National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalistBiography

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Altri nomi: John Leonard Award (Inglese), National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Inglese)
101 opere 63,662 libri 1,594 recensioni 4.2
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating mostra altro with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (276), Finalist (1,264)
Categorie:
Tutto, Biografia (101)
Anni:
Tutto, 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (3), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (4), 2011 (6), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (5), 2004 (3), 2003 (4), 1990 (1)
Annunciati:
Marzo 21: Vincitore2023 Recenti
Gennaio 25: Finalista2023 Recenti

Finalist 101

OperaAnno
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage di Jonny Steinberg2023
King: A Life di Jonathan Eig2023
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts di Gregg Hecimovich2023
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History di Yunte Huang2023
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter (Jewish Lives) di Rachel Shteir2023
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century di Beverly Gage2022
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family di Kerri K. Greenidge2022
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century di Jennifer Homans2022
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life di Clare Mac Cumhaill2022
Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times di Professor Aaron Sachs2022
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler di Rebecca Donner2021
Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser di Susan Bernofsky2021
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America di Keisha N. Blain2021
Mike Nichols: A Life di Mark Harris2021
Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York di Alexander Nemerov2021
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World di Amy Stanley2020
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes di Zachary D. Carter2020
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath di Heather Clark2020
The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth di Josh Levin2019
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century di Charles King2019
L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated "Female Byron" di Lucasta Miller2019
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century di George Packer2019
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II di Sonia Purnell2019
Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous di Christopher Bonanos2018
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret di Craig Brown2018
Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History di Yunte Huang2018
The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century di Mark Lamster2018
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created di Jane Leavy2018
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder di Caroline Fraser2017
The Invention of Angela Carter : A Biography di Edmund Gordon2017
The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek di Howard Markel2017
Gorbachev: His Life and Times di William Taubman2017
Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times di Kenneth Whyte2017
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life di Ruth Franklin2016
Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War di Nigel Cliff2016
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary di Joe Jackson2016
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White di Michael Tisserand2016
Guilty thing: a life of Thomas De Quincey di Frances Wilson2016
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley di Charlotte Gordon2015
Fortune's Fool (Author Unknown) di Terry Alford2015
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America di T. J. Stiles2015
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva di Rosemary Sullivan2015
Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives di Karin Wieland2015
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh di John Lahr2014
William Wells Brown: An African American Life di Ezra Greenspan2014
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson di S. C. Gwynne2014
"Literchoor Is My Beat": A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions di Ian S. MacNiven2014
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography di Miriam Pawel2014
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World di Leo Damrosch2013
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East di Scott Anderson2013
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven di John Eliot Gardiner2013
Holding On Upside Down: The Life And Work of Marianne Moore di Linda Leavell2013
Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis di Mark Thompson2013
The Passage of Power di Robert A. Caro2012
All We Know: Three Lives di Lisa Cohen2012
Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece di Michael Gorra2012
Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus di Lisa Jarnot2012
George F. Kennan: An American Life di John Lewis Gaddis2011
Love and Capital di Mary Gabriel2011
Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 di Paul Hendrickson2011
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention di Manning Marable2011
ˆIl ‰diario segreto del Conte di Montecristo di Tom Reiss2011
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China di Ezra F. Vogel2011
Montaigne: l'arte di vivere di Sarah Bakewell2010
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography di Selina Hastings2010
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History di Yunte Huang2010
The Killing of Crazy Horse di Thomas Powers2010
Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends di Tom Segev2010
Cheever: A Life di Blake Bailey2009
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor di Brad Gooch2009
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector di Benjamin Moser2009
Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone di Stanislao G. Pugliese2009
Passing Strange di Martha A. Sandweiss2009
The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul di Patrick French2008
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century di Steve Coll2008
Ida: A Sword Among Lions di Paula J. Giddings2008
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family di Annette Gordon-Reed2008
White Heat di Brenda Wineapple2008
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer di Tim Jeal2007
Edith Wharton di Hermione Lee2007
Ralph Ellison: A Biography di Arnold Rampersad2007
A Life of Picasso, Volume 3: 1917-1932 di John Richardson2007
Thomas Hardy di Claire Tomalin2007
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon di Julie Phillips2006
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher di Debby Applegate2006
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 di Taylor Branch2006
Flaubert: A Biography di Frederick Brown2006
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler di Jason Roberts2006
Robert Oppenheimer, il padre della bomba atomica di Kai Bird2005
Lee Miller: A Life di Carolyn Burke2005
Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson di Jonathan Coe2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln di Doris Kearns Goodwin2005
Mark Twain: A Life di Ron Powers2005
Alexander Hamilton di Ron Chernow2004
Chronicles: 1 di Bob Dylan2004
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart di John Guy2004
A Tragic Honesty di Blake Bailey2003
The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage di Paul Elie2003
Jonathan Edwards: A Life di George M. Marsden2003
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake di Carol Loeb Shloss2003
Means of Ascent di Robert A. Caro1990

Descrizioni

The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Website

Finalists
(English, Scritto da un membro)
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Website

Winners
(English, Scritto da un membro)

Etichette

18th century(183) 19th century(327) 20th century(356) Abraham Lincoln(405) Alexander Hamilton(220) America(167) American(269) American Civil War(225) American history(1,548) American literature(161) American Presidents(243) American Revolution(231) audiobook(227) autobiography(381) biographies(165) biography(8,832) Biography & Autobiography(192) biography-memoir(254) Bob Dylan(180) civil rights(169) Civil War(705) ebook(295) Founding Fathers(181) France(271) hardcover(138) history(4,722) Kindle(460) Lincoln(493) literary biography(244) literature(263) Lyndon Johnson(164) memoir(330) Middle East(209) music(769) non-fiction(4,184) own(161) philosophy(334) politics(903) presidents(428) read(345) science(170) slavery(179) to-read(4,614) U.S. History(160) unread(245) US history(398) usa(573) war(163) wwi(148) wwii(373)

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