1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Patrimony: A True Story

Philip Roth

Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, his charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that …

Anne Sexton: A Biography

Diane Middlebrook

Maus II

Art Spiegelman

The Journals of John Cheever

John Cheever

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Robert Kanigel