The Book Prize Index

Jackson Pollock: An American Saga

Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith

Based on interviews with more than 850 people, this illustrated biography profiles the troubled life of the enigmatic avant-garde artist whose controversial work changed the definition of modern art.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography / Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers -> Memoir & AutobiographyArtistic BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryBlack History & Culture

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1991WinnerSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1990FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Jackson Pollock90%

  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: 78%.