The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel by Michael Chabon, first published by HarperCollins in New York on 1 May 2007. Set in an alternate present where a Jewish refugee settlement was founded in Sitka, Alaska, it follows an alcoholic homicide detective. It won the 2008 Hugo and Nebula awards.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- HarperCollins, 2007
- First published
- HarperCollins, New York, 2007
- First UK edition
- Fourth Estate, 2007
The first edition of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon was published in New York by HarperCollins in 2007. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Awards and honours
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Alaska
- Genre
- alternate history, science fiction, fantasy, detective fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 36 on Open Library, 19 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 16 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Yiddish Policemen's Union?
The first edition of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon was published in New York by HarperCollins in 2007.
How many editions of The Yiddish Policemen's Union are there?
We track 2 editions of The Yiddish Policemen's Union, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Did The Yiddish Policemen's Union win any awards?
Yes: The Yiddish Policemen's Union won the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (2009), the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2008), the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2008), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2008), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Wikipedia, 2026 (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Q603645), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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