For a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author, three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Jackson Pollock , by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith (Clarkson N. Potter )
The Jury
The Jury
David Herbert Donald(Chair)*
Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University
Mary Kelley
John Sloan Dickey Professor of History, Dartmouth College
Peter Stansky
Professor of History, Stanford University
Winners in Biography
1991 Prize Winners
Natalie Angier
For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
Jim Hoagland
For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.