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Portrait of Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson

American journalist.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

2

Recognized books

6

Wins

14

Lists

56

Index score

2010—2021

Recognition span

Author in the index

Isabel Wilkerson has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2010 and 2021. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Dayton Literary Peace Prize2
National Book Critics Circle Awards2
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction2
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Isabel Wilkerson

2 books · sorted by recognition

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationHistory201030 ptsCaste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsRace & Ethnicity202026 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2010The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationHistory3057Random House
2020Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsRace & Ethnicity2617Random House

All books on this page are credited to Isabel Wilkerson.

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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