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.

With so many great works to choose from readers should decide which genre most interests them. Those who typically read the newspaper every day may like the investigative journalism of The Washington Post. This highly acclaimed publication has published many stories over the years that have rocked the nation and prompted social change. The Pulitzer Prize for journalism is a huge honor that is fought over by journalists every year. Past winners include Dana Priest, who wrote about the government handling of humanitarian issues.

Many of the books have been made into movies. The Polar Express written by Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Medal in 1986 and became an instant classic. Its wonderful storyline is both exciting and heartwarming. It was later made into a highly successful movie that has become a holiday favorite.

John Steinbeck is revered as one of the greatest of American authors. He wrote about social issues that still ring true with readers today. His works include The Red Pony and The Grapes of Wrath. Much of Steinbeck's work focuses on family dynamics and struggles. Many of his main characters are faced with devastating circumstances that are beyond their control. They work hard to keep things as they want them, but life and fate conspire to overwhelm them.

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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