1996 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner
![Angela’s Ashes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580875208-1008-image-3.jpg)
Angela’s Ashes
Frank McCourt
The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies. 40,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. First serial, The New Yorker….
1996 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Shortlist
![Charles Ives: A Life in Music](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581034576-6690-image-3.jpg)
Charles Ives: A Life in Music
Jan Swafford
![Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580982775-3844-image-3.jpg)
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
David Hajdu
![Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580971272-2930-image-3.jpg)
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography
Peter Conn
![The Last Happy Occasion](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581046546-7411-image-3.jpg)