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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Pulitzer Prize · 2006 · WinnerNational Book · 2005 · Winner
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Biography & MemoirISBN 9780593856451

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography2006Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography2005Winner

About the Author

Kai Bird and Martin J. SherwinAmerican

Kai Bird (born 1951) is an American biographer and historian best known for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, co-authored with Martin J. Sherwin, which won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, along with the National Book Critics Circle Award and Duff Cooper Prize; other notable works include The Chairman, The Color of Truth, The Good Spy, and The Outlier. Read more →

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