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J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

Index J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual award in the amount of $10,000 given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern.” The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia University School of Journalism. [1]

59 relations: A Clearing in the Distance, A Problem from Hell, Andrew Solomon, Another Day in the Death of America, Carry Me Home (book), Citroën, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Daniel J. Sharfstein, David Finkel, David Maraniss, David Nasaw, Diane McWhorter, Eliza Griswold, Evan Wright, Far from the Tree, Five Days at Memorial, Gary Younge, Generation Kill, Henry Mayer, History of the Jews in Germany, Hunter Douglas, J. Anthony Lukas, Jane Mayer, Jeffrey Toobin, Jenny Nordberg, Kirkus Reviews, Lawrence Wright, Mark Lynton History Prize, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Pulitzer Prize, Samantha Power, Sheri Fink, Susan Southard, The Dark Side (book), The Good Soldiers, The Looming Tower, The Nine (book), The Underground Girls of Kabul, They Marched Into Sunlight, Witold Rybczynski, 1999 in literature, 2000 in literature, 2001 in literature, 2002 in literature, 2003 in literature, 2004 in literature, 2005 in literature, 2006 in literature, 2007 in literature, 2008 in literature, ..., 2009 in literature, 2010 in literature, 2011 in literature, 2012 in literature, 2013 in literature, 2014 in literature, 2015 in literature, 2016 in literature, 2017 in literature. Expand index (9 more) »

A Clearing in the Distance

A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and North America in the Nineteenth Century is a biography of 19th-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, published in 1999, by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski.

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A Problem from Hell

"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide is a book by Samantha Power, at that time Professor of Human Rights Practice at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, which explores America's understanding of, response to, and inaction on genocides in the 20th century from the Armenian genocide to the "ethnic cleansings" of the Kosovo War.

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Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon (born October 30, 1963) is a writer on politics, culture and psychology, who lives in New York City and London.

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Another Day in the Death of America

Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives is a 2016 non-fiction book by Gary Younge about 10 American children and teenagers killed by guns in a 24-hour timespan.

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Carry Me Home (book)

Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, written by Diane McWhorter and published by Simon & Schuster in 2001, won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

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Citroën

Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group since 1976, founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën (1878–1935).

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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is the journalism school of Columbia University.

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Daniel J. Sharfstein

Daniel J. Sharfstein is an American lawyer, and author.

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David Finkel

David Louis Finkel (born October 28, 1955) is an American journalist.

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David Maraniss

David Maraniss (born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.

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David Nasaw

David Nasaw (born July 18, 1945 in Cortland, New York), Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series (January 1, 2007).

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Diane McWhorter

Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights.

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Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold (born February 9, 1973) is an American journalist and poet.

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Evan Wright

Evan Alan Wright (born 1966) is an American writer, known for his extensive reporting on subcultures for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.

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Far from the Tree

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity is a non-fiction book by Andrew Solomon published in November 2012 in the United States and two months later in the UK (under the title, Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love), about how families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and differences.

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Five Days at Memorial

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American journalist Sheri Fink.

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Gary Younge

Gary Andrew Younge (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster.

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Generation Kill

Generation Kill is a 2004 book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the United States Marine Corps during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Henry Mayer

Henry Mayer (18 July 1868, Worms, Germany - 27 September 1954, South Norwalk, Connecticut, United States), often seen as Hy Mayer in signatures, using the traditional abbreviation for Henry, was a German-American cartoonist and animator.

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History of the Jews in Germany

Jewish settlers founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community in the Early (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (circa 1000–1299 CE).

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Hunter Douglas

Hunter Douglas N.V. is a Dutch multinational corporation.

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J. Anthony Lukas

Jay Anthony Lukas, or J. Anthony Lucas (April 25, 1933 – June 5, 1997), was an American journalist and author, probably best known for his 1985 book Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families.

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Jane Mayer

Jane Meredith Mayer (born 1955) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995.

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Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Ross Toobin (born May 21, 1960) is an American lawyer, blogger, author and pundit, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.

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Jenny Nordberg

Jenny Nordberg is a New York-based, Swedish journalist best known for her book The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan published by Crown Publishing Group (New York, NY) in 2014.

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Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews (or Kirkus Media) is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980).

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Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is an American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.

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Mark Lynton History Prize

The Mark Lynton History Prize is an annual award in the amount of $10,000 given to a book "of history, on any subject, that best combines intellectual or scholarly distinction with felicity of expression".

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Nieman Foundation for Journalism

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is the primary journalism institution at Harvard.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Samantha Power

Samantha Jane Power (born September 21, 1970) is an Irish-born American academic, author, political critic, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017.

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Sheri Fink

Sheri Fink is an American journalist who writes about health, medicine and science.

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Susan Southard

Susan Southard is an American non-fiction writer.

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The Dark Side (book)

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (2008) is a non-fiction book written by the American journalist Jane Mayer about Islamic radicalism, the War on Terrorism, and the "closed-doors domestic struggle over whether" U.S. President George W. Bush should have "limitless power to wage it".

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The Good Soldiers

The Good Soldiers (2009) is a non-fiction book about the 2007 troop surge in Iraq written by David Finkel, chronicling the deployment of 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed "Rangers", under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Kauzlarich.

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The Looming Tower

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 is a 2006 non-fiction book by Lawrence Wright.

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The Nine (book)

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court is a 2007 non-fiction book by legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.

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The Underground Girls of Kabul

The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan is a book that documents the bacha posh of Afghanistan.

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They Marched Into Sunlight

They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a 2004 book written by David Maraniss.

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Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski (born 1 March 1943, in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Canadian American architect, professor and writer.

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1999 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1999.

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2000 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2000.

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2001 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2001.

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2002 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2002.

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2003 in literature

This article presents lists of literary events and publications in 2003.

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2004 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2004.

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2005 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2005.

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2006 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2006.

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2007 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2007.

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2008 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2008.

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2009 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2009.

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2010 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2010.

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2011 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2011.

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2012 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2012.

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2013 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2013.

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2014 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2014.

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2015 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2015.

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2016 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2016.

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2017 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2017.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Anthony_Lukas_Book_Prize

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