The 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

The 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, 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.

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 76 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

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

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