Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced

09 Abr 2016, 00:00 AM CDT

James Patterson, Juan Felipe Herrera Among Honorees

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tonight, the 36^th annual Los
Angeles Times Book Prizes, which recognize outstanding literary
achievement in 10 categories across traditional and emerging genres,
were awarded at the University of Southern California’s iconic Bovard
Auditorium. James Patterson received the Innovator’s Award, in
recognition of his cutting-edge contributions to literature and literacy
efforts; Juan Felipe Herrera was honored with the Robert Kirsch Award
for lifetime achievement. A complete list of this year’s Book Prizes
winners follows.

The Book Prizes ceremony is a highlight during the Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books, the largest literary and cultural festival in
America. This year’s Festival is the 21^st annual, and
convenes over 600 authors, musicians, artists, chefs and personalities
to engage, inform and entertain attendees on the University of Southern
California campus.

2015
Book Prizes Winners

Biography: Hayden Herrera, Listening
to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi, Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
Current Interest: Sarah Chayes, Thieves
of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, W. W.
Norton and Company
Fiction: Valeria Luiselli, translated by Christina MacSweeney, The
Story of My Teeth, Coffee House Press
Graphic Novel/Comics: Riad Sattouf, Arab
of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic
Memoir, Metropolitan Books
History: Dan Ephron, Killing
a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel,
W. W. Norton and Company
Mystery/Thriller: Don Winslow, The
Cartel, Alfred A. Knopf
Poetry: Jorie Graham, From
the New World: Poems 1976-2014, Ecco/HarperCollins
Science & Technology: Andrea Wulf, The
Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World,
Alfred A. Knopf
The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction: Chigozie Obioma, The
Fishermen, Little, Brown and Company
Young Adult Literature: Marilyn Nelson, My
Seneca Village, namelos
Innovator’s Award: James Patterson
Robert Kirsch Award: Juan Felipe Herrera

The complete list of 2015 Book Prizes finalists and previous winners is
available at latimes.com/bookprizes,
as is eligibility and judging information. Festival of Books news and
updates are available on the event website,
Facebook
page and Twitter
feed (#bookfest).