPoetry2010
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original von Robin D. G. KelleySpecial Distinction Award2010
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade von Christopher BenfeyAmerican Studies2009
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir von Donald WorsterBiography/Autobiography2009
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals von Jane MayerCurrent Affairs2009
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories von Steven MillhauserFiction2009
Old War: Poems von Alan ShapiroPoetry2009
Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics von Rebecca SolnitAmerican Studies2008
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties von Robert StoneAutobiography2008
Edith Wharton von Hermione LeeBiography2008
Der Fundamentalist, der keiner sein wollte von Mohsin HamidFiction2008
Blackbird and Wolf: Poems von Henri ColePoetry2008
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl von Timothy EganAmerican Studies2007
The Afterlife von Donald AntrimAutobiography2007
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher von Debby ApplegateBiography2007
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq von Thomas E. RicksCurrent Affairs2007
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel von Amy HempelFiction2007
Averno: Poems von Louise GlückPoetry2007
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America von Stacy SchiffAmerican Studies2006
J. Robert Oppenheimer: Die Biographie von Kai BirdBiography/Autobiography2006
Liberation von Joanna ScottFiction2006
Migration: New & Selected Poems von W. S. MerwinPoetry2006
Washington's Crossing von David Hackett FischerAmerican Studies2005
de Kooning: An American Master von Mark StevensBiography/Autobiography2005
Gilead. von Marilynne RobinsonFiction2005
Collected Poems von Donald JusticePoetry2005
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 von David MaranissAmerican Studies2004
Hawthorne: A Life von Brenda WineappleBiography/Autobiography2004
Der Klang der Zeit von Richard PowersFiction2004
Collected Poems von Robert LowellPoetry2004
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 von Mary Beth NortonAmerican Studies2003
Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War von T. J. StilesBiography/Autobiography2003
Middlesex von Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
Springing: New and Selected Poems von Marie PonsotPoetry2003
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution von Diane McWhorterAmerican Studies2002
John Adams von David McCulloughBiography/Autobiography2002
Empire Falls von Richard RussoFiction2002
The Darkness and the Light: Poems von Anthony HechtPoetry2002
Im Herzen der See von Nathaniel PhilbrickAmerican Studies2001
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst von David NasawBiography/Autobiography2001
The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks von Russell BanksFiction2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker von Robert HassPoetry2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson von Robert HassPoetry2001
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 von David M. KennedyAmerican Studies2000
Morgan: American Financier von Jean StrouseBiography/Autobiography2000
Weit draußen von Annie ProulxFiction2000
Vita Nova von Louise GlückPoetry2000
Die Plantagen am Cooper River von Edward BallAmerican Studies1999
N. C. Wyeth: A Biography von David MichaelisBiography/Autobiography1999
Mein Mann, der Kommunist von Philip RothFiction1999
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren von Robert Penn WarrenPoetry1999
Bilder von Amerika. Die amerikanische Kunst von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart von Robert HughesAmerican Studies1998
Verbrannte Tage. Erinnerung von James SalterAutobiography1998
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson von Joseph J. EllisBiography1998
Underworld von Peter ConradFiction1998
Unterwelt von Don DeLilloFiction1998
Black Zodiac: Poems von Charles WrightPoetry1998
God and the American Writer von Alfred KazinSpecial Prize1998
Undaunted Courage von Stephen E. AmbroseAmerican Studies1997
Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century von Robert W. MerryBiography/Autobiography1997
Gott und die Wilmots von John UpdikeFiction1997
The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 von Robert PinskyPoetry1997
Moving Violations von John HockenberryAmerican Studies1996
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography von David S. ReynoldsBiography/Autobiography1996
All the days and nights: the collected stories von William MaxwellFiction1996
Atlantis: Poems by von Mark DotyPoetry1996
The Liars' Club: A Memoir von Mary KarrSpecial Award1996
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South von John EgertonAmerican Studies1995
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II von Doris Kearns GoodwinBiography/Autobiography1995
The Collected Stories von Grace PaleyFiction1995
Like Most Revelations von Richard HowardPoetry1995
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race von David Levering LewisBiography/Autobiography1994
The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court : Stories von Peter TaylorFiction1994
Tesserae and Other Poems von John HollanderPoetry1994
Up in the Old Hotel von Joseph MitchellAmerican Arts & Letters1993
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America von Garry WillsAmerican Studies1993
Archibald MacLeish; an American Life von Scott DonaldsonBiography/Autobiography1993
Das zweite Logbuch von Robert Stone1993
The Journals of John Cheever von John CheeverAmerican Arts & Letters1992
JFK. Die Kennedy-Jahre 1960 bis 1963, Powergame von Michael R. BeschlossAmerican Studies1992
Woodrow Wilson von August HeckscherBiography/Autobiography1992
Tausend Morgen: Roman von Jane SmileyFiction1992
American Views: Essays on American Art von John WilmerdingSpecial Prize1992
The House of Barrymore von Margot PetersAmerican Arts & Letters1991
New York Life: Of Friends and Others von Brendan GillAmerican Studies1991
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance von Ron ChernowBiography/Autobiography1991
Killing Mister Watson von Peter MatthiessenFiction1991
The Writing Life von Annie DillardAmerican Arts & Letters1990
Among Schoolchildren von Tracy KidderAmerican Studies1990
This Boy's Life. Das Blaue vom Himmel von Tobias WolffBiography/Autobiography1990
Die älteste noch lebende Rebellenwitwe erzählt von Allan GurganusFiction1990
At Home: Essays 1982-1988 von Gore VidalAmerican Arts & Letters1989
Die große Lüge von Neil SheehanAmerican Studies1989
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 von Taylor BranchBiography/Autobiography1989
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories von Raymond CarverFiction1989
The Collected Prose von Robert LowellAmerican Arts & Letters1988
Miami von Joan DidionAmerican Studies1988
Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright von Brendan GillBiography/Autobiography1988
Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten von Tom WolfeFiction1988
Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visonary Communities Remaking the American Dream von Frances FitzGeraldAmerican Studies1987
The Cycles of American History von Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.American Studies1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America von Arnold RampersadBiography/Autobiography1987
Das Gottesprogramm von John UpdikeFiction1987
THE STORY OF ENGLISH von Robert McCrumSpecial Citation1987
Lake Wobegon, die wahre Geschichte einer kleinen Stadt, die auf keiner Landkarte steht von Garrison KeillorFiction1986
Die Reisen des Mr.Leary von Anne TylerFiction1986

Shortlist 1

WerkKategorieJahr
Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt von Michael J. YbarraAmerican Studies2005

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Awarded by the English-Speaking Union of the United States
The ESU Ambassador Book Awards (ABA) recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. ABA winners become 'literary ambassadors' providing people around the world with an important window on America's past and present in the best contemporary English.
Awards have been made since 1986 in a variety of categorie
Award website (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
discontinued (Russian, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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