National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Einer der bedeutendsten jährlichen amerikanischen Literaturpreise, der ein herausragendes Sachbuch einer US-amerikanischen Autorin oder eines US-amerikanischen Autors auszeichnet – von Geschichte über Wissenschaft, Biografie und Memoiren bis hin zum Zeitgeschehen.
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1986
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1982
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Gay Gaer Luce
1979
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1978
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1977
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Dorothy Dinnerstein
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1976
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Richard Pipes
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Lawrence L. Langer
1975
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"Your Isadora": The Love Story of Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig
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- National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025: Wer hat gewonnen?
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- National Book Award for Nonfiction: Wer waren die letzten Gewinner?
- 2025: „Eines Tages werden alle immer schon dagegen gewesen sein“ von Omar El Akkad; 2024: „Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling“ von Jason De León; 2023: „The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History“ von Ned Blackhawk; 2022: „South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon To Understand the Soul of a Nation“ von Imani Perry; 2021: „All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake“ von Tiya Miles.
- National Book Award for Nonfiction: Hat jemand den Preis mehrmals gewonnen?
- Ja, 6 Personen: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1935, 1938); George F. Kennan (1957, 1968); Justin Kaplan (1967, 1981); Lewis Thomas (1975, 1981); David McCullough (1978, 1982); Peter Matthiessen (1979, 1980).