For a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid , by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Basic Books )
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in General Nonfiction in 1980:
The Jury
The Jury
Norman Cousins(Chair)
Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities, University of California, Los Angeles
Herbert Mitgang
Book Critic, The New York Times
Robert Wyatt
Book Editor, The Tennessean; Professor of English, University of Tennessee
Winners in General Nonfiction
1980 Prize Winners
William A. Henry III
For critical writing about television.