Plutarch Award

Given by Biographers International Organization

26 oeuvres 10,632 Livres 347 critiques 4.2
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 afficher plus and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (11), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Années:
Tous, 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)
Annoncé:
Avril 8: Sélection finale2024 Récent

Winner 11

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

Shortlist 12

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

Longlist 3

ŒuvreAnnée
Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 par Volker Ullrich2021
The Life of Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus par Fiona MacCarthy2020
Churchill par Andrew RobertsBiography 2019

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