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Héctor Tobar

American journalist.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2014—2024

Recognition span

Author in the index

Héctor Tobar has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2014 and 2024. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Kirkus Prize1

Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Journalism & Reportage1

Race & Ethnicity1

Indexed works

Books by Héctor Tobar

2 books · sorted by recognition

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino.”Race & Ethnicity202312 pts Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them FreeJournalism & Reportage20148 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2023	Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino.”	Race & Ethnicity	12	1	2	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2014	Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free	Journalism & Reportage	8	0	2	Sceptre

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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