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First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years afficher plus has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant.

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Phases d'attribution:
Tous, Winner (404), Finalist (477), Honorable Mention (19)
Catégories:
Tous, Non-fiction (106)
Années:
Tous, 2024 (1), 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (2), 2004 (2), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (2), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (3), 1975 (2), 1974 (2), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1967 (2), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (2), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (2), 1959 (2), 1958 (2), 1957 (1), 1956 (1), 1955 (1), 1954 (1), 1953 (3), 1952 (2), 1950 (3), 1949 (5), 1947 (1), 1946 (2), 1945 (2), 1944 (1), 1943 (2), 1942 (3)
Annoncé:
Juillet 29: Gagnant2024 Récent
Mai 30: Finaliste2024 Récent

Winner 106

ŒuvreAnnée
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods par Sarah Lohman2024
Inciting Joy: Essays par Ross Gay2023
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance par Hanif Abdurraqib2022
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments par Aimee Nezhukumatathil2021
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir par Jeannie Vanasco2020
Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life par David Giffels2019
Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill par Deanne Stillman2018
Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America par Douglas Brinkley2017
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America par Wil Haygood2016
The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security par Ann Hagedorn2015
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster---the Creators of Superman par Brad Ricca2014
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds par Julie Zickefoose2013
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend par Susan Orlean2012
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness—and a Trove of Letters—Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression par Ted Gup2011
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present par Gail Collins2010
Baghdad at Sunrise: a Brigade Commander's War in Iraq par Peter R. Mansoor2009
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 par Ann Hagedorn2008
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast par Douglas Brinkley2007
A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright par James Wright2006
Rambam's Ladder par Julie Salamon2005
Trains in the distance par Paul Zimmer2005
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland par Michael Dirda2004
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad par Ann Hagedorn2004
Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation par Julie Salamon2003
Finding Fish: A Memoir par Antwone Q. Fisher2002
The GI Generation: A Memoir par Frank F. Mathias2001
John Glenn: A Memoir par John H. Glenn2000
Ellis Island Interviews: Immigrants Tell Their Stories In Their Own Words par Peter Morton Coan1999
The Haygoods of Columbus: a Love Story par Wil Haygood1998
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction par David Quammen1997
The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 par Dawn Powell1996
Family par Ian Frazier1995
Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World par Scott Russell Sanders1994
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order par John F. Marszalek1993
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction par Melissa Fay Greene1992
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt par Geoffrey C. Ward1991
Bulow Hammock: Mind in a Forest par David Rains Wallace1990
Magpie rising: sketches from the Great Plains par Merrill Gilfillan1989
Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles par Nikki Giovanni
Essays
1988
The Frontier Republic: Ideology and Politics in the Ohio Country, 1780-1825 par Andrew R. L. Cayton
History
1987
The architecture of migration : log construction in the Ohio country, 1750-1850 par Donald A. Hutslar
History
1986
The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton par Michael Mott
Biography
1985
Wood, Brick and Stone, the North American Settlement Landscape: Houses par Allen G. Noble
History
1985
The Shawnee Prophet par R. David Edmunds
Biography
1984
Gregarious Saints: Self and Community in Antebellum American Abolitionism, 1830-1870 par Lawrence J. Friedman
History
1983
The American Jewish Woman, 1654-1980 par Jacob Rader Marcus
History
1982
Semper fidelis : the history of the United States Marine Corps par Allan R. Millett
History
1981
Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship par Thomas Fensch
Biography
1980
The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 par John D. Unruh
History
1979
Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective par Paul A. Colinvaux
Science
1978
This Is Ragtime par Terry Waldo
Social History
1977
SIGNERS OF THE CONSTITUTION BUILDERS OF A NATION SERIES BOOK TWO par Ed Mason
Bicentennial Award
1976
Signers of the Declaration of Independence par Ed Mason
Bicentennial Award
1976
George Eliot: The Emergent Self par Ruby V. Redinger
Biography
1976
Water Well Technology par Jay H. Lehr
Science
1975
Day of Shame: The Truth About the Murderous Happenings Aboard the Cutter Vigilant During the Russian-American Confrontation Off Martha's Vineyard. par Algis Ruksenas1975
Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing par Donald Smythe
Biography
1974
The eight; the realist revolt in American painting par Mahonri Sharp Young
Arts
1974
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry par J. Allen Hynek1973
Yankee Quaker, Confederate general: The curious career of Bushrod Rust Johnson par Charles M Cummings
Biography
1972
Blackthink; My Life as Black Man and White Man par Jesse Owens
Biography
1971
Chalk Dust on My Shoulder par Charles G. Rousculp1970
The river Jordan par Nelson Glueck1969
Unknown Edwin Markham His Mystery and Its Significance par Louis Filler
Biography
1967
Overtaken by Events: The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of Trujillo to the Civil War par John Bartlow Martin1967
The Great American Forest par Rutherford Hayes Platt1966
A History of Far Eastern Art par Sherman E. Lee1965
Hill towns of Italy par Lucy Lilian Notestein1964
Viva Juárez ! - A Biography par Charles Allen Smart1964
L'Angleterre au temps de la guerre des Deux-Roses par Paul Murray Kendall1963
The Coming Fury par Bruce Catton1962
The Crusade against Slavery, 1830-1860 par Louis Filler1961
Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev par Nelson Glueck1960
Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates par Harry V. Jaffa1960
Moonlight at midday par Sally Carrighar1959
Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764-1776 par Arthur M. Schlesinger1959
L'ère de Roosevelt. Tome 1 : La crise de l'ordre ancien, 1919-1933 par Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.1958
Warwick, le faiseur de rois par Paul Murray Kendall
Biography
1958
This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War par Bruce Catton1957
The Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia par John F. Cady1956
Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History par Arthur Loesser1955
Christianity and the problem of history par Roger Lincoln Shinn
Religion
1954
The Republic and The Person par Gordon Keith Chalmers1953
Making prayer real par Lynn James Radcliffe
Philosophy
1953
The Extraordinary Mr. Morris par Howard Swiggett
Biography
1953
Mr. Lincoln's Army par Bruce Catton
History
1952
Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective par Ernest George Schwiebert
Biography
1952
The hours and the ages; a sequence of Americans par Edward Nicholas
History
1950
A Guide to Confident Living par Norman Vincent Peale
Religion
1950
Liberty Hyde Bailey: A story of American plant sciences par Andrew Denny Rodgers
Biography
1950
Children and Books par May Hill Arbuthnot1949
Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language par Sister Miriam Joseph1949
The letters of Edgar Allan Poe par Edgar Allan Poe
Critical
1949
The British Post Office: a History par Howard Robinson
History
1949
The Story of John Hope par torrencefredericridg
Biography
1949
Peace of mind par Joshua Loth Liebman
Religion
1947
The Age of Jackson par Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
History
1946
Against the current: The life of Karl Heinzen (1809-80) par Carl Frederick Wittke
Biography
1946
Le chemin de Téhéran par Foster Rhea Dulles1945
Date with destiny par Ralph W. Sockman1945
Burma Surgeon par Gordon S. Seagrave
War
1944
Climate makes the man par Clarence Alonzo Mills1943
No Royal Road: Luca Pacioli and His Times (Dimensions of Accounting Theory and Practice) par R. Emmett Taylor1943
The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes par Walter Havighurst1942
Washington is like that par W. M. Kiplinger1942
Prelude to Victory par James B. Reston1942

Descriptions

First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant.

(English, Organisateur de prix)
URL: http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/
http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/ (English, Écrit par les membres)

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