Kenneth Silverman

Kenneth Silverman

Kenneth Silverman is a professor emeritus at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. Silverman was born in Manhattan in 1936.

quick facts
Birthdate:1936
Birthplace:Manhattan, New York
Age:76

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1985 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
1985 Bancroft Prize The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
1992 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Edgar A Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
1985 Nominated - Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
1992 Nominated - Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Edgar A Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
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Written works by Kenneth Silverman

TitlePublishedGenre
Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse 2003 Biography
Edgar A Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance Biography
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather Biography
Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss - American Self-Liberator, Europe's Eclipsing Sensation, World's Handcuff King & Prison Breaker - Nothing on Earth Can Hold Houdini a Prisoner!!! 1996 Biography
Literature in America
Timothy Dwight
cultural history of the American Revolution
Colonial American poetry
Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss
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Awards & Accolades

  • Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography
    1985
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