Annal:1983 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1983. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1983 Pulitzer–Biography winner
- Score: 10.33
Russell Baker is the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Distinguished Commentary and a columnist for The New York Times. This book traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia.
When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. After all, she had three children to raise.
These were depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her fledgling family to Baltimore. Baker’s mother was determined her children would succeed, and we know her regimen worked for Russell. He did everything from delivering papers to…
