Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2010) Winner
Barbara Demick
バーバラ・デミック
Bābara Demikku
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (childhood) → New Haven, Connecticut (Yale) → Eastern Europe (1993-1997) → Middle East (1997-2001) → Seoul, Korea (2001-2007) → Beijing, China (2007-)
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Author
- Active Years
- 1993-2025
- Affiliations
- Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize finalist (1994, Sarajevo series), National Book Award finalist (2011, Nothing to Envy), National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (2011, Nothing to Envy), Baillie Gifford Prize longlist (2025, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | economic history | BA | — | United States |
Yale University
economic history
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | George Polk Award | Sarajevo street series (The Philadelphia Inquirer) | 国際報道 | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award | Sarajevo street series (The Philadelphia Inquirer) | 国際報道 | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Arthur Ross Award | North Korea reporting | — | American Academy of Diplomacy | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Joe and Laurie Dine Award | North Korea reporting | 人権報道 | Overseas Press Club | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Osborn Elliott Prize | Asian Journalism | — | Asia Society | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles Press Club Print Journalist of the Year | — | — | Los Angeles Press Club | 受賞 |
| 2010 | BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction | Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea | ノンフィクション | BBC | 受賞 |
George Polk Award
1994
Work:
Sarajevo street series (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Category:
国際報道
Result:
受賞
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
1994
Work:
Sarajevo street series (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Category:
国際報道
Result:
受賞
Arthur Ross Award
2005
Work:
North Korea reporting
Organization:
American Academy of Diplomacy
Result:
受賞
Joe and Laurie Dine Award
2006
Work:
North Korea reporting
Category:
人権報道
Organization:
Overseas Press Club
Result:
受賞
Osborn Elliott Prize
2006
Work:
Asian Journalism
Organization:
Asia Society
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Press Club Print Journalist of the Year
2006
Organization:
Los Angeles Press Club
Result:
受賞
BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
2010
Work:
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
BBC
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood
1996 Non-fictionLife on one Sarajevo street during the Bosnian war.
WarOrdinary lives
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
2009 Non-fictionOrdinary lives in North Korea through defectors' stories.
North KoreaHuman rightsDefectors
Adaptations
- [Animated feature film] Nothing to Envy / Andy Glynne
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
2020 Non-fictionLife in Ngawa Tibetan town, Sichuan, China.
TibetResistanceSelf-immolation
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins
2025 Non-fictionChina's stolen children and separated twins.
ChinaChild traffickingFamily separation
Bibliography
- Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood (1996)
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2009)
- Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020)
- Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- In-depth on-the-ground reporting
- Recurring Motifs
- Ordinary lives under repression
Legacy
American journalist and author acclaimed for reporting from repressive regimes like North Korea, Tibet, and Sarajevo. Multiple prestigious awards.