Thursday, September 28, 2023

Society of American Historians Prize: historical fiction


The Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction, formerly known as the James Fenimore Cooper Prize, is a biennial award for the best historical American fiction. It is awarded in odd-numbered years. The prize honors literary fiction that "makes a significant contribution to historical understanding, portrays authentically the people and events of the historical past, and displays skills in narrative construction and prose style.”

2023: A Dangerous Business, by Jane Smiley

2021: Conjure Women, by Afia Atakora

2019: There, There, by Tommy Orange

2017: (no prize awarded)

2015: Saint Monkey, by Jacinta Townsend

2013: Remember Ben Clayton, by Stephen Harrigan

2011: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, by Karl Marlantes

2009: Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan

2007: The Last Town on Earth, by Thomas Mullen

2005: The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth

2003: Paradise Alley, by Kevin Baker

2001: A Dangerous Friend, by Ward Just, and Bone by Bone, by Peter Matthiessen

1999: Gain, by Richard Powers

1997: The Cattle Killing, by John Edgar Wideman

1995: In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O’Brien

1993: Shaman, by Noah Gordon
 

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