The 麻豆传媒 Book Publishers Association announced the winners of the 2013 on Friday, May 10. titles were recognized with 7 of the 20 awards, including the top Samuel M. Kamakau Award for 麻豆传媒 Book of the Year for by Anwei Skinsnes Law with design by UH Press Production Editor Julie Matsuo-Chun.
In addition, the book tied as the winner of the Award of Excellence in the Hawaiian Language, Culture and History category and received an honorable mention in nonfiction.
Published with the support of the at UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, the comprehensive work uses primary sources such as letters, petitions and oral history interviews to document the lives of individuals sent to the leprosy settlement at Kalaupapa.
The judges praised the volume as “a very important contribution to Hawaiian history” and recognized Anwei Law for “an exemplary job constructing an insightful narrative from these sources into a book that is beautifully realized by UH Press.”
Accolades also went to these UH Press titles and their authors:
- by Leilani Holmes—Winner (tie) of the Award of Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture and History
- by Tom Coffman—Winner of the Award of Excellence in Nonfiction
- by Donald R. Hodel—Winner of the Award of Excellence in Natural Science
- by Jim Tranquada and John King—Winner of the Award of Excellence in Special-Interest Books
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