Annal:1989 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1989. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1989 Pulitzer–Biography winner
- 1988 NBCC–Biography winner
- Score: 20.39
Richard Ellmann, one of the greatest biographers of our time, found his most compelling protagonist in Oscar Wilde. The book’s emotional resonance, its riches of authentic color and conversation, and the subtlety of its critical illuminations give dazzling life to this portrait of the complex man, the charmer, the great playwright, the daring champion of the primacy of art. Drawing on a wealth of documentation, Ellmann reveals a Wilde greater and more moving than his legend has allowed, a Wilde who even today challenges our assumptions with his provocative…
