Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2 appearances
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Edition 2 (1963) Winner
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Edition 12 (1972) Winner
Barbara W. Tuchman
バーバラ・ダブリュー・タックマン
Bābara W. Takkuman
Aliases:
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman / Barbara Tuchman
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1912-01-30 （New York City）
- Died
- 1989-02-06 （Greenwich, Connecticut） age 77
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- New York City → Greenwich, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist, Historian
- Active Years
- 1938-1988
- Affiliations
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Memberships
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, First Female President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- Lucy Fitch Perkins, G. A. Henty, Alexandre Dumas
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe College | — | History and Literature | BA | — | United States |
Radcliffe College
History and Literature
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Pulitzer Prize | The Guns of August | General Nonfiction | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1972 | Pulitzer Prize | Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 | General Nonfiction | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1980 | National Book Award | A Distant Mirror | History (Paperback) | National Book Foundation | Winner |
| 1971 | St. Louis Literary Award | — | — | Saint Louis University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize
1963
Work:
The Guns of August
Category:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1972
Work:
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
Category:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
National Book Award
1980
Work:
A Distant Mirror
Category:
History (Paperback)
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Winner
St. Louis Literary Award
1971
Organization:
Saint Louis University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
St. Louis Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1971) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Guns of August
1962 HistoryBest-selling history of the prelude to and first month of World War I.
Outbreak of warMiscalculations of leaders
Translations
- Japanese translation available
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
1971 Biography/HistoryBiography of General Joseph Stilwell.
American experience in ChinaWorld War II
Translations
- Japanese translation available
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
1978 HistoryHistory of the calamitous 14th century.
Medieval calamitiesFolly
Translations
- Japanese translation available
Bibliography
- The Lost British Policy: Britain and Spain Since 1700 (1938)
- Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour (1956)
- The Zimmermann Telegram (1958)
- The Guns of August (1962)
- The Proud Tower (1966)
- Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 (1971)
- Notes from China (1972)
- A Distant Mirror (1978)
- Practicing History (1981)
- The March of Folly (1984)
- The First Salute (1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Literary narrativePopular historyNarrative based on primary sources
- Recurring Motifs
- Folly of leadersHorrors of warLessons of history
Health
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Stroke1989年Cause of death.
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning popular historian known for Tuchman's Law, making history accessible to millions.
Archives
- Yale University Library
In Popular Culture
- Tuchman Tower named at Harvard's Currier House.
Quotes
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'Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts... Tuchman's Law: "The fact of being reported multiplies the apparent extent of any deplorable development by five- to tenfold."'
Source: A Distant Mirror (1978)
Trivia
- From prominent Jewish families Morgenthau and Wertheim.
- Grandfather Henry Morgenthau Sr. was U.S. Ambassador to Ottoman Empire.
- Present at age 2 during Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau event she later wrote about.