The Book Prize Index

A Severe Mercy

Sheldon Vanauken

"This acclaimed story traces the idyllic marriage of Sheldon and Jean Vanauken, their search for faith, their friendship with C.S. Lewis, and the tragedy of untimely death and love lost. It includes eighteen letters by C.S. Lewis"--Back cover.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Christian biography -> BiographyReligion & Religious MovementsEvangelicalism & Christian NationalismIntellectual History & Ideas

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Religion/Inspiration PaperbackMajor1980WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • C.S. Lewis50%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.