Ambassador Book Award

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Ambassador Book Award
Awarded forLiterary and non-fiction works
CountryUnited States
Presented byEnglish-Speaking Union
First awarded1986

The Ambassador Book Award (1986–2011) was presented annually by the English-Speaking Union. It recognized important literary and non-fiction works that contributed to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. Winners of the award were considered literary ambassadors who provide, in the best contemporary English, an important window on America to the rest of the world. A panel of judges selected books out of new works in the fields of fiction, biography, autobiography, current affairs, American studies and poetry.

The award was established in 1986. Winners included books by such notable authors as

Don Delillo (1998), Philip Roth (1999),[2] and Annie Proulx
(2000).

Recipients

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

  • American Studies - Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence, by John Hockenberry
  • Biography & Autobiography - Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography, by David S. Reynolds
  • Fiction - All the Days and Nights, by
    William Maxwell
  • Poetry - Atlantis, by Mark Doty
  • Special Award -
    The Liar's Club by Mary Karr

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

  • American Studies - A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, by Stacy Schiff
  • Biography & Autobiography -
    Martin Sherwin
  • Fiction - Liberation: A Novel, by Joanna Scott
  • Poetry - Migration, by
    W.S. Merwin

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

References

  1. ^ "John Updike bio and awards at American Literature Web Resources". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. ^ Houghton Mifflin list of awards won by Philip Roth

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