American Library in Paris Book Award

The American Library in Paris Book Award (est. 2010) is a book award established by the American Library in Paris. It is awarded each November with a remunerative prize of $5,000 for the "most distinguished book of the year about France or the encounters between France and the United States."[1] The first award was given in 2013.

The library "was founded and originally run by American expatriates in Paris in 1920, with books that had been sent by American libraries to soldiers fighting in World War I."[1]

Honorees

2013

The shortlist was announced in September,[2] and the winner in December 2013.[1]

Winner: Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

Shortlist:

Jury: Diane Johnson, Adam Gopnik and Julian Barnes

2014

The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner in November 2014.[3]

Winner: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy

Shortlist:

  • Jonathan Beckman, How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
  • Frederick Brown, The Embrace of Unreason: France 1914 - 1940
  • Sean B. Carroll, Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
  • Philip Dwyer, Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799 - 1815
  • Francine Prose, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932

Jury: Alice Kaplan, Sebastian Faulks, and Pierre Assouline

2015

The shortlist was announced in July 2015,[4] and the winner was announced 6 November.

Winner: Laura Auricchio, The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered

Shortlist:

  • Nancy L. Green, The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth 1880-1941
  • Richard C. Keller, Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003
  • Sue Roe, In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse, and Modernism in Paris, 1900-1910
  • Ronald Rosbottom, When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation 1940-1944

Jury: Laura Furman, Lily Tuck, Fredrik Logevall

2016

Winner: Ethan B. Katz, The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France

Shortlist:

Jury: Laura Auricchio, Robert Harris, Robert O. Paxton

2017

The shortlist was announced July 2017,[5] and the winner was announced on 3 November.[6]

Winner: David Bellos, The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables

Shortlist:

  • David McAninch, Duck Season: Eating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony, France's Last Best Place
  • Adam Gidwitz, The Inquisitor's Tale: or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
  • Ross King, Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
  • Nadja Spiegelman, I'm Supposed to Protect You From All This: A Memoir
  • Susan Rubin Suleiman, The Nemirovksy Question: The Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in Twentieth-Century France

Jury: Adam Gopnik, Bruno Racine, Stacy Schiff

References

  1. 1 2 3 Allan Kozinn (November 18, 2013). "New Prize Goes to Author of Book on Vietnam". New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The American Library in Paris Book Award Shortlist". The American Library in Paris Book Award. The American Library in Paris. September 2013.
  3. ↑ "The American Library in Paris 2014 book award winner announcement". American Library in Paris. 3 November 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "The 2015 Book Award Shortlist". American Library in Paris Book Award. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The 2017 Library Book Award shortlist announced". American Library in Paris Book Award. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "The 2017 American Library in Paris Book Award goes to The Novel of the Century" (Press release). American Library in Paris. Google Drive. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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