The Book Prize Index

Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet

James Atlas

Clear, precise, graceful...(Atlas') biographical style makes the book read with the pleasure of a good novel.--Leonard Michaels, The New York Times Book Review

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyLiterary BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryLiterature & Writers

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Biography and AutobiographyMajor1978FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Delmore Schwartz95%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 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: 70%.