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*Poetry - ''Blackbird and Wolf'', by [[Henri Cole]]
*Poetry - ''Blackbird and Wolf'', by [[Henri Cole]]
*Lifetime Achievement - [[John Ashbery]]
*Lifetime Achievement - [[John Ashbery]]



'''2007'''
'''2007'''
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*Fiction - ''The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel'', by [[Amy Hempel]]
*Fiction - ''The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel'', by [[Amy Hempel]]
*Poetry - ''Averno'', by [[Louise Glück]]
*Poetry - ''Averno'', by [[Louise Glück]]
*Lifetime Achievement: [[Garry Wills]]
*Lifetime Achievement - [[Garry Wills]]


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'''2006'''
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*Biography & Autobiography - ''Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War'', by [[T. J. Stiles]]
*Biography & Autobiography - ''Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War'', by [[T. J. Stiles]]
*Poetry - ''Springing, New and Selected Poems'', by [[Marie Ponsot]]
*Poetry - ''Springing, New and Selected Poems'', by [[Marie Ponsot]]
*Lifetime Achievement Award - [[Edmund S. Morgan]]
*Lifetime Achievement - [[Edmund S. Morgan]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:51, 5 November 2008

The Ambassador Book Award is awarded annually by the English Speaking Union. It recognizes important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. Winners of the award are considered literary ambassadors who provide, in the best contemporary English, an important window on America to the rest of the world. A panel of judges, currently chaired by author Maureen Howard,[1] selects books out of new works in the fields of fiction, biography, autobiography, current affairs, American studies and poetry.

The award was established in 1986. Since then, winners have included books by such notable authors as Tom Wolfe (1988), Joan Didion (1988), Raymond Carver (1989), Gore Vidal (1989), John Cheever (1992), John Updike (1997)[2], Don Delillo (1998), Philip Roth (1999)[3], and Annie Proulx (2000).

Recent winners of the Ambassador Book Award are:


2008

2007

  • American Studies - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan
  • Autobiography - The Afterlife: A Memoir, by Donald Antrim
  • Biography - The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, by Debby Applegate
  • Current Affairs - Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas E. Ricks
  • Fiction - The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, by Amy Hempel
  • Poetry - Averno, by Louise Glück
  • Lifetime Achievement - Garry Wills

2006

  • American Studies - A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, by Stacy Schiff
  • Biography & Autobiography - American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin
  • Fiction - Liberation: A Novel, by Joanna Scott
  • Poetry - Migration, by W.S. Merwin

2005

2004

2003

References

  1. ^ ESU Programs - Ambassador Book Awards Committee
  2. ^ John Updike bio and awards at American Literature Web Resources
  3. ^ Houghton Mifflin list of awards won by Philip Roth
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