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Los Angeles Times Book Prize ろさんぜるす・たいむず ぶっくしょう

Edition 15 (1994)

BiographyCurrent interestFictionArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionHistoryMystery/ThrillerPoetryScience and TechnologyYoung Adult NovelGraphic Novel/ComicsRay Bradbury Prize (SF/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction)Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseInnovator's AwardRobert Kirsch AwardAchievement in Audiobook Production (established 2023, presented by Audible)

Winners

8 people
Martin M. Šimečka まるてぃん・えむ・しめつか Winner

"Set in Czechoslovakia in the early 1980s, during the waning years of Communist rule, Martin M.

"Set in Czechoslovakia in the early 1980s, during the waning years of Communist rule, Martin M.

240 pages
Mikal Gilmore みかる・ぎるもあ Winner

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own dea…

403 pages
family historycrimememoir
Henry Alfred Kissinger へんりー・きっしんじゃー Winner

In this controversial and monumental book - arguably his most important - Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomacy is.

In this controversial and monumental book - arguably his most important - Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomac…

912 pages
diplomatic historyinternational relationspolitical science
David Malouf でいゔぃっど・まるーふ Winner

In the mid-1840s, thirteen-year-old Gemmy Fairley is cast ashore in the far north of Australia and taken in by Aboriginals.

In the mid-1840s, thirteen-year-old Gemmy Fairley is cast ashore in the far north of Australia and taken in by Aborigina…

224 pages
colonial historyidentitydifferent culture
George Chauncey じょーじ・ちゃうんしー Winner

A sociohistorical study that uses historical materials to clarify the formation and social dynamics of gay men's urban culture, set in New York in the early to mid-20th century.

A sociohistorical study that uses historical materials to clarify the formation and social dynamics of gay men's urban c…

gay historyurban culturegender
Carolyn Forché きゃろりん・ふぉるしぇ Winner

"Carolyn Forche is known as one of our most important contemporary poets.

"Carolyn Forche is known as one of our most important contemporary poets.

84 pages
poemmemorypolitics
Jonathan Weiner じょなさん・わいなー Winner

A scientific book that introduces empirical research on natural selection and evolution through observation of the evolutionary process using Galapagos finches as its subject, and explains the modern significance of the theory of evolution.

A scientific book that introduces empirical research on natural selection and evolution through observation of the evolu…

351 pages
evolutionbiologynatural history
Brian Moore ぶらいあん・むーあ Winner