The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-deirdre-bair

Deirdre Bair

American biographer (1935-2020).

Wikipedia

5

Recognized books

1

Wins

5

Lists

24

Index score

1981—2020

Recognition span

Author in the index

Deirdre Bair has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1981 and 2020. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize2
National Book Awards1
Plutarch Award1
Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Deirdre Bair

5 books · sorted by recognition

Samuel Beckett: A BiographyBiography197810 ptsParisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and MeBiography20204 ptsJung: A BiographyBiography20034 ptsSimone de Beauvoir: A BiographyBiography19914 ptsSaul Steinberg: A BiographyBiography20122 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
1978Samuel Beckett: A BiographyBiography1011Simon & Schuster
2020Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and MeBiography401Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2003Jung: A BiographyBiography401Little, Brown
1991Simone de Beauvoir: A BiographyBiography401Touchstone
2012Saul Steinberg: A BiographyBiography201Nan A. Talese

All books on this page are credited to Deirdre Bair.

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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