Edmund Morris
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1940 to 2019 · aged 78
Arthur Edmund Morris was a South African and American writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents. His 1979 book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was the first of a trilogy of books on Roosevelt.
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2019Died24 May 20192001Los Angeles Times Book PrizeAward1980National Book AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for BiographyAward1940Born27 May 1940
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However, Morris sparked controversy with his 1999 book, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, due to its extensive use of fictional elements.
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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1940 to 2019 · aged 78
