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Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

Jacobo Timerman

This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaking retelling of a man's time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyAward Category: Hillman Prize for Book Journalism -> Journalism & ReportageKeyword Classifier: Journalism & Reportage -> Journalism & ReportagePrisons & IncarcerationCrime, Policing & Violence

Award History

2 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor1981WinnerSecondary source
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1982WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Jacobo Timerman72%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Cuba62%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book retells Jacobo Timerman’s time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.

    Model confidence 64%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 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%.