Authors / person-imani-perry

Imani Perry

American interdisciplinary scholar.

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Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2019—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Imani Perry has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2019 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Kirkus Prize1

National Book Awards1

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography1

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction1

Subject profile

Biography1

Race & Ethnicity1

Society & Culture1

Indexed works

Books by Imani Perry

3 books · sorted by recognition

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a NationSociety & Culture202312 pts Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine HansberryBiography201810 pts Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My PeopleRace & Ethnicity20254 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2023	South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation	Society & Culture	12	1	2	HarperCollins
2018	Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry	Biography	10	2	3	Beacon Press
2025	Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People	Race & Ethnicity	4	0	1	Ecco

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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