Robert A. Caro

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biographer human journalist non-fiction writer

Robert A. Caro is an American journalist and biographer renowned for his exhaustive, Pulitzer Prize–winning studies of political power, particularly in his multi-volume works on Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Robert A. Caro canonical 12
Robert Caro 6

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instanceOf biographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
non-fiction writer ⓘ
awardReceived Francis Parkman Prize ⓘ
Gold Medal for Biography (American Academy of Arts and Letters) ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award

National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "Master of the Senate"

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "The Power Broker"

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-10-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Horace Mann School ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer Newsday ⓘ
familyName Caro ⓘ
fieldOfWork U.S. politics ⓘ
political history ⓘ
urban studies ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
political biography ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasPart Master of the Senate ⓘ
Means of Ascent ⓘ
The Passage of Power ⓘ
The Path to Power ⓘ
influenced contemporary political biographers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
name Robert A. Caro self-link ⓘ
notableFor biography of Robert Moses ⓘ
exhaustive research on political power ⓘ
multi-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
notableIdea power reveals character ⓘ
notableWork The Power Broker ⓘ
The Years of Lyndon Johnson ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Ina Caro ⓘ
subjectOf documentary film "Turn Every Page" ⓘ
writingStyle extensive archival research ⓘ
in-depth interviews ⓘ

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography → notableWinner → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
National Book Award for Nonfiction → notableWinner → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
Robert A. Caro → name → Robert A. Caro self-link ⓘ
Bancroft Prize → notableRecipient → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
Robert Moses → hasAuthor → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
The Power Broker → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
Horace Mann School → hasAlumni → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
Caro → hasNotableBearer → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
The Years of Lyndon Johnson → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
Ina Caro → spouse → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
Ina Caro → collaboratedWith → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Caro
The Path to Power → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
Means of Ascent → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
Master of the Senate → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
documentary film "Turn Every Page" → subject → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
subject surface form: Turn Every Page
documentary film "Turn Every Page" → featuresPerson → Robert A. Caro ⓘ
subject surface form: Turn Every Page
The Passage of Power → author → Robert A. Caro ⓘ