American Library in Paris Book Award was created in 2013 with a donation from the Florence Gould Foundation. It is awarded each November with a remunerative prize of $5,000 to "a work written originally in English that deepens and stimulates our understanding of France or the French.."[1]

The American Library in Paris "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."[2]

Honorees

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2013

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The shortlist was announced in September,[3] and the winner in December 2013.[2]

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

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The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner in November 2014.[4]

Winner: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy

Shortlist:

Jury: Alice Kaplan, Sebastian Faulks, and Pierre Assouline

2015

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The shortlist was announced in July,[5] and the winner was announced 6 November 2015.

Winner: Laura Auricchio, The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered

Shortlist:

Jury: Laura Furman, Lily Tuck, Fredrik Logevall

2016

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The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 3 November 2016.[6]

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

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The shortlist was announced in July,[7] and the winner was announced on 3 November 2017.[8]

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

Shortlist:

Jury: Adam Gopnik, Bruno Racine, Stacy Schiff

2018

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The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 8 November 2018.

Winner: Julian Jackson, A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

Shortlist

Jury: Diane Johnson, David Bellos, and Pierre Assouline

2019

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The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 7 November 2019.[9]

Winner: Marc Weitzmann, Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and What it Means for Us)

Shortlist

Jury: Alice Kaplan, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Pamela Druckerman

Coups de coeur

In addition to the six shortlisted titles, the screening committee selected the following five books as worthy of special recognition:

2020

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The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 14 January 2021.[10]

Winner: Maggie Paxson, The Plateau

Shortlist

Jury: Ethan Katz, Rachel Donadio, and Jake Lamar

2021

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The shortlist was announced in July 2021 , and the winner was announced on 20 January 2022.[11]

Winner: Sudhir Hazareesingh, Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Shortlist

Jury: Lauren Collins, Julian Jackson, Dinaw Mengestu, and Maggie Paxson

2022

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The shortlist was announced in July 2022, and the winner was announced on 3 November 2022.[12]

Winner: Graham Robb, France: An Adventure History

Shortlist

Jury: Charles Trueheart (chair), Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Alexandra Schwartz

2023

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The ten-title longlist was announced in June 2023, the five-title shortlist was announced in September 2023, and the winner was announced on 9 November 2023.[12]

Winner: Katherine J. Chen, Joan: A Novel

Shortlist

Longlist

Jury: Lauren Groff (chair), Doan Bui, and Sudhir Hazareesingh

References

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  1. ^ "American Library in Paris Book Award 2019 winner | American Library in Paris". Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  2. ^ a b Allan Kozinn (November 18, 2013). "New Prize Goes to Author of Book on Vietnam". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "The American Library in Paris Book Award Shortlist" Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. The American Library in Paris Book Award Archived 2013-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. The American Library in Paris. September 2013.
  4. ^ "The American Library in Paris 2014 book award winner announcement". American Library in Paris. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ "The 2015 Book Award Shortlist". American Library in Paris Book Award. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "American Library in Paris Book Award 2019 winner | American Library in Paris". Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  7. ^ "The 2017 Library Book Award shortlist announced". American Library in Paris Book Award. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "American Library in Paris Book Award 2019 winner | American Library in Paris". Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  10. ^ "The American Library in Paris 2020 Book Award". Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ "American Library in Paris Book Award 2021 Shortlist". Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  12. ^ a b "The American Library in Paris Book Award guidelines".
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