The 75th Anniversary Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: an Applause Special

Premiered Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 PM

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.

About the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. For 75 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

The 2010 Anisfield-Wolf winners were honored in Cleveland on September 14 at a ceremony hosted by the Cleveland Foundation and emceed by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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

More information about the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is available here.