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The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 100,000. The prize was formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction from inception until 2010 when the awards were re-established under the stewardship of the Wheeler Centre and restarted with new prize amounts and a new name. The Nettie Palmer Prize was valued at 30,000 in 2010. According to the State Library of Victoria which managed the prize from 1997 to 2010, "This prize is offered for a published work of non-fiction. Books consisting principally of photographs or illustrations are ineligible unless the accompanying text is of substantial length." 〔(State Library of Victoria )〕 Palmer wrote regularly for numerous newspapers all round Australia. She wrote on a wide range of topics, from environment to cultural events, reviewing all important books being published in Australia, America, Europe and elsewhere. ==Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction== Blue ribbon () = winner. *2011 * *Stephen Foster, ''A Private Empire'' * *Cordelia Fine, ''Delusions of Gender'' * *Fiona Capp, ''My Blood’s Country'' * *Anna Krien, ''Into the Woods'' * *Tim Bonyhady, ''Good Living Street'' * * Mark McKenna, ''An Eye for Eternity: The Life Of Manning Clark'' *2012 * * Bill Gammage, ''The Biggest Estate on Earth'' * *Simon Leys, ''The Hall of Uselessness'' * *Alice Pung, ''Her Father's Daughter'' * *Kerryn Goldsworthy, ''Adelaide'' * *James Boyce, ''1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia'' * *Brenda Niall, ''True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack'' *2013 Presented in January 2014 (see 2014 entry) for books published in 2013. *2014 * *Robert Kenny, ''Gardens of Fire: An Investigative Memoir'' * *Germaine Greer, ''White Beech'' * *Kristina Olsson, ''Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir'' * * Henry Reynolds, ''Forgotten War'' * *Helen Trinca, ''Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John'' * *Gideon Haigh, ''On Warne'' * *NPY Women's Council, Commended: ''Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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