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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

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