Los Angeles Times Book Prize1991

Given by Los Angeles Times

Other Names: LA Times Book Prize
33 Works / 34 Items 14,062 Books 197 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 show more of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. show less
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All, Winner (366), Finalist (1,272)
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All, 2023 (61), 2022 (56), 2021 (56), 2020 (56), 2019 (56), 2018 (51), 2017 (51), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (50), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (50), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (45), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (35), 1996 (53), 1995 (35), 1994 (34), 1993 (33), 1992 (30), 1991 (34), 1990 (18), 1989 (10), 1988 (9), 1987 (9), 1986 (10), 1985 (9), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (9), 1981 (10), 1980 (8)

Winner 7

WorkCategoryYear
Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874-1952 by T. H. WatkinsBiography1991
Why Americans Hate Politics by E. J. Dionne, Jr.Current Interest1991
White People by Allan GurganusFiction1991
Pangs of Love by David Wong LouieFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1991
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America by Nicholas LemannHistory1991
What Work Is by Philip LevinePoetry1991
The Truth About Chernobyl by Grigori MedvedevScience & Technology1991

Finalist 27

WorkCategoryYear
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance by Benita EislerBiography1991
Road Song by Natalie KuszBiography1991
Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor by Willard Sterne RandallBiography1991
A Life of Picasso, Volume 1: 1881-1906 by John RichardsonBiography1991
The United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power, and the Pursuit of Office by Alan EhrenhaltCurrent Interest1991
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America by Nicholas LemannCurrent Interest1991
The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America by Shelby SteeleCurrent Interest1991
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel YerginCurrent Interest1991
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra CisnerosFiction1991
Age of Iron by J. M. CoetzeeFiction1991
A Woman's Story by Annie ErnauxFiction1991
The Acacia by Claude SimonFiction1991
Wartime Lies by Louis BegleyFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1991
Ten Seconds by Louis EdwardsFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1991
How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney OttoFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1991
Lives of the Saints by Nino RicciFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)1991
Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era by Kevin BrownlowHistory1991
Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 by Philip A. KuhnHistory1991
Stalin in Power: The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941 by Robert C. TuckerHistory1991
Sudden Dreams by George EvansPoetry1991
Region of Unlikeness (American Poetry Series) by Jorie GrahamPoetry1991
Star Ledger (Iowa Poetry Prize) by Lynda HullPoetry1991
The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990 by Charles WrightPoetry1991
The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence by William CalvinScience & Technology1991
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert KanigelScience & Technology1991
Walking With the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas by Sy MontgomeryScience & Technology1991
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe by Dennis OverbyeScience & Technology1991

Descriptions

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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