Awards & Winners

Ron Chernow

Date of Birth 03-March-1949
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Historian, Biographer, Author, Writer, Journalist
Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, historian, and biographer. He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of historical figures from the world of business, finance, and American politics. Historian Andrew Cayton says, "Chernow is no ordinary writer. Like his popular biographies of John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton, his Washington while long, is vivid and well paced. If Chernow's sense of historical context is sometimes superficial, his understanding of psychology is acute and his portraits of individuals memorable." He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his book, Washington: A Life. He is also the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. His biographies about Alexander Hamilton and John D. Rockefeller were both nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards, while The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family was honored with the 1993 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing. As a freelance journalist, he has written over 60 articles in national publications.

Awards by Ron Chernow

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ron Chernow.

2011


Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Honored for : Washington: A Life

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Washington: A Life

2004


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : Alexander Hamilton

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Alexander Hamilton

1998


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

1991


Ambassador Book Award for Biography & Autobiography
Honored for : The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

1990


National Book Award for Nonfiction
Honored for : The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Nonfiction The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance