Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral

O Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral é um dos sete Prémios Pulitzer que são entregues anualmente nas áreas das Letras, Teatro e Música. Tem sido atribuído desde 1962 a um livro de não ficção significativo de um escritor Norte-americano, publicado durante o ano precedente, que não é ilegível para consideração noutra categoria.

Os finalistas tem sido anunciados desde 1980, geralmente dois para além do vencedor.[1]

Vencedores

Nos primeiros 52 anos até 2013, o Pulitzer de Não Ficção foi entregue 55 vezes; dois prémios foram atribuídos em 1969, 1973, e 1986. Duas pessoas venceram o prémio como co-autoras em 1968, 1990, e 1991.[1] Barbara Tuchman e E.O. Wilson venceram respectivamente dois prémios de Não Ficção.

1960s

1970s

1980s

Os finalistas estão indicados em itálico, geralmente dois em cada ano.

  • 1980: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid de Douglas Hofstadter
    • The Madwoman in the Attic de Sandra Gilbert e Susan Gubar
    • The Medusa and the Snail de Lewis Thomas
  • 1981: Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture de Carl E. Schorske
    • China Men de Maxine Hong Kingston
    • Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War de William Manchester
    • Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey de Marshall Frady
  • 1982: The Soul of a New Machine de Tracy Kidder
    • Basin and Range de John McPhee
    • Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor de Diana Trilling
  • 1983: Is There No Place on Earth for Me? de Susan Sheehan
    • The Fate of the Earth de Jonathan Schell
    • Terrorists and Novelists de Diane Johnson
  • 1984: The Social Transformation of American Medicine de Paul Starr
    • Conversations With the Enemy de Winston Groom e Duncan Spencer
    • Wild Justice de Susan Jacoby
  • 1985: The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two de Studs Terkel
    • Endless Enemies de Jonathan Kwitny
    • Dawn to the West de Donald Keene
  • 1986 (dois vencedores): Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families de J. Anthony Lukas
  • Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White de Joseph Lelyveld
  • 1987: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land de David K. Shipler
    • Rising from the Plains de John McPhee
    • Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir de Cyra McFadden
  • 1988: The Making of the Atomic Bomb de Richard Rhodes
    • Chaos: Making a New Science de James Gleick
    • Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society de Daniel Callahan
  • 1989: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam de Neil Sheehan
    • The Last Farmer de Howard Kohn
    • Coming of Age in the Milky Way de Timothy Ferris

1990s
  • 1990: And Their Children After Them de Dale Maharidge e Michael Williamson
    • Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History de Stephen Jay Gould
    • A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922 de David Fromkin
  • 1991: The Ants de Bert Hölldobler e Edward O. Wilson
    • Looking for a Ship de John McPhee
    • River of Traps: A Village Life de William duBuys e Alex Harris
  • 1992: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power de Daniel Yergin
    • Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics de Thomas Byrne Edsall e Mary D. Edsall
    • Broken Vessels de Andre Dubus
  • 1993: Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America de Garry Wills
    • Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father de Richard Rodriguez
    • Where the Buffalo Roam de Anne Matthews
    • A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War de Susan Griffin
  • 1994: Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire de David Remnick
    • The Cultivation of Hatred: The Bourgeois Experience, Victoria to Freud de Peter Gay
    • The End of the Twentieth Century: And the End of the Modern Age de John Lukacs
  • 1995: The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time de Jonathan Weiner
    • How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter de Sherwin B. Nuland
    • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story de John Berendt
  • 1996: The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism de Tina Rosenberg
  • 1997: Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris de Richard Kluger
    • Fame and Folly de Cynthia Ozick
    • The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond de Samuel G. Freedman
  • 1998: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies de Jared Diamond
  • 1999: Annals of the Former World de John McPhee
    • The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do de Judith Rich Harris
    • Crime and Punishment in America de Elliott Currie

2000s
  • 2000: Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II de John W. Dower
  • 2001: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan de Herbert P. Bix
    • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius de Dave Eggers
    • Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing de Ted Conover
  • 2002: Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution de Diane McWhorter
    • The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression de Andrew Solomon
    • War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals de David Halberstam
  • 2003: "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide de Samantha Power
    • The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit de Ellen Meloy
    • The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature de Steven Pinker
  • 2004: Gulag: A History de Anne Applebaum
    • The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military de Dana Priest
    • Rembrandt's Jews de Steven Nadler
  • 2005: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 de Steve Coll
    • The Devil's Highway: A True Story de Luis Alberto Urrea
    • Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found de Suketu Mehta
  • 2006: Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya de Caroline Elkins
  • 2007: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 de Lawrence Wright
    • Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness de Pete Earley
    • Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq de Thomas E. Ricks
  • 2008: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 de Saul Friedlander
    • The Cigarette Century de Allan M. Brandt
    • The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century de Alex Ross
  • 2009: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II de Douglas A. Blackmon
    • The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe de William I. Hitchcock
    • Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age de Arthur L. Herman

2010s
  • 2010: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy de David E. Hoffman
    • The Evolution of God de Robert Wright
    • How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities de John Cassidy
  • 2011: Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer de Siddhartha Mukherjee
    • The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains de Nicholas G. Carr
    • Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History de S.C. Gwynne
  • 2012: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern de Stephen Greenblatt
    • One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing de Diane Ackerman
    • Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men de Mara Hvistendahl
  • 2013: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America de Gilbert King
    • Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity de Katherine Boo
    • The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature de David George Haskell
  • 2014: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation de Dan Fagin
    • The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide de Gary J. Bass
    • The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War de Fred Kaplan
  • 2015: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History de Elizabeth Kolbert[2]
    • No Good Men Among the Living de Anand Gopal
    • Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China de Evan Osnos
  • 2016: Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS de Joby Warrick[3]
    • Between the World and Me de Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of Quran de Carla Power

Vencedores repetentes

Duas pessoas venceram o Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral duas vezes.

  • Barbara Tuchman, 1963 por The Guns of August e em 1972 por Stilwell and the American Experience in China
  • E. O. Wilson, 1979 por On Human Nature e em 1991 por Ants, este último em co-autoria com Bert Hölldobler

Ver também

Referências
  1. "General Nonfiction".
  2. "General Nonfiction".
  3. «General Nonfiction». The Pulitzer Prizes. Consultado em 19 de Abril de 2016
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