Awards & Winners

Joseph J. Ellis

Date of Birth 18-July-1943
Place of Birth Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Joseph John Ellis, Joseph Ellis
Profession Historian, Author, Professor, Writer
Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won a Pulitzer Prize. Both these books were bestsellers.

Awards by Joseph J. Ellis

Check all the awards nominated and won by Joseph J. Ellis.

2001


Pulitzer Prize for History
Honored for : Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for History Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

1998


Ambassador Book Award for Biography
Honored for : American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

1997


National Book Award for Nonfiction
Honored for : American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Nonfiction American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson