Do You Like Reading Biographies?
If so, you may be interested to know that the 2007 National Biography Award winner was announced on Tuesday 27 March,and the winner is...
East of Time by Jacob B Rosenberg. East of time is a personal memoir, collection of short stories/reminiscences of the author's adolescence spent in a Jewish ghetto in Lodz until 1944, when he was sent to Auschwitz. He was the only member of his family to survive. By all accounts, this book is a powerful story of humanity. It has previously also won the 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Other books in the shortlist included:
- Mr Stuart's Track by John Bailey
- No Time for Dances by Gillian Bouras
- The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science by Peter Doherty
- Arthur Tange by Peter Edwards
- Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life by Meg Stewart
- Bernard Shaw: A Life by A.M. Gibbs
- Will Dyson, Australia's Radical Genius by Ross McMullin
- Hoi Polloi by Craig Sherborne
What is your favourite biography? Leave a comment and share a good book with other readers.
