William Andrew Swanberg, 1907-1992, was a
Pulitzer-PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.
-winning American biographer. He is perhaps best known for
Citizen Hearst, his biography of
William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher.Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, to millionaire mining engineer George Hearst and Phoebe Apperson. Following preparation at St...
. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1907 and earned his B.A. at the
University of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States...
in 1930 He always wrote under the name "W.A. Swanberg". He was a
Guggenheim fellowGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1960. He died of heart failure in
Southbury, ConnecticutSouthbury is a town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States north of Oxford and Newtown and east of Brookfield. The population was 18,567 at the 2000 census....
in 1992.
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William Andrew Swanberg, 1907-1992, was a
Pulitzer-PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.
-winning American biographer. He is perhaps best known for
Citizen Hearst, his biography of
William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher.Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, to millionaire mining engineer George Hearst and Phoebe Apperson. Following preparation at St...
. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1907 and earned his B.A. at the
University of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States...
in 1930 He always wrote under the name "W.A. Swanberg". He was a
Guggenheim fellowGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1960. He died of heart failure in
Southbury, ConnecticutSouthbury is a town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States north of Oxford and Newtown and east of Brookfield. The population was 18,567 at the 2000 census....
in 1992.
Selected Publications
- Sickles the Incredible, 1956
- First Blood: The Story of Ft. Sumter, 1957
- Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbable Rascal, 1959
- Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst, 1961
- Dreiser, 1965
- Pulitzer, 1967
- The Rector and the Rogue, 1969
- Luce and His Empire, 1972
- Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, 1976
- Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress, 1980
Literary Awards
- Christopher Award
The Christopher Award are presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, motion pictures and television specials which affirm the highest values of the human spirit.-Judging process:...
and Minnesota Centennial Award for First Blood
- Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Award, 1961, for Citizen Hearst
- In 1962 the Pulitzer board awarded the Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City....
in biography to Citizen Hearst. The trustees of Columbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City...
, who administer the prize, overturned the award refusing to honor a book that took a critical look at William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher.Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, to millionaire mining engineer George Hearst and Phoebe Apperson. Following preparation at St...
.
- Van Wyck Brooks Award for nonfiction, 1967
- Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.
, 1973, for Luce and His Empire
- National Book Award
The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to...
for biography, 1977, for Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist
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