Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (1981) Winner
Carl E. Schorske
カール・イー・ショルスケ
Kāru Ī Shorsuke
Aliases:
Carl Emil Schorske / Charles E. Schorske
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-03-15 （The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.）
- Died
- 2015-09-13 （East Windsor Township, New Jersey, U.S.） age 100
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- New York City → Princeton, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- Cultural historian, Professor, Author
- Active Years
- 1936-2015
- Affiliations
- Wesleyan University, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University
- Memberships
- Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | Columbia College | B.A. | 1932-1936 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | History | Ph.D. | 1940s-1950 | United States |
Columbia University
Columbia College
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1932-1936
Year of Graduation:
1936
Country:
United States
Harvard University
History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1940s-1950
Year of Graduation:
1950
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction | Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1981 | MacArthur Fellows Program | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Ludwig Wittgenstein Prize | — | — | Austrian Research Association | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1981
Work:
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellows Program
1981
Organization:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Ludwig Wittgenstein Prize
2004
Organization:
Austrian Research Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
1980 Cultural history 432 pagesA seminal work analyzing politics and culture in fin-de-siècle Vienna.
Fin-de-siècle ViennaModernismPolitics and culture
German Social Democracy, 1905–1917: The Development of the Great Schism
1955 HistoryDescribes the schism in the German Social Democratic Party.
SocialismGerman history
Thinking With History: Explorations in the Passage to Modernism
1998 EssaysCollection of essays on Viennese and general history.
Historical thinkingModernism
Bibliography
- German Social Democracy, 1905–1917: The Development of the Great Schism (1955)
- Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (1980)
- Thinking With History: Explorations in the Passage to Modernism (1998)
- Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870–1930 (1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed cultural analysisIntellectual history
- Recurring Motifs
- Vienna culturePolitical transformation
Legacy
Influential cultural historian in modern European intellectual history, known for his work on fin-de-siècle Vienna.
Trivia
- Lived to 100.
- Made honorary citizen of Vienna in 2012.