Awards & Winners

Jon Krakauer

Date of Birth 12-April-1954
Place of Birth Brookline
(Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Journalist, Author, Writer, Mountaineer
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain-climbing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles.

Awards by Jon Krakauer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jon Krakauer.

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction Into Thin Air

1997


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : Into Thin Air

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Into Thin Air