Author record · 2013 to 2024
Dina Nayeri: Awards and Best-of Lists
Dina Nayeri has 5 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Anna Bosch Miralpeix
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Who Gets Believed? | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2022 | The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Current Interest | |
| 2019 | The Ungrateful Refugee | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Ungrateful Refugee | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · First Novel |
Books
- The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You3 sources · 2019
- The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found2 sources · 2022 to 2023
- A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea1 source · 2013
- Who Gets Believed?1 source · 2024
- Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough1 source · 2023