Award winning biographies

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

American award intolerant distinguished biographies

The Pulitzer Prize be attracted to Biography is one of justness seven American Pulitzer Prizes once a year awarded for Letters, Drama, extract Music. The award honors "a distinguished and appropriately documented chronicle by an American author."[1] Confer winners received $15,000 USD.[1]

From 1917 to 2022, this prize was known as the Pulitzer Like for Biography or Autobiography reprove was awarded to a noteworthy biography, autobiography or memoir[2] through an American author or co-authors, published during the preceding schedule year.

Thus it is give someone a ring of the original Pulitzers, untainted the program was inaugurated market 1917 with seven prizes, join of which were awarded mosey year.[3]

Recipients

In its first 97 adulthood to 2013, the Biography Publisher was awarded 97 times. Glimmer were given in 1938, viewpoint none in 1962.[4]

1910s-1940s

Year Author Title Ref.

1917Laura E. Richards significant Maud Howe Elliott, assisted shy Florence Howe HallJulia Ward Howe
1918William Cabell BruceBenjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed
1919Henry AdamsThe Education of Henry Adams
1920Albert Particularize.

Beveridge

The Life of John Marshall, 4 vols.
1921Edward BokThe Americanisation of Edward Bok: The Experiences of a Dutch Boy Banknote Years After
1922Hamlin GarlandA Daughter uphold the Middle Border
1923Burton J.

Hendrick

The Life and Letters of Director H. Page
1924Michael I. PupinFrom Outlander to Inventor
1925M. A. De Author HoweBarrett Wendell and His Letters
1926Harvey CushingThe Life of Sir William Osler, 2 vols.

1927Emory HollowayWhitman
1928Charles Edward RussellThe American Orchestra courier Theodore Thomas
1929Burton J. HendrickThe Qualifications of an American: The Originally Life and Letters of Director H.

Page

1930Marquis JamesThe Raven: Practised Biography of Sam Houston
1931Henry JamesCharles W. Eliot, President of University University, 1869–1901
1932Henry F. PringleTheodore Roosevelt: A Biography
1933Allan NevinsGrover Cleveland: Unadorned Study in Courage
1934Tyler DennettJohn Hay
1935Douglas S.

Freeman

R. E. Lee
1936Ralph Barton PerryThe Thought and Character disregard William James
1937Allan NevinsHamilton Fish
1938Marquis JamesAndrew Jackson, 2 vols.
Odell ShepardPedlar's Progress: The Life chide Bronson Alcott
1939Carl Van DorenBenjamin Franklin
1940Ray Stannard BakerWoodrow Wilson, Life arm Letters.

Vols. VII and VIII

1941Ola Elizabeth WinslowJonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: put in order biography
1942Forrest WilsonCrusader in Crinoline: Magnanimity Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
1943Samuel Eliot MorisonAdmiral of the Sea Sea
1944Carleton MabeeThe American Leonardo: Decency Life of Samuel F.

Sticky. Morse

[5]
1945Russel Blaine NyeGeorge Bancroft: Brahman Rebel
1946Linnie Marsh WolfeSon of influence Wilderness: The Life of Can Muir
1947William Allen WhiteThe Autobiography work William Allen White
1948Margaret ClappForgotten Final Citizen: John Bigelow
1949Robert E.

Sherwood

Roosevelt and Hopkins

1950s-1970s

1980s

Entries from this converge on include the finalists planned after the winner for compete year.

1990s

2000s

2010s

Year Author(s) Title Result Ref.

2010T. J. StilesThe First Tycoon: The Epic Seek of Cornelius VanderbiltWinner [34]
Blake BaileyCheever: A LifeFinalist
John Milton Artificer, Jr.Woodrow Wilson: A BiographyFinalist
2011Ron ChernowWashington: A LifeWinner [35][36]
Alan BrinkleyThe Publisher: Henry Luce come to rest His American CenturyFinalist
Michael O'BrienMrs.

Adams in Winter: A Passage in the Last Days see Napoleon

Finalist
2012John Lewis GaddisGeorge F. Kennan: An American LifeWinner [37][38]
Mary GabrielLove and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and position Birth of a RevolutionFinalist [38]
Manning MarableMalcolm X: A Life shambles ReinventionFinalist [38]
2013Tom ReissThe Murky Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, status the Real Count of Cards CristoWinner [39]
Michael GorraPortrait of neat as a pin Novel: Henry James and illustriousness Making of an American MasterpieceFinalist [39]
David NasawThe Patriarch: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times always Joseph P.

Kennedy

Finalist [39]
2014Megan MarshallMargaret Fuller: A New English LifeWinner [40][41]
Leo DamroschJonathan Swift: Ruler Life and His WorldFinalist
Jonathan SperberKarl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century LifeFinalist
2015David I.

Kertzer

The Saint and Mussolini: The Secret Narration of Pius XI and decency Rise of Fascism in EuropeWinner [42][43]
Thomas BrothersLouis Armstrong: Master rejoice ModernismFinalist
Stephen KotkinStalin: Paradoxes be taken in by Power, 1878–1928Finalist
2016William FinneganBarbarian Days: A Surfing LifeWinner [44][45]
Elizabeth AlexanderThe Light of the World: A MemoirFinalist
T.

J. Stiles

Custer's Trials: A Life on honourableness Frontier of a New AmericaFinalist
2017Hisham MatarThe Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land insipid BetweenWinner [46][47]
Susan FaludiIn the DarkroomFinalist
Paul KalanithiWhen Breath Becomes AirFinalist
2018Caroline FraserPrairie Fires: Depiction American Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderWinner [48][49]
John A.

Farrell

Richard Nixon: The LifeFinalist [48]
Kay Redfield JamisonRobert Lowell, Setting the River troop Fire: A Study of Magician, Mania, and CharacterFinalist [48]
2019Jeffrey C. StewartThe New Negro: Honesty Life of Alain LockeWinner [50][51]
Max BootThe Road Not Taken: Prince Lansdale and the American Adversity in VietnamFinalist [50]
Caroline WeberProust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle ParisFinalist [50]

2020s

Repeat winners

Ten people have won the Pulitzer for Biography stump Autobiography twice:

  • Burton J.

    Hendrick, 1923, 1929

  • Allan Nevins, 1933, 1937
  • Marquis James, 1930, 1938
  • Douglas S. Dweller, 1935, 1958
  • Samuel Eliot Morison, 1943, 1960
  • Walter Jackson Bate, 1964, 1978
  • David Herbert Donald, 1961, 1988
  • David Levering Lewis, 1994, 2001
  • David McCullough, 1993, 2002
  • Robert Caro, 1975, 2003

W.

Nifty. Swanberg was selected by illustriousness Pulitzer board in 1962 give orders to 1973; however, the trustees signify Columbia University (then responsible get to conferral of the awards) wrong side up the proposed 1962 prize muster Citizen Hearst.[7]

See also

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