Isabel Wilkerson

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Pulitzer Prize winner author human journalist non-fiction writer

Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author best known for her acclaimed works on race and migration in the United States, including "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste."

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner →
author →
human →
journalist →
non-fiction writer →
awardReceived Anisfield-Wolf Book Award →
Dayton Literary Peace Prize →
National Book Critics Circle Award →
surface form: "National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction"

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing →
citizenship American →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1961 →
educatedAt Howard University →
employer The New York Times →
ethnicGroup Black Americans →
surface form: "African Americans"
fieldOfWork African-American history →
journalism →
migration studies →
race relations in the United States →
gender female →
genre history →
non-fiction →
social commentary →
hasWritten Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents →
The Warmth of Other Suns →
influencedBy African-American history →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
name Isabel Wilkerson →
nationality American →
notableAchievement first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting →
first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism →
notableWork Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents →
The Warmth of Other Suns →
occupation author →
journalist →
university professor →
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld Chicago bureau chief of The New York Times →
publicationDateOfWork The Warmth of Other Suns →
surface form: "2010: The Warmth of Other Suns"

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents →
surface form: "2020: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents"
taughtAt Boston University →
Emory University →
Princeton University →
writesAbout caste systems →
racial inequality in the United States →
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region →
surface form: "the Great Migration"

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subject surface form: "The Warmth of Other Suns"
The Warmth of Other Suns → author → Isabel Wilkerson →
Isabel Wilkerson → name → Isabel Wilkerson →