Tag: Tiya Miles
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Tiya Miles, Safiya Sinclair on UK’s Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 shortlist
Tiya Miles and Safiya Sinclair are on the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 announced on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. The Women’s Prize founded in 1996 is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United Kingdom. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original…
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Tiya Miles, Safiya Sinclair on UK’s Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 longlist
Tiya Miles and Safiya Sinclair are on the longlist for the UK’s Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 announced on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The Women’s Prize founded in 1996 is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United Kingdom. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best…
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Tiya Miles is Cundill History Prize 2022 winner.
Tiya Miles was announced the winner of the 2022 Cundill History Prize for All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake in Montreal, Canada on December 1, 2022 The Cundill History Prize, which recognises and promotes literary and academic achievement in history, was founded by Peter Cundill in 2008. The…
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Tiya Miles, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o at Pen America Awards 2022.
Tiya Miles was the solitary writer of African descent to win the contested awards at the Pen America Awards 2022 on February 28, 2022. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o was also awarded the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. PEN America is an organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States…
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Tiya Miles, Jason Mott win at the US National Book Awards 2021.
Tiya Miles and Jason Mott were declared winners in their categories at the US National Book Awards on November 17, 2021. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s…
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Writers of African descent finalists at the US National Book Awards 2021.
The finalists for the US National Book Awards 2021, featuring many leading writers and poets of African descent, were announced on October 5, 2021. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature,…