Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

55th Annual Grammy Awards • 2013

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012

Janis Ian won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) with "Society's Child: My Autobiography"

Winners & Nominees 2013

Winner
Nominees
  • Janis Ian

    Society's Child: My Autobiography

    Janis Ian

  • American Grown (Michelle Obama)

    Various Artists

  • Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy

    Bill Clinton

  • Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power

    Rachel Maddow

  • Ellen DeGeneres

    Seriously... I'm Kidding

    Ellen DeGeneres

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2022 Don Cheadle Carry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis All Nominees
2021 Rachel Maddow Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry On Earth All Nominees
2020 Michelle Obama Becoming All Nominees
2019 Jimmy Carter Faith - A Journey For All All Nominees
2018 Carrie Fisher The Princess Diarist All Nominees
2017 Carol Burnett In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox All Nominees
2016 Jimmy Carter A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety All Nominees
2015 Joan Rivers Diary Of A Mad Diva All Nominees
2014 Stephen Colbert America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't All Nominees
2013 Janis Ian Society's Child: My Autobiography All Nominees
2012 Betty White If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) All Nominees
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