Author record · 2006 to 2024
Ian Buruma: Awards and Best-of Lists
Ian Buruma has won 1 award, the PEN America Literary Awards (2015) for Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadows of War, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spinoza | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2016 | Their Promised Land | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2016 | Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadows of War | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | |
| 2014 | Year Zero: A History of 1945 | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Year Zero: A History of 1945 | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2013 | Year Zero | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | Year Zero | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | The China Lover | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The China Lover | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2007 | Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction | |
| 2006 | Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Current Interest | |
| 2006 | Murder in Amsterdam | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction |
Books
- Year Zero: A History of 19454 sources · 2013 to 2014
- Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance3 sources · 2006 to 2007
- The China Lover2 sources · 2008 to 2010
- Their Promised Land2 sources · 2016
- Spinoza1 source · 2024
- Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadows of War1 source · 2015