Awards & Winners

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Date of Birth 15-October-1917
Place of Birth Columbus
(Ohio, United States of America, Area code 614)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur M Schlesinger, Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur Schlessinger, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Profession Historian, Writer, Social Critic, Public intellectual
Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. A specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. A Pulitzer Prize winner, Schlesinger served as special assistant and "court historian" to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration, from the transition period to the president's state funeral, titled A Thousand Days. In 1968, Schlesinger actively supported the presidential campaign of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, which ended with Kennedy's assassination in Los Angeles. Schlesinger wrote the popular biography Robert Kennedy and His Times several years later. He later popularized the term "imperial presidency" during the Nixon administration book of the same name. He was also the son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.

Awards by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

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1987


Ambassador Book Award for American Studies
Honored for : The Cycles of American History

1980


Nominations 1980 »

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National Book Award for Biography (Paperback) Robert Kennedy and His Times

1979


National Book Award for Biography and Autobiography
Honored for : Robert Kennedy and His Times

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National Book Award for Biography and Autobiography Robert Kennedy and His Times

1974


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National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs The Imperial Presidency

1966


National Book Award for History and Biography (Nonfiction)
Honored for : A Thousand Days
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Honored for : A Thousand Days

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National Book Award for History and Biography (Nonfiction) A Thousand Days

1961


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National Book Award for Nonfiction The Politics of Upheaval

1960


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National Book Award for Nonfiction The Coming of the New Deal, Vol. II, The Age of Roosevelt

1958


Bancroft Prize
Honored for : The Crisis of the Old Order

1946


Pulitzer Prize for History
Honored for : The Age of Jackson