The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-kai-bird

Portrait of Kai Bird

Kai Bird

American journalist.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

2

Recognized books

3

Wins

5

Lists

30

Index score

2005—2011

Recognition span

Author in the index

Kai Bird has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2005 and 2011. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2
Dayton Literary Peace Prize1
Duff Cooper Prize1
Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Kai Bird

2 books · sorted by recognition

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerBiography200524 ptsCrossing Mandelbaum Gate Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978Memoir & Autobiography20106 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2005American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerBiography2433Knopf
2010Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978Memoir & Autobiography602Scribner

All books on this page are credited to Kai Bird.

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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