Isabel Wilkerson
American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1961 · age 65
Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010) and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020). She is the first woman of African-American heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.
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2023“(I recommend over and over again:) The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. I am far from the first to recommend this book but that is because it’s so extraordinary.”In their wordsClint Smith (writer) interview (2023)2022“On the one hand, Wilkerson is very concerned about dehumanizing any group because it is then easy to harm individuals within that group solely because of them belonging to it.”In their wordsMalhotra, R. & Viswanathan V. (2022). Snakes in the Ganga : Breaking India 2.0.2021Carl Sandburg Literary AwardAward2016“Some of these things seem as if it’s a lot of hard work, and it is.”In their wordsOn how she hopes The Warmth of Other Suns led to a deeper understanding in “Isabel Wilkerson” in Humanities (Fall 2016)2015National Humanities MedalAward2011Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAwardThe Hillman Prize for Book JournalismAward2010“My parents absolutely did not think of themselves as part of the Great Migration. They knew they were part of a great wave.”In their wordsOn her parents experience during the Great Migration in “Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North” in NPR (2010 Sep 10)National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionAward1998Guggenheim FellowshipAward1994Journalist of the YearAwardPulitzer Prize for Feature WritingAward1993George Polk AwardAward1961Born
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Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65
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The same award as Isabel
Bryant GumbelBoth received Journalist of the YearJ. R. MoehringerBoth received Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Joris LuyendijkBoth received Journalist of the Year
Lester HoltBoth received Journalist of the Year
Michele NorrisBoth received Journalist of the Year
Kathryn SchulzBoth received Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing