Plutarch Award

Given by Biographers International Organization

26 Works / 27 Items 11,289 Books 357 Reviews 4.2
Named after the famous ancient Greek biographer, the Plutarch is awarded to the best biography of the year by a committee of five distinguished biographers from nominations received by BIO members show more and publishers. The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (12), Shortlist (12), Longlist (3)
Years:
All, 2024 (6), 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (1), Biography 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (2), 2016 (3), 2015 (2), 2014 (1), 2013 (2)
Announced:
May 17: Winner2024 Recent
April 8: Shortlist2024 Recent

Winner 12

WorkYear
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo2024
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century by Jennifer Homans2023
Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence by Frances Wilson2022
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson2021
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell2020
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight2019
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser2018
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin2017
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan2016
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee2015
Holding On Upside Down: The Life And Work of Marianne Moore by Linda Leavell2014
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro2013

Shortlist 12

WorkYear
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig2024
To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse by Howard Fishman2024
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival by Lisa M. Hamilton2024
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever by Prudence Peiffer2024
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo2024
The Planter of Modern Life by Stephen Heyman2021
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer2020
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas2017
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick2016
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell2016
The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America by Edward White2015
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan2013

Longlist 3

WorkYear
Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 by Volker Ullrich2021
The Life of Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy2020
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew RobertsBiography 2019

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