Prime Minister's Literary AwardNonfiction

Given by Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

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The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming Rudd Ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the afficher plus Arts. The awards were designed as "a new initiative celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life." The awards are held annually and provide a tax-free prize of A$100,000 in each category, making it Australia's richest literary award in total, and among the richest literary prizes in the world. The award is given in the four categories of fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's fiction, as selected by three judging panels. "The awards are open to works written by Australian citizens and permanent residents. Authors, publishers and literary agents are eligible to enter works, first published in the calendar year prior to the awards."[ afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (96), Shortlist (300)
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Années:
Tous, 2023 (5), 2022 (1), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (4), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (6), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (6), 2009 (8), 2008 (7)

Winner 21

ŒuvreAnnée
My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm par Sam Vincent2023
Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan par Mark Willacy2022
The Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley Painting par Quentin Sprague2021
Songspirals: Sharing women's wisdom of Country through songlines par Gay'wu Group of Women2020
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia par Christina Thompson2020
Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964 (Biography) par Paul Genoni2019
Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century par Richard McGregor2018
Quicksilver par Nicolas Rothwell2017
On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics par Sheila Fitzpatrick2016
Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather par Karen Lamb2016
John Olsen : an artist's life par Darleen Bungey2015
Wild Bleak Bohemia par Michael Wilding2015
Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family par Gabrielle Carey2014
Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John par Helen Trinca2014
The Australian Moment par George Megalogenis2013
An eye for eternity : the life of Manning Clark par Mark McKenna2012
The Hard Light of Day: An Artist's Story of Friendships in Arrernte Country par Rod Moss2011
The Colony: A History of Early Sydney par Grace Karskens2010
House of Exile: War, Love and Literature, from Berlin to Los Angeles par Evelyn Juers2009
Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality par Marilyn Lake2009
Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers par Philip Jones2008

Shortlist 62

ŒuvreAnnée
My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm par Sam Vincent2023
We Come With This Place par Debra Dank2023
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong par Louisa Lim2023
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life par Brigitta Olubas2023
A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions par Thom Van Dooren2023
The Details: On Love, Death and Reading par Tegan Bennett Daylight2021
Flight Lines par Andrew Darby2021
Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse par Cassandra Pybus2021
The Altar Boys par Suzanne Smith2021
Enchantment of the Long-haired Rat, The par Tim Bonyhady2020
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence par Jess Hill2020
Hearing Maud : A Journey for a Voice par Jessica White2020
A certain light : a memoir of family, loss and hope par Cynthia Banham2019
Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up par Gabrielle Chan2019
The Arsonist par Chloe Hooper2019
Axiomatic par Maria Tumarkin2019
Unbreakable par Jelena Dokic2018
Mischka's War: A Story of Survival from War-Torn Europe to New York par Sheila Fitzpatrick2018
The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders par Stuart Kells2018
No Front Line: Australia's Special Forces at War in Afghanistan par Chris Masters2018
Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow par Suzanne Falkiner2017
The Art of Time Travel: Historians and Their Craft par Tom Griffiths2017
Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead par Thornton McCamish2017
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art par Sebastian Smee2017
Second half first par Drusilla Modjeska2016
Island Home: A Landscape Memoir par Tim Winton2016
Private Bill: In Love and War par Barrie Cassidy2015
This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial par Helen Garner2015
Encountering the Pacific in the Age of the Enlightenment par John Gascoigne2015
The Lucky Culture And The Rise Of An Australian Ruling Class par Nick Cater2014
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power par Philip Dwyer2014
Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World par Michael Fullilove2014
Bradman's War par Malcolm Knox2013
Uncommon Soldier: The Story of the Making of Today's Diggers par Chris Masters2013
The Australian Moment par George Megalogenis2013
Plein airs and graces : the life and times of George Collingridge par Adrian Mitchell2013
Bold Palates: Australia's Gastronomic Heritage par Barbara Santich2013
A Short History of Christianity par Geoffrey Blainey2012
Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles par A. J. Brown2012
Kinglake-350 par Adrian Hyland2012
When horse became saw par Anthony Macris2012
Sydney par Delia Falconer2011
How To Make Gravy: A to Z, A Mongrel Memoir par Paul Kelly2011
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers par Richard McGregor2011
Claude Levi-Strauss: The Poet in the Laboratory par Patrick Wilcken2011
The Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent par Michael Cathcart2010
Strange Places: a Memoir of Mental Illness par Will Elliott2010
The Life and Death of Democracy par John Keane2010
The Blue Plateau: An Australian Pastoral par Mark Tredinnick2010
The Ghost at the Wedding: A True Story par Shirley Walker2010
Van Diemen's Land par James Boyce2009
Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley par Brian Dibble2009
Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History par Jenny Hocking2009
Grand homme : Mort et vie à Palm Island par Chloe Hooper2009
The Henson Case par David Marr2009
American Journeys par Don Watson2009
Napoleon: The Path to Power par Philip Dwyer2008
A History of Queensland par Raymond Evans2008
My Life as a Traitor: An Iranian Memoir par Zarah Ghahramani2008
Shakespeare's Wife par Germaine Greer2008
Vietnam: The Australian War par Paul Ham2008
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts par Clive James2008

Descriptions

The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming Rudd Ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts. The awards were designed as "a new initiative celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life." The awards are held annually and provide a tax-free prize of A$100,000 in each category, making it Australia's richest literary award in total, and among the richest literary prizes in the world. The award is given in the four categories of fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's fiction, as selected by three judging panels. "The awards are open to works written by Australian citizens and permanent residents. Authors, publishers and literary agents are eligible to enter works, first published in the calendar year prior to the awards."[ (English, Member-written)
The Prime Minister's Literary Award is Australia's richest literary prize. (English, Member-written)

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