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Author record · 2019 to 2021

Saidiya Hartman: Awards and Best-of Lists

Saidiya Hartman has won 2 awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Awards (2019) for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2021Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer RadicalsPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
2020Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimiate Histories of Social UpheavalLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Lesbian Memoir/Biography
2020Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer RadicalsHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2019Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social UpheavalNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Criticism
2019Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social UpheavalJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Biography
2019Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social UpheavalSlate Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2019Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories Of Social UpheavalNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love

Books

  1. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals7 sources · 2019 to 2021