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Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography 2009

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography went to Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon. 3 books were finalists.

Winner

  1. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmonsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Hermansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe by William I. Hitchcocksource (opens in a new tab)

About the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography

Winners and finalists from the pulitzer.org General Nonfiction and Memoir or Autobiography category pages. Memoir or Autobiography was created in 2023, so that category starts in 2023.

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