Authors / person-richard-kluger

Richard Kluger

American journalist (born 1934).

Wikipedia

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1976—1997

Recognition span

Author in the index

Richard Kluger has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1976 and 1997. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize2

National Book Awards2

National Book Critics Circle Awards2

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1

George Polk Awards1

Subject profile

History2

Journalism & Reportage1

Race & Ethnicity1

Indexed works

Books by Richard Kluger

4 books · sorted by recognition

Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip MorrisHistory199720 pts Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for EqualityRace & Ethnicity197516 pts The Paper: The Life and Times of the New York Herald TribuneJournalism & Reportage19864 pts The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald TribuneHistory—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
1997	Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris	History	20	1	4	Knopf
1975	Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality	Race & Ethnicity	16	2	4	Knopf
1986	The Paper: The Life and Times of the New York Herald Tribune	Journalism & Reportage	4	0	1	Knopf
—	The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune	History	4	1	1	Unknown

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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