The Book Prize Index

An American Childhood

Annie Dillard

A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyFamily, Childhood & AdoptionFamily BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor1987FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

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    • Annie Dillard60%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • Pittsburgh55%

  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: 65%.