Charles Taylor Prize
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The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian
literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor
, a noted Canadian historian and writer.
The award has a monetary value of $
25,000.
The prize was inaugurated in 2000, and was presented biennially until 2004. At the 2004 awards ceremony, it was announced that the Charles Taylor Prize would become an annual award.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor
Charles P. B. Taylor
Charles Plunket Bourchier Taylor was a Canadian journalist, author, essayist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder....
, a noted Canadian historian and writer.
The award has a monetary value of $
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
25,000.
The prize was inaugurated in 2000, and was presented biennially until 2004. At the 2004 awards ceremony, it was announced that the Charles Taylor Prize would become an annual award.
2000
- Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
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, Always Give a Penny to a Blind Man
2002
- Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
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, The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
2004
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, Belonging: Home Away From Home - Gertrud Mackprang Baer, In the Shadow of Silence: From Hitler Youth to Allied Internment, A Young Woman's Story of Truth and Denial
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, Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World
2005
- Charles MontgomeryCharles MontgomeryCharles Montgomery is an award-winning Canadian writer and photojournalist.Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, he spent his formative years on a farm on Vancouver Island, and was educated at the University of Victoria and Langara College. Montgomery began his career at the Lillooet Bridge...
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, There is a Season: A Memoir in the Garden - Paul William RobertsPaul William RobertsPaul William Roberts is a Canadian writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario.Born in Wales and educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he gained a second in English Language and Literature, Roberts moved permanently to Canada in 1980...
, A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq
2006
- J. B. MacKinnon, Dead Man in Paradise
- James Chatto, The Greek for Love: A Memoir of Corfu
- Laura M. Mac Donald, Curse of the Narrows: the Halifax Explosion of 1917
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, The Boys, or Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter
2007
- Rudy WiebeRudy WiebeRudy Henry Wiebe, OC is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992.-Life:...
, Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest - Ross KingRoss King (author)Ross King is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He began his career by writing two works of historical fiction in the 1990s, later turning to non-fiction, and has since written several critically acclaimed and best-selling historical works.-Novels and Books:King's first novel, Domino, ,...
, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism - John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Vol. One: 1919-1968
2008
- Richard GwynRichard GwynRichard John Philip Jermy Gwyn, is a Canadian civil servant, journalist and author.-Early life:Richard Gwyn was born on May 26, 1934, in Bury St. Edmunds, England, and was the second son to his parents Brigadier Philip Eustace Congreve Jermy-Gwyn, an Indian Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith...
, John A.: The Man Who Made Us: The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald, Vol. One: 1815-1867 - Kevin BazzanaKevin BazzanaKevin Bazzana is a Canadian music historian and biographer, best known for his works on the influential Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Bazzana currently lives in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia...
, Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick - David GilmourDavid Gilmour (writer)David Gilmour is a Canadian novelist and television journalist.He became managing editor of the Toronto International Film Festival in 1980, a post he held for four years. In 1986, he joined CBC Television as a film critic for The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night...
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, Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
2009
- Tim Cook, Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918
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2010
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, The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst
2011
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