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American Library in Paris Book Award was created in 2013 with a donation from the Florence Gould Foundation. It is awarded each November with a remunerative prize of $5,000 to "a work written originally in English that deepens and stimulates our understanding of France or the French.."[1]
The American Library in Paris "was founded and originally run by American expatriates in Paris in 1920, with books that had been sent by American libraries to soldiers fighting in World War I."[2]
The shortlist was announced in September,[3] and the winner in December 2013.[2]
Winner: Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Shortlist:
Jury: Diane Johnson, Adam Gopnik and Julian Barnes
The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner in November 2014.[4]
Winner: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy
Shortlist:
Jury: Alice Kaplan, Sebastian Faulks, and Pierre Assouline
The shortlist was announced in July,[5] and the winner was announced 6 November 2015.
Winner: Laura Auricchio, The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered
Shortlist:
Jury: Laura Furman, Lily Tuck, Fredrik Logevall
The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 3 November 2016.[6]
Winner: Ethan B. Katz, The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France
Shortlist:
Jury: Laura Auricchio, Robert Harris, Robert O. Paxton
The shortlist was announced in July,[7] and the winner was announced on 3 November 2017.[8]
Winner: David Bellos, The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables
Shortlist:
Jury: Adam Gopnik, Bruno Racine, Stacy Schiff
The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 8 November 2018.
Winner: Julian Jackson, A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle
Shortlist
Jury: Diane Johnson, David Bellos, and Pierre Assouline
The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 7 November 2019.[9]
Winner: Marc Weitzmann, Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and What it Means for Us)
Shortlist
Jury: Alice Kaplan, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Pamela Druckerman
Coups de coeur
In addition to the six shortlisted titles, the screening committee selected the following five books as worthy of special recognition:
The shortlist was announced in July, and the winner was announced on 14 January 2021.[10]
Winner: Maggie Paxson, The Plateau
Shortlist
Jury: Ethan Katz, Rachel Donadio, and Jake Lamar
The shortlist was announced in July 2021 , and the winner was announced on 20 January 2022.[11]
Winner: Sudhir Hazareesingh, Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
Shortlist
Jury: Lauren Collins, Julian Jackson, Dinaw Mengestu, and Maggie Paxson
The shortlist was announced in July 2022, and the winner was announced on 3 November 2022.[12]
Winner: Graham Robb, France: An Adventure History
Shortlist
Jury: Charles Trueheart (chair), Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Alexandra Schwartz
The ten-title longlist was announced in June 2023, the five-title shortlist was announced in September 2023, and the winner was announced on 9 November 2023.[12]
Winner: Katherine J. Chen, Joan: A Novel
Shortlist
Longlist
Jury: Lauren Groff (chair), Doan Bui, and Sudhir Hazareesingh
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