Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2006) Winner
James S. Shapiro
ジェームズ・エス・シャピロ
Jeimuzu S. Shapiro
Aliases:
James Shapiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955 （Brooklyn, New York, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Shakespeare scholar, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- Columbia University
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | English | B.A. | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | English | M.A. | — | United States |
| University of Chicago | — | English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Columbia University
English
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
Columbia University
English
Degree:
M.A.
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
University of Chicago
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Samuel Johnson Prize | 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare | — | BBC Samuel Johnson Prize | Winner |
| 2006 | Theatre Book Prize | 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare | — | — | Winner |
| 2023 | Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners | 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare | — | Baillie Gifford Foundation | Winner |
| 2011 | George Freedley Memorial Award | Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? | — | Theatre Library Association | Winner |
| 2016 | James Tait Black Prize for Biography | The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 | — | University of Edinburgh | Winner |
| 2016 | Sheridan Morley Prize | The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 | — | — | Winner |
Samuel Johnson Prize
2006
Work:
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Organization:
BBC Samuel Johnson Prize
Result:
Winner
Theatre Book Prize
2006
Work:
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Result:
Winner
Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners
2023
Work:
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Organization:
Baillie Gifford Foundation
Result:
Winner
George Freedley Memorial Award
2011
Work:
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Organization:
Theatre Library Association
Result:
Winner
James Tait Black Prize for Biography
2016
Work:
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
Winner
Sheridan Morley Prize
2016
Work:
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 97 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
2005 BiographyExamines the pivotal year 1599 in Shakespeare's life and work.
ShakespeareElizabethan eraHistorical context
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
2010 CriticismDefinitive study debunking Shakespeare authorship theories.
Shakespeare authorship questionOxfordian theory
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
2015 BiographyExplores Shakespeare's King Lear in the context of 1606.
ShakespeareJacobean era
Shakespeare in a Divided America
2020 Cultural criticismShakespeare's role in America's political divisions.
ShakespeareAmerican culture
The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War
2024 CriticismHistory of theater, democracy, and culture wars.
TheaterDemocracy
Bibliography
- Rival Playwrights: Marlowe, Jonson, Shakespeare
- The Columbia History of British Poetry
- The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry
- Shakespeare and the Jews
- Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play
- 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
- Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
- Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution Until Now
- The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
- Shakespeare in a Divided America
- The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Precise historical analysisEngrossing narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Shakespeare's biographical yearsPolitical and cultural contexts
Legacy
Influential scholar on Shakespeare and Early Modern period, professor at Columbia University, recipient of numerous prestigious awards.