The Book Prize Index

Freud: A Life for Our Time

Peter Gay

This biography of Freud provides an overview of his life and of the academic life of other early psychoanalysts. It also discusses his Jewishness - the way it influenced his life and the anti-Semitism in Vienna - while emphasizing his bourgeois aspirations.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Pulitzer Prize in Biography or Autobiography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyBusiness BiographyLGBTQ History & LifeLiterature & Writers

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1989FinalistSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1988FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Freud86%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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