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David Levering Lewis

American historian (born 1936).

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1993—2019

Recognition span

Author in the index

David Levering Lewis has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1993 and 2019. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2

National Book Awards2

Pulitzer Prize2

Bancroft Prize1

Cundill History Prize1

Subject profile

Biography3

History1

Indexed works

Books by David Levering Lewis

4 books · sorted by recognition

W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919Biography199336 pts W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963Biography—22 pts The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and Conceived a New World OrderBiography20182 pts God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570–1215History20082 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
1993	W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868–1919	Biography	36	4	6	Henry Holt
—	W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963	Biography	22	3	4	Henry Holt and Company
2018	The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and Conceived a New World Order	Biography	2	0	1	Liveright
2008	God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570–1215	History	2	0	1	W. W. Norton

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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