RBC Taylor Prize

Given by Charles Taylor Foundation

Otros Nombres: Charles Taylor Prize (Inglés), Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Inglés)
140 Obras / 141 Items 26,011 Libros 916 Reseñas ½ 3.9
The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian mostrar más historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (19), Finalist (70), Longlist (52)
Years:
Todos, 2020 (5), 2019 (9), 2018 (10), 2017 (12), 2016 (11), 2015 (11), 2014 (12), 2013 (15), 2012 (11), 2011 (5), 2010 (4), 2009 (3), 2008 (5), 2007 (3), 2006 (4), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2002 (6), 2000 (6)

Winner 19

ObraAño
Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson (Untold Lives Series) por Mark Bourrie2020
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road por Kate Harris2019
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City por Tanya Talaga2018
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies por Ross King2017
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva por Rosemary Sullivan2016
They Left Us Everything: A Memoir por Plum Johnson2015
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America por Thomas King2014
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy por Andrew Preston2013
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery por Andrew Westoll2012
Mordecai: The Life & Times por Charles Foran2011
The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son por Ian Brown2010
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918 por Tim Cook2009
John A: The Man Who Made Us por Richard J. Gwyn2008
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest por Rudy Wiebe2007
Dead Man in Paradise por J. B. MacKinnon2006
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific por Charles Montgomery2005
Belonging por Isabel Huggan2004
Jane Austen por Carol Shields2002
Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir por Wayne Johnston2000

Finalist 70

ObraAño
Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? por Robyn Doolittle2020
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls por Jessica Mcdiarmid2020
The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World por Ziya Tong2020
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator por Timothy C Winegard2020
Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood por Bill Gaston2019
Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music por Ian Hampton2019
All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir por Elizabeth Hay2019
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age por Darrel J. McLeod2019
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) por Stephen R. Bown2018
Life on the Ground Floor por James Maskalyk2018
In the Name of Humanity por Max Wallace2018
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz por Max Eisen2017
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story por Matti Friedman2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World por Marc Raboy2017
This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications por Diane Schoemperlen2017
Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? por Ian Brown2016
This Is Happy por Camilla Gibb2016
Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War por David Halton2016
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir por Wab Kinew2016
One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe por David O'Keefe2015
The Last Asylum por Barbara Taylor2015
And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa por M. G. Vassanji2015
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage por Kathleen Winter2015
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country por Charlotte Gray2014
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be por J. B. MacKinnon2014
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan por Graeme Smith2014
Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life por David Stouck2014
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca por Carol Bishop-Gwyn2013
Warlords: Borden;mackenzie King And Canada's World Wars por Tim Cook2013
Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page por Sandra Djwa2013
Leonardo and the Last Supper por Ross King2013
Into the silence por Wade Davis2012
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe por Charlotte Gill2012
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit por Jj Lee2012
Afflictions and Departures por Madeline Sonik2012
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women por Stevie Cameron2011
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven por Ross King2011
The Geography of Arrival por George Sipos2011
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das por Merrily Weisbord2011
Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1968-2000 por John English2010
René Lévesque por Daniel Poliquin2010
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst por Kenneth Whyte2010
Sugar: A Bittersweet History por Elizabeth Abbott2009
Angel of Vengeance: The "Girl Assassin," the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World por Ana Siljak2009
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy por Kevin Bazzana2008
The Film Club: A Memoir por David Gilmour2008
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island por Lorna Goodison2008
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust por Anna Porter2008
Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 por John English2007
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism por Ross King2007
The Greek for Love: A Memoir of Sorrow and Joy por James Chatto2006
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 por Laura M. Mac Donald2006
The Boys: Or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter por John Terpstra2006
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark por Christopher Dewdney2005
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered por Patrick Lane2005
A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq por Paul William Roberts2005
In The Shadow Of Silence por Gertrud Baer2004
Lake of the Prairies por Warren Cariou2004
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground por J. Edward Chamberlin2004
Paris, 1919 por Margaret MacMillan2004
Time Lord: The Remarkable Canadian Who Missed His Train and Changed the World por Clark Blaise2002
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten por Michael David Kwan2002
The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text por A. B. McKillop2002
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood por Nega Mezlekia2002
The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church por Margaret Visser2002
Losing the Dead por Lisa Appignanesi2000
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found por Wayson Choy2000
The Warrior's Honor por Michael Ignatieff2000
A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century por Witold Rybczynski2000
Always give a penny to a blind man : a memoir por Eric Wright2000

Longlist 52

ObraAño
Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir por Mark Critch2019
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country por David Johnston2019
Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience por Allan Levine2019
Heart Berries: A Memoir por Terese Marie Mailhot2019
How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays por Mandy Len Catron2018
Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place por Daniel Coleman2018
The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to Freedom por Mohamed Fahmy2018
Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World por Michael Harris2018
A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land por Adam Shoalts2018
Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China por Jan Wong2018
Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD por Roméo Dallaire2017
An intimate wilderness : Arctic voices in a land of vast horizons por Norman Hallendy2017
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World por Mark Leiren-Young2017
Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend por Dan Robson2017
Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer (Life Writing) por Kenneth Sherman2017
Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve por Alexandra Shimo2017
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 por Bill Waiser2017
Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History por Andrew Cohen2016
Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey Into the New Heart of Africa por Will Ferguson2016
Zoroaster's Children: and Other Travels por Marius Kociejowski2016
Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway por Siobhan Roberts2016
The Prison Book Club por Ann Walmsley2016
Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead por Michael Winter2016
The Necessary War, Volume 1: Canadians Fighting The Second World War:1939-1943 por Tim Cook2015
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection por Michael Harris2015
Esto lo cambia todo : el capitalismo contra el clima por Naomi Klein2015
Berlin : Imagine a city por Rory MacLean2015
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design por Charles Montgomery2015
Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising por Alexandra Richie2015
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us por Carolyn Abraham2014
Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation por Mary Janigan2014
1914. De la paz a la guerra por Margaret MacMillan2014
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit por Witold Rybczynski2014
Without Honour por Rob Tripp2014
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad por Alison Wearing2014
Little Ship of Fools: Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic por Charles Wilkins2014
Walls: Travels Along the Barricades por Marcello Di Cintio2013
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age por Modris Eksteins2013
A Season in Hell por Robert Fowler2013
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else por Chrystia Freeland2013
March Forth: The Inspiring True Story of a Canadian Soldier's Journey of Love, Hope and Survival [Hardcover] por Trevor Greene2013
Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives That Changed Canada por Sandra Martin2013
What We Talk About When We Talk About War por Noah Richler2013
Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century por Jeffrey Simpson2013
Epistolophilia : writing the life of Ona Šimaitė por Julija Sukys2013
The Universe Within por Neil Turok2013
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter por Carmen Aguirre2012
The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan por Ryan Flavelle2012
John A: The Man Who Made Us por Richard J. Gwyn2012
Facing the Hunter por David Adams Richards2012
Why Not?: Fifteen Reasons to Live por Ray Robertson2012
Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism por Joel Yanofsky2012

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The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. (English, Escritos por miembros)
RBC TAYLOR PRIZE commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the field of literary non-fiction. The Prize will be awarded to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. The Prize consists of $25,000 for the winner and $2,000 for each of the runners up. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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