Annal:1996 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1996. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1996 Pulitzer–Biography winner
- Score: 10.46
Miles shows us God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. In a close, careful, and inspired reading of that testament—book by book, verse by verse—God is seen from his first appearance as Creator to his last as Ancient of Days. The God whom Miles reveals to us is a warrior whose greatest battle is with himself. We see God torn by conflicting urges. To his own sorrow, he is by turns destructive and creative, vain and modest, subtle and naive, ruthless and tender, lawful and lawless, powerful yet powerless, omniscient and blind.…
- 1996 Pulitzer–Biography finalist
- Score: 6.46
As a member of “The Eight,” a group of artists who challenged the anachronistic dictates of the Academy, John Sloan was a passionate chronicler of the untidy realities of urban American life, who believed that “character is everything in art” and that “a national character can only be acquired by remaining at home and saturating ourselves in the spirit of the land until it oozes from our pores and pencils.” And in this vivid account we learn that there was another reason for the young artist to stay home: to help create the political and intellectual ferment that…
Mozart: A Life
- 1996 Pulitzer–Biography finalist
- Score: 6.46
Child prodigy, creative genius, tortured soul—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was all of these, and considered by many to be the greatest composer of all time. This biography seeks to learn what made him tick.
Solomon brings new psychological insight to the life and music of Mozart, from his birth in 1756, to his premature death in 1791. At a tender age, because of his very talents, Mozart became his family’s provider. Beset with what the author calls “the myth of the eternal child,” he was continually torn between his family and his own quest for freedom. This book…
