The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. For 77 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. Today it remains the only American book prize focusing on works that address racism and diversity.
More information about the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is available here.
The 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The 2012 Anisfield-Wolf winners were honored in Cleveland on September 13, 2012 at a ceremony hosted by the Cleveland Foundation and emceed by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Watch the Ceremony
2012 Winners on ideastream
The nonfiction winners were featured on The Sound of Ideas and the fiction winners featured on Around Noon.
List of 2012 Winners
Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues: A Novel, Fiction
David Blight, American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, Nonfiction
David Livingstone Smith, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others, Nonfiction
Arnold Rampersad, Lifetime Achievement
WVIZ/PBS Ohio Broadcast
The 2012 Anisfield Wolf Awards will be broadcast on The Ohio Channel statewide across Ohio, and on WVIZ/PBS Ohio, at the following times:
Saturday, Oct. 20, 12:00 & 8:00 PM
Sunday, Oct. 21, 4:00 AM
C-SPAN 2 Book TV Broadcast
The 2012 Anisfield Wolf Awards will be broadcast on C-SPAN 2 Book TV, at the following times:
Saturday, Oct. 6, 8:00 PM
Sunday, Oct. 7, 4:00 PM
The 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony was held on September 15, 2011, and hosted by ideastream's Dee Perry.
Watch the Ceremony
2011 Winners on ideastream
The nonfiction winners were featured on The Sound of Ideas and the fiction winners featured on Around Noon.
List of 2011 Winners
Nicole Krauss, Great House, Fiction
Mary Helen Stefaniak, The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia, Fiction
David Eltis/David Richardson, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Nonfiction
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns, Nonfiction
John Edgar Wideman, Lifetime Achievement
The 75th Anniversary Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: an Applause Special
The 2010 Anisfield-Wolf winners were honored in Cleveland on September 14, 2010 at a ceremony hosted by the Cleveland Foundation and emceed by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr.
View the Television Special and Webcast
The 75th Anniversary Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards:
Television Special
View the documentary produced from the Sept. 14 event on WVIZ/PBS.
The 75th Anniversary Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards:
Webcast
The 2010 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards was webcast live on Tuesday, September 14. Watch the entire ceremony - as it happened.
List of 2010 Winners
Kamila Shamsie, Burnt Shadows, Fiction
Elizabeth Alexander, Lifetime Achievement in Poetry
William Julius Wilson, Lifetime Achievement in Nonfiction
Oprah Winfrey, Lifetime Achievement
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