Author record · 2006 to 2025
Ekow Eshun: Awards and Best-of Lists
Ekow Eshun has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2025) for The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Biography | |
| 2025 | The Strangers | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | The Strangers | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2006 | Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book |
Books
- The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them3 sources · 2024 to 2025
- Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa1 source · 2006