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Iris Origo

The autobiography of Iris Origo, this book recounts her childhood divided between three different worlds, New York, Ireland and Italy; her marriage to Antonio Origo, and her work with refugee children, feeding partisans and helping Allied prisoners-of-war during the German occupation.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyTopic Classifier: Intellectual Biography -> BiographyKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsIntellectual Biography

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1972FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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    • Antonio Origo55%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • New York60%
    • Ireland50%
    • Italy50%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 68%.