Edith anisfield wolf created the award in 1935 to honor books that explored issues of race and culture. The cleveland foundation announced eric foner, ilya kaminsky, charles king and namwali serpell as the winners of the 85th annual anisfieldwolf book awards march 30. The 2019 recipients of the awards, which are the only national juried american book prizes focusing. Apr 08, 2020 the cleveland foundation announced eric foner, ilya kaminsky, charles king and namwali serpell as the winners of the 85th annual anisfieldwolf book awards march 30.
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