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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 18 (1997)

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
Carolyn Ferrell きゃろりん・ふぇれる Winner

A collection of short stories depicting urban poverty and people's daily lives. It delicately depicts the hardships and hopes of the characters, and sheds light on their social periphery.

A collection of short stories depicting urban poverty and people's daily lives. It delicately depicts the hardships and…

short story collectioncity ​​lifehuman drama
Sam Tanenhaus さむ・たねんはうす Winner

A biographical study that traces the life of Whittaker Chambers and reveals his ideological changes and his place in 20th century American political history.

A biographical study that traces the life of Whittaker Chambers and reveals his ideological changes and his place in 20t…

biographypolitical historyhistory of thought
Anne Fadiman あん・ふぁでぃまん Winner

A nonfiction work that depicts the cultural friction between the Hispanic community and medical institutions through the treatment of a child, and questions the limits of cultural understanding and medical care.

A nonfiction work that depicts the cultural friction between the Hispanic community and medical institutions through the…

medical anthropologycultural frictionethics
James Carlos Blake じぇーむず・かるろす・ぶれいく Winner

Novel

Novel

344 pages
violencefamilyfate
Orlando Figes おーらんど・ふぃーがす Winner

A definitive study that depicts the overall picture of the Russian Revolution based on a wide range of historical materials and analyzes in detail how social and political factors influenced the development of the revolution.

A definitive study that depicts the overall picture of the Russian Revolution based on a wide range of historical materi…

Russian historyrevolutionary historysocial history
Charles Wright ちゃーるず・らいと Winner

An anthology of poetic reflections.

An anthology of poetic reflections.

85 pages
poemintrospectionsymbolism
Steven Pinker すてぃーゔん・ぴんかー Winner

"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache.

"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache.

672 pages
cognitive scienceevolutionary psychologytheory of mind
Ray Douglas Bradbury れい・ぶらっどべり Winner