Kai Bird

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Pulitzer Prize winner biographer historian human non-fiction writer

Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
non-fiction writer ⓘ
awardReceived Duff Cooper Prize ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (finalist) ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
coAuthorOf American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
coAuthorWith Martin J. Sherwin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-09-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Carleton College ⓘ
Middlebury College ⓘ
employer Leon Levy Center for Biography ⓘ
fieldOfWork 20th-century history ⓘ
Cold War history ⓘ
Middle East politics ⓘ
nuclear history ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
hasChild one son ⓘ
knownFor biographies of key figures in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
co-writing American Prometheus ⓘ
livedIn Beirut ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
movement narrative history ⓘ
notableWork American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 ⓘ
John J. McCloy ⓘ
surface form: The Chairman: John J. McCloy, The Making of the American Establishment

The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, Brothers in Arms ⓘ
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames ⓘ
The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Susan Goldmark ⓘ
subjectOf biographies of American political figures ⓘ
biographies of Cold War policymakers ⓘ
biographies of intelligence officers ⓘ
writingLanguage English ⓘ

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Martin J. Sherwin → author → Kai Bird ⓘ
subject surface form: American Prometheus