2011 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Winner and Nominees

George F. Kennan: An American Life

John Lewis Gaddis

A portrait of the Cold War strategist offers insight into his complex, troubled character while tracing his role in defining U.S. policy, covering his critical views on American diplomacy and his struggles with depression….

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Ezra F. Vogel

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost , 1934-1961

Paul Hendrickson

Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of the Revolution

Mary Gabriel

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable