Casey Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2005) Winner
Jonathan Eig
ジョナサン・アイグ
Jonasan Eigu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-04-26 （Brooklyn, New York）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York → Monsey, New York → Chicago, Illinois
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Biographer
- Active Years
- 1986-2024
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago
- Nominations
- NAACP Image Awards Finalist (Ali: A Life), William Hill Sports Book of the Year Finalist (Ali: A Life)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Medill School of Journalism | — | Bachelor's degree | — | United States |
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pulitzer Prize for Biography | King: A Life | — | Columbia University | Winner |
| 2005 | Casey Award | Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig | Best Baseball Book | — | Winner |
| 2018 | PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing | Ali: A Life | — | PEN America | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
2024
Work:
King: A Life
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Casey Award
2005
Work:
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Category:
Best Baseball Book
Result:
Winner
PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
2018
Work:
Ali: A Life
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Hammett Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2010) Nominee
British Sports Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2018) Winner
PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
1 appearances
Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 108 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
King: A Life
2023 BiographyBiography of Martin Luther King Jr. Pulitzer Prize winner.
American HistoryCivil Rights
Ali: A Life
2017 BiographyBiography of Muhammad Ali.
SportsAmerican History
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
2005 BiographyBiography of Lou Gehrig.
BaseballALS
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
2007 BiographyStory of Jackie Robinson's first season.
BaseballRacism
Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
2010 BiographyStory of capturing Al Capone.
CrimeProhibition Era
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
2014 Non-fictionHistory of the birth control pill.
Medical HistoryWomen's Rights
Adaptations
- [TV Drama]
Bibliography
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (2005)
- Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (2007)
- Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster (2010)
- The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution (2014)
- Ali: A Life (2017)
- King: A Life (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fluent proseNovel-like narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- American HistorySports and Society
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer known for sports and historical biographies.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in Ken Burns documentaries
Quotes
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This richly researched, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait...
Source: The New York Times (Joyce Carol Oates) (2017)
Trivia
- Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family.
- Started working for hometown newspaper at 16.
- Lives in Chicago with wife and three children.