Biography/autobiography awards, 1917-1992 : from the lucky discoverer of America to an unfortunate Vietnam veteran / edited with general and special introductions by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer in cooperation with Erika J. Fischer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Heinz Dietrich, 1937-

Fischer, Erika.

Series:

Pulitzer Prize archive ; 8.

The Pulitzer Prize archive, Part C, Nonfiction literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography.

Pulitzer Prizes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

München ; New Providence : K.G. Saur, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pulitzer Prize Archive. A History And Anthology Of Award-winning Materials In Journalism, Letters And Arts / Biography / Autobiography Awards ... C. Volume 8 (Pulitzer Prize Archive Part C)

Contents:

Front matter

SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES

REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA

1917 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JULIA WARD HOWE

1918 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

1919 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS

1920 AWARD: ABOUT THE JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL

1921 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR EDWARD BOK

1922 AWARD: ABOUT THE SETTLER ISABEL McCLINTOCK

1923 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT WALTER H. PAGE

1924 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIST MICHAEL PUPIN

1925 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BARRETT WENDELL

1926 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIAN WILLIAM OSLER

1927 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET WALT WHITMAN

1928 AWARD: ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR THEODORE THOMAS

1929 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WALTER H. PAGE

1930 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN SAM HOUSTON

1931 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR CHARLES W. ELIOT

1932 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT

1933 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND

1934 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT JOHN HAY

1935 AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE

1936 AWARD: ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGIST WILLIAM JAMES

1937 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HAMILTON FISH

1938a AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER BRONSON ALCOTT

1938b AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON

1939 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

1940 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON

1941 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN JONATHAN EDWARDS

1942 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

1943 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

1944 AWARD: ABOUT THE INVENTOR SAMUEL MORSE

1945 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN GEORGE BANCROFT

1946 AWARD: ABOUT THE NATURALIST JOHN MUIR

1947 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

1948 AWARD: ABOUT THE POLITICIAN JOHN BIGELOW

1949 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HARRY L. HOPKINS

1950 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

1951 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN C. CALHOUN

1952 AWARD: ABOUT THE JURIST CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

1953 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN EDMUND PENDLETON

1954 AWARD: ABOUT THE AVIATOR CHARLES LINDBERGH

1955 AWARD: ABOUT THE SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT

1956 AWARD: ABOUT THE ARCHITECT B. HENRY LATROBE

1957 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN DANIEL WEBSTER

1958 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON

1959 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON

1960 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES

1961 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN CHARLES SUMNER

1962 AWARD: ABOUT THE WITHHOLD OF THE BIOGRAPHY PRIZE

1963 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST HENRY JAMES

1964 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JOHN KEATS

1965 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS

1966 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

1967 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR MARK TWAIN

1968 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT GEORGE F. KENNAN

1969 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILANTHROPIST JOHN QUINN

1970 AWARD: ABOUT THE GOVERNOR HUEY P. LONG

1971 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET ROBERT FROST

1972 AWARD: ABOUT THE FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

1973 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESSMAN HENRY LUCE

1974 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST EUGENE O'NEILL

1975 AWARD: ABOUT THE MASTERBUILDER ROBERT MOSES

1976 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST EDITH WHARTON

1977 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADVENTURER THOMAS E. LAWRENCE

1978 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR SAMUEL JOHNSON

1979 AWARD: ABOUT THE RABBI LEO BAECK

1980 AWARD: ABOUT THE COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT

1981 AWARD: ABOUT THE CZAR PETER THE GREAT

1982 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT

1983 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR RUSSELL BAKER

1984 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

1985 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN COTTON MATHER

1986 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET LOUISE BOGAN

1987 AWARD: ABOUT THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING

1988 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST THOMAS WOLFE

1989 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST OSCAR WILDE

1990 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

1991 AWARD: ABOUT THE PAINTER JACKSON POLLOCK

1992 AWARD: ABOUT THE ATTORNEY LEWIS PULLER

WINNERS OF THE BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD, 1993-2003

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110972139

3110972131

OCLC:

843206086