Sunday, November 17

1982 Awards

1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry

1982 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1982 National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry WinnerAntarctic TravelerKatha PollittPoems explore a diversity of subjects including ballet, Japanese paintings, and a satirical view of vegetables...Amazon1982 National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry ShortlistFinding the IslandsW.S. MerwinAmazonHundreds of FirefliesBrad LeithauserAmazonMonolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982Jack GilbertAmazonVisiting RitesPhyllis JanowitzAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Nebula, Nebula - Novel

1982 Nebula – Novel Winner and Nominees

1982 Nebula - Novel WinnerThe Claw of the ConciliatorGene WolfeThe torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city Thrax, carrying with him the ancient executioner's sword and the Claw of the Conciliator, a gem of extraterrestrial power and beauty which no one man is meant to possess . . . Winner of the N...Amazon1982 Nebula - Novel ShortlistLittle, BigJohn CrowleyAmazonRadixA. A. AttanasioAmazonRiddley WalkerRussell HobanAmazonThe Many-Colored LandJulian MayAmazonThe Vampire TapestrySuzy McKee CharnasAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography

1982 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner and Nominees

1982 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerGrant: A BiographyWilliam S. McFeelyA definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant traces the life of America's eighteenth president from his uneventful childhood, through his West Point education and extraordinary successes on the battlefield, to his failure in the world...Amazon1982 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistGrantJean Edward SmithAmazonWaldo EmersonGay Wilson AllenAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

1982 Pulitzer Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1982 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerRabbit is RichJohn UpdikeWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award The hero of John Updike’s Rabbit, Run, ten years after the events of Rabbit Redux, has come to enjoy considerable prosperity as the chief sales representative...Amazon1982 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistA Flag for SunriseRobert StoneAmazonHousekeepingMarilynne RobinsonAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction

1982 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

1982 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Soul of a New MachineTracy KidderPulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder memorably records the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the comp...Amazon1982 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistBasin and RangeJohn McPheeAmazonMrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet DoctorDiana TrillingAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1982 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerThe Vision Tree: Selected PoemsPhyllis WebbPoetry distinguished by its attention to form and thought....Amazon1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistFables for Isolated MenBarry DempsterAmazonNo Birds or FlowersDiane KeatingAmazonThe Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-1982Robert BringhurstAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1982 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLouisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison TownChristopher MooreEach year, thousands of tourists flock to the Fortress of Louisbourg on the coast of Cape Breton Island to visit the reconstruction of part of the original eighteenth-century fort and town. Using the same records, diaries, letters, and charts that were use...Amazon1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistGrits: An Intimate Portrait of The Liberal PartyChristina McCall-NewmanAmazonThe Great Code: The Bible and LiteratureNorthrop FryeAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1982 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerMan DescendingGuy VanderhaegheThese superbly crafted stories reveal an astonishing range, with settings that vary from a farm on the Canadian prairies to Bloomsbury in London, from a high-rise apartment to a mine-shaft. Vanderhaeghe has the uncanny ability to show us the world through ...Amazon1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAntichthonChris ScottAmazonThe Moons of JupiterAlice MunroAmazon
1982 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1982 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerBilly Bishop Goes To War, a play by John Gray with Eric PetersonJohn GrayThis ., updated edition of one of Canadas most successful and enduring dramas, Billy Bishop Goes to War, includes the original Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and Governor Generals Award-winning 1982 musical play, plus the 2010 re-working of the s...Amazon1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistClayLawrence JefferyAmazonJennie's StoryBetty LambertAmazon