Plutarch Award

Given by Biographers International Organization

26 Obras 10,632 Libros 347 Reseñas 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 mostrar más and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (11), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Years:
Todos, 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: Lista corta2024 Reciente

Winner 11

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

Shortlist 12

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

Longlist 3

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

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