Memorial pages by award

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

American award for distinguished nonfiction works that are not eligible in other Pulitzer categories

Memorial Pages

14 memorial pages of recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Memorial

Robert Coles

10/12/1929 – 06/04/2026

96 years

American psychiatrist

Lincoln

Memorial

Tracy Kidder

11/12/1945 – 03/24/2026

80 years

American writer

Boston

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Memorial

Susan Sheehan

08/24/1937 – 02/17/2026

88 years

American journalist

Washington, D.C.

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Memorial

Edward O. Wilson

06/10/1929 – 12/26/2021

92 years

American biologist, naturalist, and writer

Burlington

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Memorial

Neil Sheehan

10/27/1936 – 01/07/2021

84 years

Washington, D.C.

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Family Tree

Memorial

David Brion Davis

02/16/1927 – 04/14/2019

92 years

Guilford

Memorial

Carl E. Schorske

03/15/1915 – 09/13/2015

100 years

East Windsor Township

Memorial

Studs Terkel

05/16/1912 – 10/31/2008

96 years

American author, historian and broadcaster

Chicago

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Family Tree

Memorial

Norman Mailer

01/31/1923 – 11/10/2007

84 years

American writer

New York City

Family Tree

Memorial

Carl Sagan

11/09/1934 – 12/20/1996

62 years

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author

Seattle

Family Tree

Memorial

Erik H. Erikson

06/15/1902 – 05/12/1994

91 years

Harwich

Memorial

Will Durant

11/05/1885 – 11/07/1981

96 years

Los Angeles

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Memorial

Howard Mumford Jones

04/16/1892 – 05/11/1980

88 years

Cambridge

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Richard Hofstadter

08/06/1916 – 10/24/1970

54 years

Manhattan

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