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Frans de Waal

Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024).

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1989—2022

Recognition span

Author in the index

Frans de Waal has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1989 and 2022. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award1

Royal Society Science Book Prize1

Subject profile

Science3

Indexed works

Books by Frans de Waal

3 books · sorted by recognition

Peacemaking Among PrimatesScience199010 pts Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about OurselvesScience20196 pts Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About GenderScience—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
1990	Peacemaking Among Primates	Science	10	1	1	Harvard University Press
2019	Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves	Science	6	1	2	W. W. Norton
—	Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender	Science	4	0	1	Granta Books

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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