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Biography portal; These books have won the American Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. For articles about the prize-winning writers, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners. See also Category:Pulitzer Prize for History–winning works.
Books portal; American non-fiction writers have won the American Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Awarded since 1962 for a distinguished work of nonfiction by an American writer that is not eligible in another category. For the authors prize-winning books, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction–winning works
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a 2017 biography of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser. [1] It was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, [2] the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, [3] and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.
From 1917 to 2022, this prize was known as the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was awarded to a distinguished biography, autobiography or memoir [2] by an American author or co-authors, published during the preceding calendar year. Thus it is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven ...
The book received mixed reviews. Reviewing the book in The Washington Post, Gerald Early felt, "The best part of this autobiography...is Simone's recollection of her childhood," but said "in the end, [the book] seems sketchy and self-defensive....She tells very little either about the times in which she lived, or about the people who were most instrumental to her growth after her childhood ...
Her 2023 book Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, a history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The New York Times, [8] one of the 100 must-read books of 2023 by Time, [9] and won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. [1]
The biography, Lindbergh, was highly anticipated; prior to its publication, the book's film rights were bought, sight unseen, by Steven Spielberg, who planned to direct a movie of it. [21] Published in 1998, Lindbergh sold about 250,000 copies in hardcover, [22] and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
The book won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. [2] Judges of the prize called the book "an authoritatively constructed work told with pathos and grace, that captures the writer's genius and humanity alongside her addictions, sexual ambiguities, and volatile enthusiasms."