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John Matteson: Awards and Best-of Lists

John Matteson has won 1 award, the Pulitzer Prize (Biography and History) (2008) for Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2021A Worse Place Than HellKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2013The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A BiographyPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
2008Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her FatherPulitzer Prize (Biography and History) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography or Autobiography

Books

  1. A Worse Place Than Hell1 source · 2021
  2. Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father1 source · 2008
  3. The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography1 source · 2013