Annal:1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
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Results of the National Book Critics Circle Award in the year 1993. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Biography books
- Biography authors.
Genet: A Biography
- 1993 NBCC–Biography winner
- 1994 Pulitzer–Biography finalist
- Score: 16.43
A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France’s most notorious writers. Acclaimed novelist and essayist Edmund White illuminates Genet’s experiences in the worlds of crime, homosexuality, politics, and high culture, and gives a compelling analysis of Genet’s plays, novels, and essays.
