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===1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners and finalists, 1990-1999<ref name="Pulitzer-list" /> !Year !Author(s) !Title !Result !Ref. |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="4" |[[1990 in literature|1990]] |{{sortname|last=de Grazia|first=Sebastian}} |''Machiavelli in Hell'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Conway|first=Jill Ker}} |{{Sort|Road from Coorain|''[[The Road from Coorain]]''}} |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Price|first=Reynolds}} |''Clear Pictures: First Loves, First Guides'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ward|first=Geoffrey C.}} |{{Sort|First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt|''A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt''}} |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1991 in literature|1991]] |{{sortname|last=Naifeh|first=Steven}} and [[Gregory White Smith]] |''[[Jackson Pollock: An American Saga]]'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-16 |title=Obituary Note: Gregory White Smith |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2230 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418130430/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2230 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=O'Toole|first=Patricia}} |{{Sort|Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880β1918|''The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880β1918''}} |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wall|first=Joseph Frazier}} |''Alfred I. Du Pont: The Man and His Family'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1992 in literature|1992]] |{{sortname|last=Puller|first=Lewis B.}} |''Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller Jr.'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=McFeely|first=William S.}} |''Frederick Douglass'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Shelden|first=Michael}} |''Orwell: The Authorized Biography'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1993 in literature|1993]] |{{sortname|last=McCullough|first=David}} |''[[Truman (book)|Truman]]'' |Winner |<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=Rediscover: David McCullough |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.html?issue=1135 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Gleick|first=James}} |''Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Isaacson|first=Walter}} |''[[Kissinger: A Biography]]'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1994 in literature|1994]] |{{sortname|last=Levering Lewis|first=David}} |''[[W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868β1919]]'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=Awards: BIO Winner; PROSE Categories |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3913 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203150456/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3913 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Baker|first=Deborah}} |''In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=White|first=Edmund}} |''Genet: A Biography'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1995 in literature|1995]] |{{sortname|last=Hedrick|first=Joan D.}} |''Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Newman|first=Roger K.}} |''Hugo Black: A Biography'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Schiff|first=Stacy}} |''[[Saint-ExupΓ©ry: A Biography|Saint-Exupery: A Biography]]'' |Finalist |<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2014-01-13 |title=Awards: BIO Winner; Story Prize Finalists; NBCC Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2164 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320024139/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2164 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1996 in literature|1996]] |{{sortname|last=Miles|first=Jack}} |''[[God: A Biography]]'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Loughery|first=John}} |''John Sloan: Painter and Rebel'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Solomon|first=Maynard}} |''Mozart: A Life'' |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-16 |title=Obituary Note: Maynard Solomon |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3846 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420220817/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3846 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1997 in literature|1997]] |{{sortname|last=McCourt|first=Frank}} |''[[Angela's Ashes: A Memoir]]'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Barnes|first=Kim}} |''In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=Hershel}} |''Herman Melville: A Biography, Volume 1, 1819β1851'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1998 in literature|1998]] |{{sortname|last=Graham|first=Katharine}} |''[[Personal History]]'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-19 |title=Rediscover: Personal History |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=681 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808115844/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=681 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-04-20 |title=PW: Roth, Kakutani Awarded Pulitzers |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19980420/22143-pw-roth-kakutani-awarded-pulitzers.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Jones|first=James H.|nolink=1}} |''Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public-Private Life'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Tanenhaus|first=Sam}} |''Whittaker Chambers: A Biography'' |Finalist | |- style=background-color:lightyellow; ! rowspan="3" |[[1999 in literature|1999]] |{{sortname|last=Berg|first=A. Scott}} |''[[Lindbergh (book)|Lindbergh]]'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-25 |title=Rediscover: Lindbergh |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=752 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127121137/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=752 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeitchik |first=Steven M. |date=1999-04-19 |title=FSG Leads Pulitzer Winners |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990419/20221-fsg-leads-pulitzer-winners.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127120746/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990419/20221-fsg-leads-pulitzer-winners.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=du Plessix Gray|first=Francine}} |''At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Nasar|first=Sylvia}} |{{Sort|Beautiful Mind|''[[A Beautiful Mind (book)|A Beautiful Mind]]''}} |Finalist | |}
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