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First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years mostrar más has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant. mostrar menos
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Winner 105

ObraAño
Inciting Joy: Essays por Ross Gay2023
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance por Hanif Abdurraqib2022
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments por Aimee Nezhukumatathil2021
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir por Jeannie Vanasco2020
Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life por David Giffels2019
Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill por Deanne Stillman2018
Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America por Douglas Brinkley2017
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America por Wil Haygood2016
The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security por Ann Hagedorn2015
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster---the Creators of Superman por Brad Ricca2014
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds por Julie Zickefoose2013
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend por Susan Orlean2012
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness—and a Trove of Letters—Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression por Ted Gup2011
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present por Gail Collins2010
Baghdad at Sunrise: a Brigade Commander's War in Iraq por Peter R. Mansoor2009
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 por Ann Hagedorn2008
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast por Douglas Brinkley2007
A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright por James Wright2006
Rambam's Ladder por Julie Salamon2005
Trains in the distance por Paul Zimmer2005
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland por Michael Dirda2004
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad por Ann Hagedorn2004
Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation por Julie Salamon2003
Finding Fish: A Memoir por Antwone Q. Fisher2002
The GI Generation: A Memoir por Frank F. Mathias2001
John Glenn: A Memoir por John H. Glenn2000
Ellis Island Interviews: Immigrants Tell Their Stories In Their Own Words por Peter Morton Coan1999
The Haygoods of Columbus: a Love Story por Wil Haygood1998
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction por David Quammen1997
The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 por Dawn Powell1996
Family por Ian Frazier1995
Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World por Scott Russell Sanders1994
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order por John F. Marszalek1993
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction por Melissa Fay Greene1992
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt por Geoffrey C. Ward1991
Bulow Hammock: Mind in a Forest por David Rains Wallace1990
Magpie rising: sketches from the Great Plains por Merrill Gilfillan1989
Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles por Nikki Giovanni
Essays
1988
The Frontier Republic: Ideology and Politics in the Ohio Country, 1780-1825 por Andrew R. L. Cayton
History
1987
The architecture of migration : log construction in the Ohio country, 1750-1850 por Donald A. Hutslar
History
1986
The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton por Michael Mott
Biography
1985
Wood, Brick and Stone, the North American Settlement Landscape: Houses por Allen G. Noble
History
1985
The Shawnee Prophet por R. David Edmunds
Biography
1984
Gregarious Saints: Self and Community in Antebellum American Abolitionism, 1830-1870 por Lawrence J. Friedman
History
1983
The American Jewish Woman, 1654-1980 por Jacob Rader Marcus
History
1982
Semper fidelis : the history of the United States Marine Corps por Allan R. Millett
History
1981
Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship por Thomas Fensch
Biography
1980
The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 por John D. Unruh
History
1979
Por qué son escasas las fieras : una introducción a la ecología por Paul A. Colinvaux
Science
1978
This Is Ragtime por Terry Waldo
Social History
1977
SIGNERS OF THE CONSTITUTION BUILDERS OF A NATION SERIES BOOK TWO por Ed Mason
Bicentennial Award
1976
Signers of the Declaration of Independence por Ed Mason
Bicentennial Award
1976
George Eliot: The Emergent Self por Ruby V. Redinger
Biography
1976
Water Well Technology por Jay H. Lehr
Science
1975
Day of Shame: The Truth About the Murderous Happenings Aboard the Cutter Vigilant During the Russian-American Confrontation Off Martha's Vineyard. por Algis Ruksenas1975
Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing por Donald Smythe
Biography
1974
The eight; the realist revolt in American painting por Mahonri Sharp Young
Arts
1974
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry por J. Allen Hynek1973
Yankee Quaker, Confederate general: The curious career of Bushrod Rust Johnson por Charles M Cummings
Biography
1972
Blackthink; My Life as Black Man and White Man por Jesse Owens
Biography
1971
Chalk Dust on My Shoulder por Charles G. Rousculp1970
The river Jordan por Nelson Glueck1969
Unknown Edwin Markham His Mystery and Its Significance por Louis Filler
Biography
1967
Overtaken by Events: The Dominican Crisis from the Fall of Trujillo to the Civil War por John Bartlow Martin1967
The Great American Forest por Rutherford Hayes Platt1966
A History of Far Eastern Art por Sherman E. Lee1965
Hill towns of Italy por Lucy Lilian Notestein1964
Viva Juárez ! - A Biography por Charles Allen Smart1964
The Yorkist Age: Daily Life During the Wars of the Roses por Paul Murray Kendall1963
The Coming Fury por Bruce Catton1962
The Crusade against Slavery, 1830-1860 por Louis Filler1961
Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev por Nelson Glueck1960
Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates por Harry V. Jaffa1960
Moonlight at midday por Sally Carrighar1959
Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764-1776 por Arthur M. Schlesinger1959
The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933 por Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.1958
Warwick the Kingmaker por Paul Murray Kendall
Biography
1958
This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War por Bruce Catton1957
The Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia por John F. Cady1956
Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History por Arthur Loesser1955
Christianity and the problem of history por Roger Lincoln Shinn
Religion
1954
The Republic and The Person por Gordon Keith Chalmers1953
Making prayer real por Lynn James Radcliffe
Philosophy
1953
The Extraordinary Mr. Morris por Howard Swiggett
Biography
1953
Mr. Lincoln's Army por Bruce Catton
History
1952
Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective por Ernest George Schwiebert
Biography
1952
The hours and the ages; a sequence of Americans por Edward Nicholas
History
1950
A Guide to Confident Living por Norman Vincent Peale
Religion
1950
Liberty Hyde Bailey: A story of American plant sciences por Andrew Denny Rodgers
Biography
1950
Children and Books por May Hill Arbuthnot1949
Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language por Sister Miriam Joseph1949
The letters of Edgar Allan Poe por Edgar Allan Poe
Critical
1949
The British Post Office: a History por Howard Robinson
History
1949
The Story of John Hope por torrencefredericridg
Biography
1949
Peace of mind por Joshua Loth Liebman
Religion
1947
The Age of Jackson por Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
History
1946
Against the current: The life of Karl Heinzen (1809-80) por Carl Frederick Wittke
Biography
1946
The road to Teheran,: The story of Russia and America, 1781-1943 por Foster Rhea Dulles1945
Date with destiny por Ralph W. Sockman1945
Burma Surgeon por Gordon S. Seagrave
War
1944
Climate makes the man por Clarence Alonzo Mills1943
No Royal Road: Luca Pacioli and His Times (Dimensions of Accounting Theory and Practice) por R. Emmett Taylor1943
The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes por Walter Havighurst1942
Washington is like that por W. M. Kiplinger1942
Prelude to Victory por James B. Reston1942

Descripciones

First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in the past 80 years has been honored, from James Thurber to Toni Morrison.

Each year, juried awards are given to books in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, About Ohio/an Ohioan, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. Fans have the opportunity to make their voices heard by selecting the Readers’ Choice Book Award from among all thirty finalists in an online poll. Finally, we present a special prize for emerging writers, the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant.

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