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Barbara W. Tuchman

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American historian and author (1912-1989)

United StatesWritersLived 1912 to 1989 · aged 77
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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.

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Tuchman with William L. Shirer (left) and John Eisenhower (right) in 1971Tuchman with William L. Shirer (left) and John Eisenhower (right) in 1971

Awards 6

1980National Book Award
1980Jefferson Lecture
1972Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1971St. Louis Literary Award
1963Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Connected to Barbara 6

Tom WolfeAlso won Jefferson LectureSamantha PowerAlso won Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionLeszek KołakowskiAlso won Jefferson LectureN. Scott MomadayAlso won St. Louis Literary AwardLawrence WrightAlso won Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionBernard LewisAlso won Jefferson Lecture

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1989 · aged 77
Written about in
32 languages

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