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Award-Winning Books: Pulitzer for Biography or Autobiography

Features titles of award winners such as the Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King awards. Also includes the call number if the Vise Library owns a particular item.

What is the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography?

The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography is for "a distinguished and appropriately documented biography or autobiography by an American author." 

Award Winners

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"Truman" and "John Adams" - 1992 and 2002 Winners