SettingsPulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners
A. Scott Berg
Andrew Scott Berg (born December 4, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer.
Andrew Scott Berg (born December 4, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer.
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States Senator from Indiana.
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States Senator from Indiana.
Allan Nevins
Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 - March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, renowned for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Presi...
Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 - March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, renowned for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Presi...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (October 15, 1917February 28, 2007) was an American historian and social critic whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Franklin ...
Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (October 15, 1917February 28, 2007) was an American historian and social critic whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Franklin ...
Arthur Walworth
Arthur Walworth is most noted as a biographer of Woodrow Wilson.
Arthur Walworth is most noted as a biographer of Woodrow Wilson.
Burton J. Hendrick
Burton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Burton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.
Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.
Charles Edward Russell
Charles Edward Russell (September 25, 1860 – April 23, 1941) was an American journalist and politician, and a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Charles Edward Russell (September 25, 1860 – April 23, 1941) was an American journalist and politician, and a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim", "Lucky Lindy", and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim", "Lucky Lindy", and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
David Garrow
David J. Garrow is an American historian and author of the book Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which won the 1987 Pulitzer Pri...
David J. Garrow is an American historian and author of the book Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which won the 1987 Pulitzer Pri...
David Herbert Donald
David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920, Goodman, Mississippi – May 17, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American historian.
David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920, Goodman, Mississippi – May 17, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American historian.
David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis (born May 25, 1936) is the Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History at New York University.
David Levering Lewis (born May 25, 1936) is the Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History at New York University.
David McCullough
David Gaub McCullough (; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.
David Gaub McCullough (; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.
Douglas S. Freeman
Douglas Southall Freeman (16 May 1886 – 13 June 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author.
Douglas Southall Freeman (16 May 1886 – 13 June 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author.
Douglas Southall Freeman
Douglas Southall Freeman was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author.
Douglas Southall Freeman was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author.
Edmund Morris (writer)
Edmund Morris (born May 27, 1940) is an American writer best known for his biographies of United States Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
Edmund Morris (born May 27, 1940) is an American writer best known for his biographies of United States Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
Edward W. Bok
Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (9 October 1863–January 9th, 1930) was a Dutch born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (9 October 1863–January 9th, 1930) was a Dutch born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Emory Holloway
Rufus Emory Holloway (March 16, 1885 in Marshall, Missouri – July 30, 1977) is an author most known for his books and studies of Walt Whitman.
Rufus Emory Holloway (March 16, 1885 in Marshall, Missouri – July 30, 1977) is an author most known for his books and studies of Walt Whitman.
Ernest Samuels
Ernest Samuels (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an American biographer and lawyer.
Ernest Samuels (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an American biographer and lawyer.
Frank McCourt
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, best known as the author of Angela's Ashes, an award-winning, tragicomic memoir of the misery and squ...
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, best known as the author of Angela's Ashes, an award-winning, tragicomic memoir of the misery and squ...
George F. Kennan
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
Hamlin Garland
Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, psychical researcher essayist, and short story writer.
Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, psychical researcher essayist, and short story writer.
Harvey Williams Cushing
Harvey Williams Cushing, M.D., was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome.
Harvey Williams Cushing, M.D., was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome.
Henry F. Pringle
Henry Fowles Pringle was a journalist and an American historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his 1931 biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
Henry Fowles Pringle was a journalist and an American historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his 1931 biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
Henry James (biographer)
Henry James was an American author and recipient of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Henry James was an American author and recipient of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Jack Miles
Jack Miles (born 1942) is an American author and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the MacArthur Fellowship.
Jack Miles (born 1942) is an American author and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the MacArthur Fellowship.
John Edward Mack
John Edward Mack, M.D. was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor at Harvard Medical School.
John Edward Mack, M.D. was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor at Harvard Medical School.
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
John Lewis Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis is a noted historian of the Cold War and grand strategy, who has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historians" by The New York Times.
John Lewis Gaddis is a noted historian of the Cold War and grand strategy, who has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historians" by The New York Times.
John Matteson
John Matteson is a full professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
John Matteson is a full professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
Justin Kaplan
Justin Kaplan (September 5, 1925, New York) is an American writer and editor.
Justin Kaplan (September 5, 1925, New York) is an American writer and editor.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, best known for his biographies of political figures.
Kai Bird is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, best known for his biographies of political figures.
Kenneth Silverman
Kenneth Silverman is a professor emeritus at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.
Kenneth Silverman is a professor emeritus at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.
Laura E. Richards
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family.
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family.
Leon Edel
Joseph Leon Edel (9 September 1907 – 5 September 1997) was a North American literary critic and biographer.
Joseph Leon Edel (9 September 1907 – 5 September 1997) was a North American literary critic and biographer.
Leonard Baker
Leonard S. Baker (January 24, 1931 – November 23, 1984) was an American Pulitzer Prize winning writer.
Leonard S. Baker (January 24, 1931 – November 23, 1984) was an American Pulitzer Prize winning writer.
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (August 18, 1945 – May 11, 1994) was an attorney, Pulitzer prize winning author and officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (August 18, 1945 – May 11, 1994) was an attorney, Pulitzer prize winning author and officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (writer)
Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (1864-1960)
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. (August 28, 1864 in Bristol, Rhode Island – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. (August 28, 1864 in Bristol, Rhode Island – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe (1864–1960)
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. (August 28, 1864 in Bristol, Rhode Island – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. (August 28, 1864 in Bristol, Rhode Island – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author.
Mark De Wolfe Howe (writer)
Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Jr. was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, Jr. was an American editor and author.
Mark DeWolfe Howe (writer)
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. was an American editor and author.
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, Jr. was an American editor and author.
Marquis James
Marquis James was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
Marquis James was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
Martin J. Sherwin
Martin J. Sherwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian.
Martin J. Sherwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian.
Maud Howe Elliott
Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854, Boston, Massachusetts – March 19, 1948, Newport, Rhode Island) was an American writer, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sis...
Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854, Boston, Massachusetts – March 19, 1948, Newport, Rhode Island) was an American writer, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sis...
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D, LL.D., also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian-American physicist and physical chemist.
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D, LL.D., also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian-American physicist and physical chemist.
R. W. B. Lewis
Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis (November 1, 1917- June 13, 2002) was an American literary scholar and critic.
Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis (November 1, 1917- June 13, 2002) was an American literary scholar and critic.
Ralph Barton Perry
Ralph Barton Perry (July 3, 1876 in Poultney, Vermont – January 22, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American philosopher.
Ralph Barton Perry (July 3, 1876 in Poultney, Vermont – January 22, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American philosopher.
Ray Stannard Baker
Ray Stannard Baker, also known by his pen name David Grayson, was an American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan.
Ray Stannard Baker, also known by his pen name David Grayson, was an American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan.
Richard Ellmann
Richard David Ellmann (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats.
Richard David Ellmann (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats.
Robert Caro
Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert K. Massie
Robert Kinloch Massie III is an American historian, author and Pulitzer Prize recipient.
Robert Kinloch Massie III is an American historian, author and Pulitzer Prize recipient.
Ron Chernow
Ronald Chernow is an American biographer.
Ronald Chernow is an American biographer.
Russel B. Nye
Russel Blaine Nye (born 17 Feb 1913 in Viola, Wisconsin– died 4 Nov 1993 in Lansing, Michigan) was an American professor of English who pioneered in popular culture studies.
Russel Blaine Nye (born 17 Feb 1913 in Viola, Wisconsin– died 4 Nov 1993 in Lansing, Michigan) was an American professor of English who pioneered in popular culture studies.
Russell Baker
Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his autobiography, Growing Up.
Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his autobiography, Growing Up.
Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral, United States Naval Reserve was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history that were both authoritative and highly readable.
Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral, United States Naval Reserve was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history that were both authoritative and highly readable.
Samuel Flagg Bemis
Samuel Flagg Bemis (October 20, 1891 – September 26, 1973) was an American historian and biographer.
Samuel Flagg Bemis (October 20, 1891 – September 26, 1973) was an American historian and biographer.
Sebastian de Grazia
Sebastian de Grazia (1917-2001) was a Pulitzer prize winning author.
Sebastian de Grazia (1917-2001) was a Pulitzer prize winning author.
Stacy Schiff
Stacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.
Stacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.
T. Harry Williams
Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 – July 6, 1979) was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight yea...
Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 – July 6, 1979) was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight yea...
Tyler Dennett
Tyler Dennett (June 13, 1883, Spencer, Wisconsin – December 29, 1949) was an American historian and educator.
Tyler Dennett (June 13, 1883, Spencer, Wisconsin – December 29, 1949) was an American historian and educator.
W. A. Swanberg
William Andrew Swanberg,, pen-name W.A. Swanberg, was a Pulitzer-Prize-winning American biographer.
William Andrew Swanberg,, pen-name W.A. Swanberg, was a Pulitzer-Prize-winning American biographer.
Walter Jackson Bate
Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer.
Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer.
William Allen White
William Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.
William Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.
William Cabell Bruce
William Cabell Bruce (March 12, 1860 May 9, 1946) was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929.
William Cabell Bruce (March 12, 1860 May 9, 1946) was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929.
William S. McFeely
William S. McFeely was a professor of history before his retirement in 1997.
William S. McFeely was a professor of history before his retirement in 1997.
William Taubman
William Chase Taubman (born on Nov.
William Chase Taubman (born on Nov.