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第30回(2009年)

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)

受賞者

12名
Philipp Meyer Winner

A debut novel about two young men in a declining Pennsylvania steel town, where economic hardship and violence narrow the choices for everyone involved.

A debut novel about two young men in a declining Pennsylvania steel town, where economic hardship and violence narrow the choices for everyone involved.

384ページ
deindustrializationfamilycrimesocial decline
Linda Gordon Winner

A biography of photographer Dorothea Lange that follows her life, work, and vision as she chronicled American hardship and resilience.

A biography of photographer Dorothea Lange that follows her life, work, and vision as she chronicled American hardship and resilience.

536ページ
biographyphotography historysocial documentaryAmerican life
Dave Eggers Winner

A nonfiction account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath that follows Abdulrahman Zeitoun as he tries to protect his home and help others, then becomes trapped in a climate of suspicion and abuse.

A nonfiction account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath that follows Abdulrahman Zeitoun as he tries to protect his home and help others, then becomes trapped in a climate of suspicion and abuse.

351ページ
disasterhuman rightsreportagemodern history

A raw novel tracing a thirty-year marriage, with domestic intimacy, compromise, desire, and grief laid bare.

A raw novel tracing a thirty-year marriage, with domestic intimacy, compromise, desire, and grief laid bare.

384ページ
marriagefamilypsychologygrief

A sweeping history of California in the postwar era, tracing prosperity, cultural change, and the tensions hidden beneath abundance.

A sweeping history of California in the postwar era, tracing prosperity, cultural change, and the tensions hidden beneath abundance.

564ページ
California historypostwar eracultural changeeconomics

A crime novel about a former paramilitary killer haunted by the dead and driven toward revenge in post-Troubles Belfast.

A crime novel about a former paramilitary killer haunted by the dead and driven toward revenge in post-Troubles Belfast.

336ページ
crime fictionNorthern Irelandrevengememory of violence

A poetry collection in which Brenda Hillman uses water, ecology, and everyday life to build meditative, experimental poems.

A poetry collection in which Brenda Hillman uses water, ecology, and everyday life to build meditative, experimental poems.

103ページ
poetryecologyspiritualitywater

A biography of physicist Paul Dirac that explores his life, brilliance, and emotional reserve at the center of quantum theory.

A biography of physicist Paul Dirac that explores his life, brilliance, and emotional reserve at the center of quantum theory.

544ページ
biographyphysicshistory of sciencequantum theory

This historical nonfiction title introduces the people and events of the civil rights movement in a way that is accessible to younger readers.

It follows the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery through the eyes of the young people who took part.

80ページ
civil rights movementhistory educationnonfiction for young readerssocial justice

A formally inventive graphic novel about an architect whose life collapses and sends him into a search for meaning, identity, and love.

A formally inventive graphic novel about an architect whose life collapses and sends him into a search for meaning, identity, and love.

344ページ
graphic novelidentityartformal experimentation
Dave Eggers Winner