The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey

Adam Hochschild was recently awarded a Lannan Literary Award. Among his many acclaimed books are "King Leopold's Ghost," a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and "Bury the Chains," a National Book Award finalist and winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Hochschild teaches writing at the graduate school of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. Adam Hochschild is the 2006 winner of the Lionel GelberPrize for his book "Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves." He is the first repeat winner in the history of the Prize, which recognizes the year's best foreign policy book. Lionel Gelber, a Canadian scholar, author and diplomat, renowned for his work in international relations, established the Prize in 1989. Hochschild first won the Prize in 1999 for King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Lionel's brother Arthur Gelber announced the Lionel Gelber Prize in 1989, awarded to the world's best non-fiction book in English (or English translation) that seeks to deepen public debate on significant global issues, said, "International relations and global politics have an impact on all of us. This prize is designed to stimulate authors who write about international relations and to encourage the audience for these books to grow." The Economist has described the Lionel Gelber Prize as "the world's most important award for non-fiction." It is worth $15,000.Adam Hochschild is the author of 'The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey', published 2007 under ISBN 9780618758258 and ISBN 0618758259.