Awards & Winners

George Packer

Date of Birth 13-August-1960
Place of Birth Santa Clara
(California, United States of America, Santa Clara County, San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Area codes 408 and 669, Area code 669, Area code 408)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Journalist, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Author
George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for The New Yorker about U.S. foreign policy and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. More recently, he wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of America from 1978 to 2012. That book won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in November 2013.

Awards by George Packer

Check all the awards nominated and won by George Packer.

2013


National Book Award for Nonfiction
Honored for : The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Nonfiction The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award Betrayed

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

2005


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq