Plutarch Award

Uitgereikt door Biographers International Organization

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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 toon meer and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. toon minder
Stages:
Alle, Winner (11), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Jaren:
Alle, 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)
Aangekondigd:
april 8: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 11

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

Shortlist 12

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

Longlist 3

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

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