Author record · 2020 to 2021
Amy Stanley: Awards and Best-of Lists
Amy Stanley has won 2 awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2020) for Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography | |
| 2021 | Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World | Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Biography or Autobiography | |
| 2020 | Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography | |
| 2020 | Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2020 | Stranger in the Shogun's City | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2020 | Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction |
Books
- Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World6 sources · 2020 to 2021