Athenaeum Literary Award

Given by Athenaeum of Philadelphia

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Athenaeum Literary Award is an American literary award hosted by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, a special collections library. It is award to authors who are "bona fide residents of Philadelphia or mostra'n més Pennsylvania living within a radius of 30 miles of City Hall

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Tots, Winner (92), Finalist (6)
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Tots, 2023 (6), 2022 (3), 2021 (2), 2020 (2), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (1), 2013 (2), 2012 (3), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (4), 1977 (2), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1969 (2), 1968 (2), 1967 (2), 1965 (1), 1964 (2), 1963 (1), 1962 (3), 1961 (1), 1960 (2), 1959 (1), 1958 (2), 1957 (1), 1956 (2), 1955 (1), 1954 (1), 1953 (1), 1952 (1), 1951 (1), 1950 (1), 1949 (1)
Announced:
febrer 1: Finalista2023 Recent

Winner 92

ObraAny
After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics―and How to Fix It de Will Bunch2022
The Philadelphia school and the future of architecture de John Lobell2022
University City : history, race, and community in the era of the innovation district de Laura Wolf-Powers2022
My Broken Language: A Memoir de Quiara Alegría Hudes2021
Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction de Miles Orvell2021
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir de Michele Harper2020
Salut!: France Meets Philadelphia de Lynn Miller2020
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects de Edward Posnett2019
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City de Witold Rybczynski2019
Circe de Madeline Miller2018
Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 de Patrick Spero2018
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge de Erica Armstrong Dunbar2017
The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adaptations and Innovations de Carol Eaton Soltis2017
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age de Gino Segré2016
Eye of the sixties : Richard Bellamy and the transformation of modern art de Judith E. Stein2016
American Zoo: A Sociological Safari de David Grazian2015
Houses for a New World" Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs, 1945–1965 de Barbara Miller Lane2015
Governed by a Spirit of Opposition: The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia de Jessica C. Roney2014
The Houses of Louis Kahn de George H. Marcus2013
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime de Adrian Raine2013
Heft de Liz Moore2012
A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science de Robert McCracken Peck2012
A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States de Steven Ujifusa2012
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Stories de Robin Black2010
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution de Richard Beeman2009
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877 de Walter A. McDougall2008
Finn de Jon Clinch2007
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920 de David Traxel2006
In the Shadow of the Law de Kermit Roosevelt2005
Historic Houses of Philadelphia : A Tour of the Region's Museum Homes de Roger W. Moss2004
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity de Jack Repcheck2003
Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell de Jane Golden2002
Body, Place, and Self in Nineteenth-Century Painting de Susan Sidlauskas2000
Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life : 1750-1910 (Marine Art & Antiques) de J. Welles Henderson1999
Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace de James J. O'Donnell1998
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography de Peter Conn1996
Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II de Thomas Childers1995
The Anti-Egotist: Kingsley Amis, Man of Letters de Paul Fussell1994
A Judge Uncommon: A Life of John Biggs, Jr. de Seymour I. Toll1993
The American Pacific : from the old China trade to the present de Arthur P. Dudden1992
The United States of Incompetence de Art Carey1991
Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family de Matthews Masayuki Hamabata1990
The Grotto de Coral Lansbury1989
English Romanticism: The Human Context de Marilyn Gaull1988
Eisenhower at War, 1943-1945 de David Eisenhower1986
Chancing It: Why We Take Risks de Ralph Keyes1985
The Renaissance Hamlet : issues and responses in 1600 de Roland Mushat Frye1984
The Dentist and the Empress The Adventures of Dr. Tom Evans in Gas-lit Paris de Gerald Carson1983
George Washington's Chinaware de Susan Gray Detweiller1982
The Chaneysville Incident de David Bradley1981
Una princesa a Berlín de Arthur R. G. Solmssen1980
Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia de E. Digby Baltzell1979
Nurse de Peggy Anderson1978
Being Seventy: The Measure of a Year de Elizabeth Gray Vining1978
Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution de Anthony F. C. Wallace1978
Woman of Quality de Jan Westcott1978
The moving pageant: A selection of essays de Seymour Adelman1977
Famous and curious cemeteries : a pictorial, historical, and anecdotal view of American and European cemeteries and the famous and infamous people who are buried there de John Francis Marion1977
City of independence: Views of Philadelphia before 1800 de Martin P. Snyder1975
Blue-Collar Journal: A College President's Sabbatical de John Royston Coleman1974
The glorious enterprise: the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 and H. J. Schwarzmann, architect-in-chief de John Maass1973
The Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943 de Jerre Mangione1972
The Night Country de Loren Eiseley1971
The Brandywine tradition de Henry Clarence Pitz1969
The Promise de Chaim Potok1969
Expatriates and patriots;: American artists, scholars, and writers in Europe de Ernest Penney Earnest1968
The art of Portugal, 1500-1800 de Robert Chester Smith1968
Design of Cities de Edmund N. Bacon1967
The Fox and the Hound de Daniel P. Mannix1967
The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I de Laurence Lafore1965
God bless the child de Kristin Hunter Lattany1964
Take heed of loving me de Elizabeth Gray Vining1964
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character de Samuel Noah Kramer1963
Maria de Curtis Bok1962
The Origin of Races de Carleton S. Coon1962
Puritans and Yankees the Winthrop Dynasty of New England de Richard S. Dunn1962
The Stakes of Power, 1845-1877 de Roy F. Nichols1961
Storm the Last Rampart de David Taylor1960
Rosenbach: A Biography de Edwin Wolf1960
Mainstreams of Modern Art de John Canaday1959
An Elephant for Aristotle de L. Sprague de Camp1958
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It de Loren Eiseley1958
The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke de Catherine Drinker Bowen1957
The Village Beyond de Livingston Biddle Jr.1956
From the tablets of Sumer; twenty-five firsts in man's recorded history de Samuel Noah Kramer1956
Mr. Secretary Cecil and Queen Elizabeth de Conyers Read1955
La nit del caçador de Davis Grubb1954
The Culmination, 1760-1763 de Lawrence Henry Gipson1953
The Philadelphia Story 1752-1952, The Philadelphia Contributionship de Nicholas B. Wainwright1952
The Literature of the American People: A Historical and Critical Survey de Arthur Hobson Quinn1951
The royal play of Macbeth; when, why, and how it was written by Shakespeare de Henry Neill Paul1950
World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History de John L. Lamonte1949

Finalist 6

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Rug Man de David Amadio2023
Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemics de David S. Barnes2023
The Unsettled de Ayana Mathis2023
From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine de Ben Stanger2023
Sink: A Memoir de Joseph Earl Thomas2023
The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I de Steven Ujifusa2023

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