Ribalow Prize
The Ribalow Prize is a literary prize awarded annually by Hadassah Magazine the best work of fiction in English on a Jewish theme.
The prize, formally the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, was endowed in memory of Harold U. Ribalow, an American writer, editor, and anthologist.[1]
The inaugural prize was given in 1983 to Chaim Grade for the short story collection Rabbis and Wives. The stories, first published in Yiddish, were translated into English and published by Knopf in 1982.[2]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Chaim Grade | Rabbis and Wives | ||
| 1984 | ||||
| 2015 | Molly Antopol | The UnAmericans | The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer (Penguin/Random House) and The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis (Back Bay Books/Little Brown)[3] | |
| 2016 | ||||
| 2017 | Rose Tremain | Gustav Sonata | The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb and As Close to Us as Breathing by [4] | |
| 2018 | Barren Island |
References[]
- ^ "Book award honors Ribalow". New York Jewish Week. 25 May 1983.
- ^ "Chaim Grade Awarded Prize for Jewish Fiction". New York Times. 20 July 1983. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Molly Antopol Wins Hadassah Fiction Award". The Forward. JTA. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Rose Tremain's 'Gustav Sonata' wins Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
Categories:
- Awards established in 1983
- Jewish literary awards
- 1983 establishments in the United States
- Literary awards by magazines and newspapers
- Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America