Ambassador Book Award

Given by English-Speaking Union of the United States

116 oeuvres 213,571 Livres 4,729 critiques 4.0
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 afficher plus 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 afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (115), Shortlist (1)
Catégories:
Années:
Tous, 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

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
La Vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks par Rebecca SklootAmerican Studies2011
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century par Alan BrinkleyBiography/Autobiography2011
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg par Deborah EisenbergFiction2011
Every Riven Thing: Poems par Christian WimanPoetry2011
The Memory Chalet par Tony JudtSpecial Distinction Award2011
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression par Morris DicksteinAmerican Studies2010
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War par James MannAmerican Studies2010
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life par Melvin I. UrofskyBiography/Autobiography2010
Et que le vaste monde poursuive sa course folle par Colum McCannFiction2010
Mercury Dressing: Poems par J. D. McClatchyPoetry2010
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original par 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 par Christopher BenfeyAmerican Studies2009
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir par Donald WorsterBiography/Autobiography2009
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals par Jane MayerCurrent Affairs2009
Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories par Steven MillhauserFiction2009
Old War: Poems par Alan ShapiroPoetry2009
Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics par Rebecca SolnitAmerican Studies2008
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties par Robert StoneAutobiography2008
Edith Wharton par Hermione LeeBiography2008
L'Intégriste malgré lui par Mohsin HamidFiction2008
Blackbird and Wolf: Poems par Henri ColePoetry2008
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl par Timothy EganAmerican Studies2007
The Afterlife par Donald AntrimAutobiography2007
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher par Debby ApplegateBiography2007
Fiasco : l'aventure américaine en Irak par Thomas E. RicksCurrent Affairs2007
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel par Amy HempelFiction2007
Averno: Poems par Louise GlückPoetry2007
La grande improvisation : Franklin, la France et la naissance des Etats-Unis par Stacy SchiffAmerican Studies2006
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer par Kai BirdBiography/Autobiography2006
Liberation par Joanna ScottFiction2006
Migration: New & Selected Poems par W. S. MerwinPoetry2006
Washington's Crossing par David Hackett FischerAmerican Studies2005
de Kooning: An American Master par Mark StevensBiography/Autobiography2005
Gilead par Marilynne RobinsonFiction2005
Collected Poems par Donald JusticePoetry2005
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 par David MaranissAmerican Studies2004
Hawthorne: A Life par Brenda WineappleBiography/Autobiography2004
Le temps où nous chantions par Richard PowersFiction2004
Collected Poems par Robert LowellPoetry2004
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 par Mary Beth NortonAmerican Studies2003
Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War par T. J. StilesBiography/Autobiography2003
Middlesex par Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
Springing: New and Selected Poems par Marie PonsotPoetry2003
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution par Diane McWhorterAmerican Studies2002
John Adams par David McCulloughBiography/Autobiography2002
Le déclin de l'empire Whiting par Richard RussoFiction2002
The Darkness and the Light: Poems par Anthony HechtPoetry2002
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex par Nathaniel PhilbrickAmerican Studies2001
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst par David NasawBiography/Autobiography2001
L'ange sur le toit par Russell BanksFiction2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker par Robert HassPoetry2001
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson par Robert HassPoetry2001
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 par David M. KennedyAmerican Studies2000
Morgan: American Financier par Jean StrouseBiography/Autobiography2000
Les pieds dans la boue par Annie ProulxFiction2000
Vita Nova par Louise GlückPoetry2000
Slaves in the Family par Edward BallAmerican Studies1999
N. C. Wyeth: A Biography par David MichaelisBiography/Autobiography1999
J'ai épousé un communiste par Philip RothFiction1999
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren par Robert Penn WarrenPoetry1999
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America par Robert HughesAmerican Studies1998
Une vie à brûler par James SalterAutobiography1998
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson par Joseph J. EllisBiography1998
Underworld par Peter ConradFiction1998
Outremonde par Don DeLilloFiction1998
Black Zodiac: Poems par Charles WrightPoetry1998
God and the American Writer par Alfred KazinSpecial Prize1998
Undaunted Courage par Stephen E. AmbroseAmerican Studies1997
Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century par Robert W. MerryBiography/Autobiography1997
Dans la splendeur des lis par John UpdikeFiction1997
The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 par Robert PinskyPoetry1997
Moving Violations par John HockenberryAmerican Studies1996
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography par David S. ReynoldsBiography/Autobiography1996
All the days and nights: the collected stories par William MaxwellFiction1996
Atlantis: Poems by par Mark DotyPoetry1996
The Liars' Club: A Memoir par Mary KarrSpecial Award1996
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South par John EgertonAmerican Studies1995
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II par Doris Kearns GoodwinBiography/Autobiography1995
The Collected Stories par Grace PaleyFiction1995
Like Most Revelations par Richard HowardPoetry1995
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race par David Levering LewisBiography/Autobiography1994
The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court : Stories par Peter TaylorFiction1994
Tesserae and Other Poems par John HollanderPoetry1994
Up in the Old Hotel par Joseph MitchellAmerican Arts & Letters1993
Lincoln At Gettysburg the Words That Rem par Garry WillsAmerican Studies1993
Archibald MacLeish; an American Life par Scott DonaldsonBiography/Autobiography1993
Outerbridge Reach par Robert Stone1993
The Journals of John Cheever par John CheeverAmerican Arts & Letters1992
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 par Michael R. BeschlossAmerican Studies1992
Woodrow Wilson par August HeckscherBiography/Autobiography1992
L'Exploitation par Jane SmileyFiction1992
American Views: Essays on American Art par John WilmerdingSpecial Prize1992
The House of Barrymore par Margot PetersAmerican Arts & Letters1991
New York Life: Of Friends and Others par Brendan GillAmerican Studies1991
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance par Ron ChernowBiography/Autobiography1991
Killing Mister Watson par Peter MatthiessenFiction1991
En vivant en ecrivant par Annie DillardAmerican Arts & Letters1990
Among Schoolchildren par Tracy KidderAmerican Studies1990
This Boy's Life par Tobias WolffBiography/Autobiography1990
Lucy Marsden raconte tout par Allan GurganusFiction1990
At Home: Essays 1982-1988 par Gore VidalAmerican Arts & Letters1989
L'innocence perdue. Un Américain au Vietnam par Neil SheehanAmerican Studies1989
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 par Taylor BranchBiography/Autobiography1989
Les trois roses jaunes par Raymond CarverFiction1989
The Collected Prose par Robert LowellAmerican Arts & Letters1988
Miami par Joan DidionAmerican Studies1988
Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright par Brendan GillBiography/Autobiography1988
Le bûcher des vanités par Tom WolfeFiction1988
Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visonary Communities Remaking the American Dream par Frances FitzGeraldAmerican Studies1987
The Cycles of American History par Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.American Studies1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America par Arnold RampersadBiography/Autobiography1987
Ce que pensait Roger par John UpdikeFiction1987
The Story of English par Robert McCrumSpecial Citation1987
Lake Wobegon Days par Garrison KeillorFiction1986
Le voyageur malgré lui par Anne TylerFiction1986

Shortlist 1

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

Descriptions

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, Member-written)
discontinued (Russian, Member-written)

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