Friday, 20 December 2013

The Books Of Award Winning Authors

By Marcia Marks


Reading is a wonderful way to spend some free time. Many people now use their wireless tablet to download the latest books to read when they are travelling. It is always a good idea to look around for works by award winning authors. These can be in a huge variety of fields, from travel and politics to mystery and fiction.

The Pulitzer prize is awarded annually and in several categories. Recipients of the prize often find that all their work is now under scrutiny and they get a tremendous amount of publicity. Even to make it to the last three finalists is a huge honor that can help to get an author some much needed publicity.

One of the best known of contemporary children's writers is Jane Yolen. She bases many of her stories in the harsh beauty of the New England landscape. It is often the landscape that serves as an integral part of the story. Parents and children will love to own a copy of the 1988 Caldecott Medal winning Owl Moon. This heart warming story tells of family, its traditions and roots on a bleak but beautiful farm. The elements of nature are also a great asset of this book.

The Pulitzer Prize is also awarded for fiction literature every year. The winners list includes some world famous American writers including the legendary Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway is much more than just an author, he really is an icon. His personal life was every bit as colorful as his literary work and his books still attract attention today. It was his work titled The Old Man and the Sea that won the prize in 1953. Most of Hemingway's work remains in print today and continues to receive excellent reviews.

The adult authors compete for the Pulitzer prize. The past winners include Dana Priest in 2006 for her work in The Washington Post. She wrote a highly acclaimed report of the governments counter terrorism campaign and exposed many practices that drew criticism from many people. Such ground breaking journalism has helped to put the spot light on many important social and humanitarian issues.

To Kill a Mockingbird is the perfect example of an outstanding work of fiction that won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. It focuses on the interactions between a small family in the deep south at a time of serious social discord. The bigger theme of the book is racial inequality which was rampant in much of the United States at the time. Generations of children have learned about what life was like for families, both black and white, in the south at that time. Many schools still have the book on the list of required reading.

One of the most loved books of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This 1961 winner tells the story of racial injustice and tensions in the south, but also of difficult family situations. There are so many threads running through the book that it is difficult to really say which is the main theme.

Ernest Hemingway is truly an American icon. Dashing and enigmatic he is one of the countries most famous award winning authors. Hemingway is the embodiment of the charismatic writer who really lived like a storybook hero. His book The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and remains popular today.




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