![]() ![]() 28 in Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University’s Maltz Performing Arts Center. Long said.Ī ceremony for the winners will be held Sep. Clint Smith, 1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across AmericaOver one million Black men and women served in World War II. “ notion that literature can ignite justice is valid nearly 90 years later, and we are honored to add the 2023 winners to the canon,” awards manager Karen R. Half American belongs firmly within the canon of indispensable World War II books. Delmont 4. Previous notable winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which was founded by poet Edith Anisfield Wolf in 1935, include Martin Luther King Jr., Toni Morrison, and Nadine Gordimer. Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad Matthew F. In addition to Gates, jury members are Rita Dove, Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Simon Schama. Delmont, who is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College, lives in Etna, N.H. Delmont Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad This event has already occurred. Brooks lives on Martha’s Vineyard, as does Hunter-Gault for part of the year. ![]() The prize also awards recipients $10,000, the website states. “These remarkable books deliver groundbreaking insights on race and diversity,” jury chairman Henry Louis Gates Jr. ![]()
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