National Book Critics Circle AwardBiography/Autobiography

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Outros Nomes: John Leonard Award (Inglês), National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Inglês)
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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 mostrar mais 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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Stages:
Todos, Winner (276), Finalist (1,264)
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Years:
Todos, 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (5), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (5), 1997 (4), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (5), 1993 (4), 1992 (6), 1991 (4), 1990 (4), 1989 (5), 1988 (5), 1987 (5), 1986 (4), 1985 (5), 1984 (5), 1983 (5), 1976 (1)
Announced:
Março 21: Winner2023 Recente
Janeiro 25: Finalist2023 Recente

Winner 21

ObraAno
de Kooning: An American Master de Mark Stevens2004
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era de William Taubman2003
Charles Darwin: A Biography: Volume 2: The Power of Place de Janet Browne2002
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson de Adam Sisman2001
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan de Herbert P. Bix2000
The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White de Henry Wiencek1999
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash de Sylvia Nasar1998
Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II de James Tobin1997
Angela's Ashes de Frank McCourt1996
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson de Robert Polito1995
Shot in the Heart de Mikal Gilmore1994
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy And Her World de Carol Brightman1992
Patrimonio. Una historia verdadera de Philip Roth1991
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt de Geoffrey C. Ward1989
Oscar Wilde de Richard Ellmann1988
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World de Donald R. Howard1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America de Arnold Rampersad1986
Tombee: Portrait of a cotton planter de Theodore Rosengarten1986
Henry James: A Life de Leon Edel1985
Dostoiévski: Os Anos de Provação - 1850 a 1859 de Joseph Frank1984
Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir de Joyce Johnson1983

Finalist 99

ObraAno
de Kooning: An American Master de Mark Stevens2004
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era de William Taubman2003
Charles Darwin: A Biography: Volume 2: The Power of Place de Janet Browne2002
Master of the Senate de Robert A. Caro2002
The Last American Man de Elizabeth Gilbert2002
Benjamin Franklin de Edmund S. Morgan2002
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music de Mark Zwonitzer2002
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson de Adam Sisman2001
Borrowed Finery de Paula Fox2001
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina de David Hajdu2001
Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet de Eugene Walter2001
The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal de Barry Werth2001
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan de Herbert P. Bix2000
The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics de Robin Marantz Henig2000
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1933-1941 de Victor Klemperer2000
The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst de David Nasaw2000
Marcel Proust: A Life de Jean-Yves Tadié2000
The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White de Henry Wiencek1999
Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834 de Richard Holmes1999
Morgan: American Financier de Jean Strouse1999
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette de Judith Thurman1999
The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times de Susan E. Tifft1999
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash de Sylvia Nasar1998
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. de Ron Chernow1998
Rocket Boys de Jr. Homer H. Hickam1998
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero de David Remnick1998
Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story de Amanda Vaill1998
Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II de James Tobin1997
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson de Joseph J. Ellis1997
Virginia Woolf de Hermione Lee1997
Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949–1962 de Doris Lessing1997
Angela's Ashes de Frank McCourt1996
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography de Peter Conn1996
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn de David Hajdu1996
The Last Happy Occasion de Alan Shapiro1996
Charles Ives: A Life with Music de Jan Swafford1996
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson de Robert Polito1995
Moving Violations de John Hockenberry1995
Emerson: The Mind on Fire de Robert D. Richardson Jr.1995
The Liars' Club: A Memoir de Mary Karr1995
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography de David S. Reynolds1995
Shot in the Heart de Mikal Gilmore1994
Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (Phoenix Giants) de Julia Frey1994
Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity de Neal Gabler1994
D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage de Brenda Maddox1994
Naturalist de Edward O. Wilson1994
French Lessons: A Memoir de Alice Kaplan1993
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race de David Levering Lewis1993
A Different Person: A Memoir de James Ingram Merrill1993
The Passion of Michel Foucault de Jim Miller1993
Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy And Her World de Carol Brightman1992
The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958 de Jack Beatty1992
Looking For The Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott de Paul Hendrickson1992
Kissinger: A Biography de Walter Isaacson1992
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan de Robert Kanigel1992
The Diversity of Life de Edward O. Wilson1992
Patrimonio. Una historia verdadera de Philip Roth1991
The Journals of John Cheever de John Cheever1991
Anne Sexton: A Biography de Diane Middlebrook1991
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began de Art Spiegelman1991
Strong Drink, Strong Language de John Espey1990
The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880-1918 de Patricia O'Toole1990
A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood de Richard Rhodes1990
Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874-1952 de T. H. Watkins1990
A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt de Geoffrey C. Ward1989
Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations de Otto Friedrich1989
God Gave Us This Country: Tekamthi and the First American Civil War de Bil Gilbert1989
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician de Roger Morris1989
This Boy's Life de Tobias Wolff1989
Oscar Wilde de Richard Ellmann1988
The Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1981 de Kenneth Burke1988
The Letters of T. S. Eliot; Volume 1: 1898-1922 de T. S. Eliot1988
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir de Paul Monette1988
Three scientists and their gods de Robert Wright1988
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World de Donald R. Howard1987
An American Childhood de Annie Dillard1987
Timebends: A Life de Arthur Miller1987
Don't Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S. J. Perelman de S. J. Perelman1987
Private Domain: An Autobiography de Paul Taylor1987
The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America de Arnold Rampersad1986
Tombee: Portrait of a cotton planter de Theodore Rosengarten1986
Velazquez: Painter and Courtier de Jonathan Brown1986
Dostoiévski: Os Efeitos da Libertação - 1860 a 1865 de Joseph Frank1986
Henry James: A Life de Leon Edel1985
Brigham Young: American Moses de Leonard J. Arrington1985
Louise Bogan: A Portrait de Elizabeth Frank1985
Wisconsin Death Trip de Michael Lesy1985
Giacometti: A Biography de James Lord1985
Dostoiévski: Os Anos de Provação - 1850 a 1859 de Joseph Frank1984
Home Before Dark de Susan Cheever1984
Josephine Herbst de Elinor Langer1984
One Writer's Beginnings de Eudora Welty1984
Walt Whitman: The Making of the Poet de Paul Zweig1984
Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir de Joyce Johnson1983
Eleni de Nicholas Gage1983
Thomas Carlyle: A Biography de Fred Kaplan1983
Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just de Kenneth R. Manning1983
The Roots of Treason: Ezra Pound and the Secret of St. Elizabeths de E. Fuller Torrey1983
Letters of E. B. White de E. B. White1976

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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
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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, Member-written)

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