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Pulitzer Prize 2012
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize went to George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis (Biography or Autobiography) and Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable (History). 7 books were finalists across 2 categories.
Winners
Biography or Autobiography
- George F. Kennan: An American Lifesource (opens in a new tab)
Finalists
Biography or Autobiography
- Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolutionsource (opens in a new tab)
- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinventionsource (opens in a new tab)
History
- Empires, Nations & Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860source (opens in a new tab)
- Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern Americasource (opens in a new tab)
- The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Ladensource (opens in a new tab)
About the Pulitzer Prize
Winners and finalists from the pulitzer.org Biography and History category pages. The Biography category was named Biography or Autobiography through 2022; entries use the name in force that year. In 2016 the board moved Custer's Trials from Biography finalist to History winner; it appears in both, as pulitzer.org lists it.
Organization: Pulitzer Prizes. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
Shares the most books with
- National Book Critics Circle Awards 27 shared books
- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 24 shared books
- National Book Awards 16 shared books
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize Project 14 shared books
- PEN America Literary Awards 11 shared books