Annal:1988 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography
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Results of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the year 1988. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Biography books
- Biography authors.
Young Ludwig: Wittgenstein's Life, 1889-1921
- 1988 JT Black-Biography winner
- Score: 10.38
Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study, complete with a brand-new Preface, Brian McGuinness traces the early years of this fascinating figure and examines the formative influences which shaped his extraordinary life.
