The Book Prize Index

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Portrait of Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

American writer.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

3

Recognized books

1

Wins

5

Lists

24

Index score

2006—2017

Recognition span

Author in the index

Daniel Mendelsohn has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2006 and 2017. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Daniel Mendelsohn

3 books · sorted by recognition

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six MillionMemoir & Autobiography200614 ptsWaiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop CultureArts & Criticism20126 ptsAn Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an EpicMemoir & Autobiography20174 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2006The Lost: A Search for Six of Six MillionMemoir & Autobiography1412HarperCollins
2012Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop CultureArts & Criticism602Secker & Warburg
2017An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an EpicMemoir & Autobiography401HarperCollins

All books on this page are credited to Daniel Mendelsohn.

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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