Athenaeum Literary Award
Encyclopedia
Athenaeum Literary Award is an American literary award hosted by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
, a special collections library
. It is award to authors who are "bona fide residents of Philadelphia or Pennsylvania living within a radius of 30 miles of City Hall". Eligible works are of general fiction or non-fiction; technical, scientific, and juvenile books are not included. The award was established in 1950 by Charles Wharton Stork (1881-1971), who was a board member of the Athenaeum from 1919 until 1968.
For the complete list see List of prior winners (1949-present)
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a special collections library founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge" for public benefit...
, a special collections library
Special library
A special library is a term for a library that is neither an academic, school, public or national library. Special libraries include law libraries, news libraries, corporate libraries, museum libraries, and medical libraries and are not usually open to the public for use...
. It is award to authors who are "bona fide residents of Philadelphia or Pennsylvania living within a radius of 30 miles of City Hall". Eligible works are of general fiction or non-fiction; technical, scientific, and juvenile books are not included. The award was established in 1950 by Charles Wharton Stork (1881-1971), who was a board member of the Athenaeum from 1919 until 1968.
Prior winners
The award has been given since 1949.- 2010 Robin BlackRobin BlackRobin Black is a Canadian glam rock band, originally known as Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars, formed in 1998. The band's lead singer also uses Robin Black as his stage name.-History:...
, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Stories - 2009 Richard BeemanRichard BeemanRichard R. Beeman is an American historian specializing in the American Revolution. He has written multiple books, and is the John Walsh Centennial Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania...
, Plain, Honest Men: The Making of The American Constitution - 2008 Walter A. McDougallWalter A. McDougallWalter A. McDougall is an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He is Professor of History and the Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania....
, Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877 - 2007 Jon ClinchJon ClinchJon Clinch is an American novelist and teacher. Originally from upstate Oneida, New York, he graduated from Syracuse University and went on to teach American literature. Formerly creative director for various advertising agencies in the Philadelphia area, he now lives in Vermont...
, Finn: A Novel - 2006 David Traxel, Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920
- 2005 Kermit RooseveltKermit RooseveltKermit Roosevelt I MC was a son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. He was an explorer on two continents with his father, a graduate of Harvard University, a soldier serving in two world wars, with both the British and U.S. Armies, a businessman, and a writer...
, In the Shadow of the Law - 2004 Roger W. Moss, Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia
- 2003 Jack Repcheck, The Man Who Found Time
- 2002 Jane GoldenJane GoldenJane Golden founded the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia, PA in the early 1990s as the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network. She was also active in the mural renaissance in Los Angeles, CA in the 1980s.-References:******...
, Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell - 2002 Charlene Mires, Independence Hall in American Memory
- 2001 No award.
- 2000 Susan Sidlauskas, Body, Place, and Self in Nineteenth-Century Painting
- 1999 J. Welles Henderson & Rodney P. Carlisle, Jack Tar: A Sailor's Life, 1750-1910
- 1998 James J. O'DonnellJames J. O'DonnellJames Joseph O'Donnell is a classical scholar and the Provost of Georgetown University. O'Donnell previously served as Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania...
, Avatars of the Word - 1997 A.C. Elias, Jr., Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
- 1996 Peter Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography
- 1995 Thomas Childers, Wings of Morning
- 1994 Paul FussellPaul FussellPaul Fussell is an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of genres, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America’s class system...
, The Anti-Egotist - 1993 Seymour I. Toll, A Judge Uncommon
- 1992 Arthur Power Dudden, The America Pacific
- 1991 Art Carey, The United States of Incompetence
- 1990 Matthews Masayuki Hamabata, Crested Kimono
For the complete list see List of prior winners (1949-present)
External links
- Athenaeum Literary Award, official website.