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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award アニスフィールド=ウルフしょう

Edition 65 (2000)

FictionPoetryNonfictionMemoir/AutobiographyLifetime achievementSpecial achievement

Winners

3 people
Chang-Rae Lee ちゃん れい りー Winner

A novel seen through the eyes of a protagonist raised abroad as an adoptee, portraying wartime memory, the loneliness of immigration, and struggles over identity. Its quiet narration lets past guilt and present self-understanding interweave.

A quiet novel that traces wartime memory and the loneliness of being an immigrant.

356 pages
immigrationidentitymemorythe impact of war
Edward Wadie Said えどわーど だぶりゅー さいーど Winner

A reflective memoir that moves from childhood in Palestine to an academic life in the United States. Drawing on personal experience, it examines cultural alienation, the impact of colonialism, and the construction of identity.

A memoir tracing a journey of memory from Palestine to the United States.

320 pages
colonialismmemory and selfcross-cultural tensionidentity
Ernest J. Gaines あーねすと げいんず Lifetime Achievement Award