NEW YORK — David W. Blight’s biography of Frederick Douglass and Sarah Smarsh’s “Heartland” are among the nominees for awards celebrating nonfiction books of social consciousness and literary merit. On Tuesday, the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University announced shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Mark Lynton History Prize. Smarsh is a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize and Blight for the Lynton History Prize, each worth $10,000. The Lynton prize is named for the late businessman and refugee from Nazi Germany. ——On the Internet: https://journalism.columbia.edu/2019-lukas-prize-shortlist——This story has been corrected to say the Lynton prize, not the Dayton prize, is named for the late businessman and refugee from Nazi Germany.

Source: National Post February 26, 2019 11:06 UTC