Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (1999) Winner
Adam Hochschild
アダム・ホックスチャイルド
Adam Hochschild
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-10-05 （New York City, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City (born) → Berkeley, California, U.S. (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist, Historian, Lecturer
- Active Years
- 1963-
- Affiliations
- Mother Jones (co-founder), University of California, Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism, lecturer), University of California, Santa Cruz (Regents' Lecturer), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Writer-in-Residence, Department of History)
- Memberships
- Democratic Socialists of America
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences (History and Literature) | History and Literature | BA | 1959–1963 | United States |
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (History and Literature)
/ History and Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1959–1963
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
BA in History and Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | California Book Awards (Gold Medal) | King Leopold's Ghost | — | California Book Awards | Gold Medal |
| 1998 | National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) | King Leopold's Ghost | — | National Book Critics Circle | Finalist |
| 1998 | PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | Finding the Trapdoor | エッセイ | PEN America | Winner |
| 1999 | Duff Cooper Prize | King Leopold's Ghost | — | Duff Cooper Prize Committee | Winner |
| 1999 | Mark Lynton History Prize | King Leopold's Ghost | — | Mark Lynton History Prize | Winner |
| 1999 | Lionel Gelber Prize | King Leopold's Ghost | — | Lionel Gelber Prize | Winner |
| 2005 | National Book Award (finalist) | Bury the Chains | — | National Book Foundation | Finalist |
| 2005 | California Book Awards (Gold Medal) | Bury the Chains | — | California Book Awards | Gold Medal |
| 2005 | Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction) | For the body of work | — | Lannan Foundation | Winner |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) | Bury the Chains | History | Los Angeles Times | Winner |
| 2006 | PEN USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction | Bury the Chains | — | PEN Center USA | Winner |
| 2006 | Lionel Gelber Prize | Bury the Chains | — | Lionel Gelber Prize | Winner |
| 2009 | Theodore Roosevelt–Woodrow Wilson Prize | — | — | American Historical Association | Winner |
| 2012 | National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) | To End All Wars | — | National Book Critics Circle | Finalist |
| 2012 | Dayton Literary Peace Prize (winner) | To End All Wars | — | Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Winner |
| 2014 | Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Elected Fellow |
| 2017 | Mark Lynton History Prize (finalist) | Spain in Our Hearts | — | Mark Lynton History Prize | Finalist |
| 2023 | California Book Awards (Gold Medal) | American Midnight | — | California Book Awards | Gold Medal |
| 2023 | Dayton Literary Peace Prize (runner-up) | American Midnight | — | Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Runner-up |
| — | Honorary degrees (Curry College; University of St Andrews) | — | — | Curry College; University of St Andrews | Honorary degrees |
California Book Awards (Gold Medal)
1998
Work:
King Leopold's Ghost
Organization:
California Book Awards
Result:
Gold Medal
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist)
1998
Work:
King Leopold's Ghost
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Finalist
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
1998
Work:
Finding the Trapdoor
Category:
エッセイ
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
Winner
Duff Cooper Prize
1999
Work:
King Leopold's Ghost
Organization:
Duff Cooper Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Mark Lynton History Prize
1999
Work:
King Leopold's Ghost
Organization:
Mark Lynton History Prize
Result:
Winner
Lionel Gelber Prize
1999
Work:
King Leopold's Ghost
Organization:
Lionel Gelber Prize
Result:
Winner
National Book Award (finalist)
2005
Work:
Bury the Chains
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Finalist
California Book Awards (Gold Medal)
2005
Work:
Bury the Chains
Organization:
California Book Awards
Result:
Gold Medal
Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction)
2005
Work:
For the body of work
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
Winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
2005
Work:
Bury the Chains
Category:
History
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
Winner
PEN USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction
2006
Work:
Bury the Chains
Organization:
PEN Center USA
Result:
Winner
Lionel Gelber Prize
2006
Work:
Bury the Chains
Organization:
Lionel Gelber Prize
Result:
Winner
Theodore Roosevelt–Woodrow Wilson Prize
2009
Organization:
American Historical Association
Result:
Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist)
2012
Work:
To End All Wars
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Finalist
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (winner)
2012
Work:
To End All Wars
Organization:
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Result:
Winner
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result:
Elected Fellow
Mark Lynton History Prize (finalist)
2017
Work:
Spain in Our Hearts
Organization:
Mark Lynton History Prize
Result:
Finalist
California Book Awards (Gold Medal)
2023
Work:
American Midnight
Organization:
California Book Awards
Result:
Gold Medal
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (runner-up)
2023
Work:
American Midnight
Organization:
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Result:
Runner-up
Honorary degrees (Curry College; University of St Andrews)
Organization:
Curry College; University of St Andrews
Result:
Honorary degrees
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
2 appearances
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 26 (2005) Winner
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 7 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
King Leopold's Ghost
1998 Historical nonfictionA history of King Leopold II's conquest and private rule of the Congo, detailing atrocities committed and the international human-rights campaign that followed.
Critique of colonialismHuman rightsImperialism
Bury the Chains
2005 Historical nonfictionThe story of the British abolitionist movement: its leaders, strategies, and how they persuaded the public to end slavery in the British Empire.
Slavery and abolitionSocial movementsMoral persuasion
The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey
1990 Travel/history essaysExamines tensions in modern South Africa through historical events such as the Battle of Blood River and their contested commemorations.
Memory and historyEthnic conflictCommemoration
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin
1994 Journalistic historyCollects interviews with survivors and witnesses of Stalin's reign to explore memory, repression, and the human impact of terror.
MemoryRepressionPersonal testimony
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918
2011 Historical nonfictionConsiders the First World War through stories of those who saw it as a noble crusade and those who opposed it.
War and anti-warIndividual narrativesEthics
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
2016 Historical nonfictionFollows Americans who participated in the Spanish Civil War, portraying internationalism and individual involvement.
InternationalismMemory of warIndividual choices
Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son
1986 MemoirA memoir about Hochschild's difficult relationship with his father and the complexities of familial love.
FamilyMemoryReconciliation and conflict
Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
2020 Biography / HistoryA biography of Rose Pastor Stokes tracing her journey from poverty to radical political activism.
BiographyLabor movementPolitical transformation
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
2022 Historical nonfictionExamines violence, political repression, and a crisis of democracy in the United States after World War I.
DemocracyPolitical repressionPostwar society
Bibliography
- The Mirror at Midnight
- The Unquiet Ghost
- Finding the Trapdoor
- King Leopold's Ghost
- Bury the Chains
- Half the Way Home
- To End All Wars
- Spain in Our Hearts
- Rebel Cinderella
- American Midnight
Translations of Works
- Major works translated into 17 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative nonfiction emphasizing storytellingAccessible, explanatory proseApproach that renders history through individual stories
- Recurring Motifs
- Human rights and justiceCritique of colonialismDepictions of protest and social movementsReexamination of memory and history
Legacy
Highly regarded for narrative historical nonfiction on human rights and social justice; influential with both scholars and general readers and recipient of multiple awards and honorary degrees.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
Quotes
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"An extraordinarily moving portrait of the complexities and confusions of familial love."
Source: Michiko Kakutani (The New York Times, 1986 review of Half the Way Home) (1986)
Trivia
- Co-founder of Mother Jones magazine.
- Paternal grandfather Berthold Hochschild co-founded a major American metal/mining company.
- Was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America as of 1993.