Annal:1981 National Book Award for Biography
From AwardAnnals
Results of the National Book Award in the year 1981. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- National Book Award for Biography
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Biography books
- Biography authors.
Walt Whitman: A Life
- 1981 NBA–Biography winner
- Score: 10.31
Whitman’s genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man.
