The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-maxine-hong-kingston

Portrait of Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

Chinese American author.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

2

Recognized books

3

Wins

5

Lists

32

Index score

1976—1981

Recognition span

Author in the index

Maxine Hong Kingston has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1976 and 1981. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1
National Book Awards1
Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Maxine Hong Kingston

2 books · sorted by recognition

China MenRace & Ethnicity197718 ptsThe Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among GhostsMemoir & Autobiography—14 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
1977China MenRace & Ethnicity1813Knopf
—The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among GhostsMemoir & Autobiography1422Knopf

All books on this page are credited to Maxine Hong Kingston.

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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