Plutarch Award

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Named after the famous ancient Greek biographer, the Plutarch is awarded to the best biography of the year by a committee of five distinguished biographers from nominations received by BIO members mehr anzeigen and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. weniger anzeigen
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Alle, Winner (11), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Jahre:
Alle, 2024 (5), 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (1), Biography 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (2), 2016 (3), 2015 (2), 2014 (1), 2013 (2)
Angekündigt:
April 8: Shortlist2024 Zuletzt

Winner 11

WerkJahr
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century von Jennifer Homans2023
Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence von Frances Wilson2022
The Mystery of Charles Dickens von A. N. Wilson2021
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II von Sonia Purnell2020
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom von David W. Blight2019
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder von Caroline Fraser2018
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life von Ruth Franklin2017
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva von Rosemary Sullivan2016
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life von Hermione Lee2015
Holding On Upside Down: The Life And Work of Marianne Moore von Linda Leavell2014
The Passage of Power von Robert A. Caro2013

Shortlist 12

WerkJahr
King: A Life von Jonathan Eig2024
To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse von Howard Fishman2024
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival von Lisa M. Hamilton2024
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever von Prudence Peiffer2024
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World von Yepoka Yeebo2024
The Planter of Modern Life von Stephen Heyman2021
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century von George Packer2020
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams von Louisa Thomas2017
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll von Peter Guralnick2016
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill von Sonia Purnell2016
The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America von Edward White2015
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis von Timothy Egan2013

Longlist 3

WerkJahr
Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 von Volker Ullrich2021
The Life of Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus von Fiona MacCarthy2020
Churchill: Walking with Destiny von Andrew RobertsBiography 2019

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