Plutarch Award

Given by Biographers International Organization

26 obres 10,607 Llibres 345 Ressenyes 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 mostra'n més and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (11), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Years:
Tots, 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)
Announced:
abril 8: Finalista2024 Recent

Winner 11

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

Shortlist 12

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

Longlist 3

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

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