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Alex Kotlowitz

American journalist.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1992—2020

Recognition span

Author in the index

Alex Kotlowitz has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1992 and 2020. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize1

Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism1

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1

Subject profile

Society & Culture2

Nature & Environment1

Indexed works

Books by Alex Kotlowitz

3 books · sorted by recognition

An American Summer: Love and Death in ChicagoSociety & Culture20196 pts There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other AmericaSociety & Culture19914 pts The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns A Death and America's DilemmaNature & Environment—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2019	An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago	Society & Culture	6	1	2	Nan A. Talese
1991	There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America	Society & Culture	4	1	1	Unknown
—	The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns A Death and America's Dilemma	Nature & Environment	4	1	1	Unknown

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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