Awards & Recognition
Princeton University Press books have won numerous awards, including six Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, and the Holberg Prize. To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Finalist for the PROSE Award in Engineering and Technology, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2021
Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, Society of Professors of EducationWinner of the Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Gold Medal in Education, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Winner of the 1994 James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical AssociationWinner of the 1994 Tricycle Prize for Excellence in Buddhist Scholarship
Winner of the 2009 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, American Philological Association