Sunday, November 24

1998 Awards

1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography

1998 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner and Nominees

1998 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerPersonal HistoryKatharine GrahamAs seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media. In this...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistAn Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural BoyhoodJimmy CarterAmazonJohann Sebastian Bach: The Learned MusicianChristoph WolffAmazonSaint-Exupery: A BiographyStacy SchiffAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

1998 Pulitzer Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerAmerican PastoralPhilip RothA former athletic star, devoted family man, and owner of a thriving glove factory, Seymour "Swede" Levov finds his life coming apart during the social disorder of the 1960s, when his beloved daughter turns revolutionary terrorist out to destroy her father'...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistBear and His Daughter: StoriesRobert StoneAmazonUnderworldDon DeLilloAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction

1998 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistHow the Mind WorksStephen PinkerAmazonInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest DisasterJon KrakauerAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - History

1998 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

1998 Pulitzer Prize - History WinnerSummer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and ReligionEdward J. LarsonThe Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious cou...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - History ShortlistBig Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of AmericaJ. Anthony LukasAmazonCivic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. HistoryRogers SmithAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Poetry

1998 Pulitzer Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1998 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerBlack ZodiacCharles WrightWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award Black Zodiac offers poems suffused with spiritual longing—lyrical meditations on faith, religion, heritage, and morality. The poems also explore aging and mortality with restless grace...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistDesireFrank BidartAmazonThe VigilC.K. WilliamsAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel

1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel WinnerHouse of DreamsMichael F. Flynn...Amazon1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel Shortlist…Where Angels Fear to TreadAllen SteeleAmazonComing to Grips with the Great PlagueBrian StablefordAmazonEchoesAlan BrennertAmazonGet a GripPaul ParkAmazonItsy Bitsy SpiderJames Patrick KellyAmazonLetheWalter Jon WilliamsAmazonLoose EndsPaul LevinsonAmazonOne Good JurorMary Rosenblum & James SarafinAmazonThe 43 Antarean DynastiesMike ResnickAmazonThe UndiscoveredWilliam SandersAmazonUniversal GrammarMary Soon LeeAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, World Fantasy Awards, World Fantasy Awards - Novel

1998 World Fantasy Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 World Fantasy Awards - Novel WinnerThe PhysiognomyJeffrey FordIn the Well-Built City, Master Drachton Below's power is absolute, and he will not hesitate to use it. His primary method of control is through his physiognomists, who are trained to read a person's face and body, perceiving that person's past and secrets-...Amazon1998 World Fantasy Awards - Novel ShortlistAmerican GoliathHarvey JacobsAmazonDry WaterEric S. NylundAmazonThe Club DumasArturo Pérez-ReverteAmazonThe GiftPatrick O'LearyAmazonTraderCharles de LintAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe Hollow TreeJanet LunnFrom one of Canadas best loved childrens writers comes the enthralling tale of a brave young girl caught up in the American Revolutionary War. It is 1777 and Phoebe Olcott is thrown headlong into the horrors of war when her beloved cousin Gideon is hange...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistBat SummerSarah WithrowAmazonJaney’s GirlGayle FriesenAmazonMake or Break SpringJanet McNaughtonAmazonThe Only OutcastJulie JohnstonAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerA Child’s Treasury of Nursery RhymesKady MacDonald DentonChildhood rhymes, verses and songs to tickle funny bones, soothe spirits and make toes tap and imaginations soar!...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistMusic for the Tsar of the SeaHarvey ChanAmazonThe Fox’s KettleVictor BossonAmazonThe Great RaceZhong-Yang HuangAmazonThe Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other StoriesStéphane JorischAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerBambi and MeSheila FischmanBambi and Me consists of 12 autobiographical pieces about how movies shaped the young life of Michel Tremblay, one of their biggest fans. Among others, he talks about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Para...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistAknos and Other PoemsDaniel SloateAmazonThe Second FiddleDavid HomelAmazonVoltaire’s Man in AmericaArnold BennettAmazon