Authors / person-barbara-ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich

American writer and journalist (1941–2022).

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1989—2021

Recognition span

Author in the index

Barbara Ehrenreich has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1989 and 2021. The records span 3 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay1

Subject profile

Society & Culture2

Memoir & Autobiography1

Indexed works

Books by Barbara Ehrenreich

3 books · sorted by recognition

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in AmericaMemoir & Autobiography200110 pts Had I Known: Collected EssaysSociety & Culture20204 pts Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle ClassSociety & Culture19894 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2001	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America	Memoir & Autobiography	10	1	1	Metropolitan Books
2020	Had I Known: Collected Essays	Society & Culture	4	1	1	Twelve
1989	Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class	Society & Culture	4	0	1	Harper Perennial

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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