Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

1997 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerAngela's Ashes: A MemoirFrank McCourtA Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland. “When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: th...Amazon1997 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistMornings on HorsebackDavid McCulloughAmazonThe Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880–1918Patricia O'TooleAmazonWhittaker Chambers: A BiographySam TanenhausAmazon

1998 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerPersonal HistoryKatharine GrahamAs seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media. In this...Amazon1998 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistAn Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural BoyhoodJimmy CarterAmazonJohann Sebastian Bach: The Learned MusicianChristoph WolffAmazonSaint-Exupery: A BiographyStacy SchiffAmazon

1999 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerLindberghA. Scott BergLindbergh was the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic non-stop from New York to Paris, in 1927. This awe-inspiring fight made him the most celebrated men of his day-a romantic symbol of the new aviation age. However, tragedy struck in 1932, where his ba...Amazon

2000 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerVera, Mrs. Vladimir NabokovStacy SchiffNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both “monumental” (The Boston Globe) and “utterly romantic” (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff’s Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to shimmering life one of...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistThe First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin FranklinH.W. BrandsAmazon

2001 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerW. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963David Levering LewisThe second part of a biography of the African American author and scholar chronicles the flowering of the Harlem Renaissance, Du Bois's battle for equality and justice for African Americans, and his self-exile in Ghana....Amazon2001 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistFrederick DouglassWilliam S. McFeelyAmazonGenet: A BiographyEdmund WhiteAmazonThe Seven Mountains of Thomas MertonMichael MottAmazon

2002 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerJohn AdamsDavid McCulloughChronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States....Amazon

2003 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerMaster of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonRobert A. CaroThe greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The Times Robert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account o...Amazon

2004 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerKhrushchev: The Man and His EraWilliam TaubmanA portrait of the head of the Soviet Union whose rule followed Stalin's identifies his impact on the country and the rest of the world, tracing his efforts to reform communism and ease the Cold War....Amazon2004 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistThe Fly SwatterNicholas DawidoffAmazonWill in the World: How Shakespeare Became ShakespeareStephen GreenblattAmazon

2005 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography Winnerde Kooning: An American MasterMark Stevens and Annalyn SwanTraces the career of abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning, discussing his personal life with wife Elaine Fried, and his battle with alcoholism and Alzheimer's disease....Amazon2005 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistThe Year of Magical ThinkingJoan DidionAmazon

2006 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird and Martin J. SherwinJ. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific pr...Amazon2006 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistA Beautiful MindSylvia NasarAmazonGeorge Santayana: A BiographyJohn Owen McCormickAmazonJonathan Swift: His Life and His WorldLeo DamroschAmazonThe Road From CoorainJill Ker ConwayAmazon