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.

Aliases (1)

Robert Caro ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer → human → journalist → non-fiction writer →
awardReceived	Francis Parkman Prize → Gold Medal for Biography (American Academy of Arts and Letters) → National Book Award → National Book Critics Circle Award → Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "Master of the Senate" → 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography → National Book Award for Nonfiction ("Robert Caro") →	notableWinner
Robert A. Caro →	name
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters →	notableRecipient