Author
Studs Terkel
May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008 · United States
Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Writer, Poet lawyer, Music journalist, Actor
Titles on list
7
Total weeks
89
Peak rank
#3
FictionNonfictionDot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- May 16, 1912 · New York City
- Died
- October 31, 2008 · Chicago
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- University of Chicago Law School, McKinley High School
Awards & Honours
- 1980Peabody Awards
- 1981Paul Robeson Award
- 1983Eugene V. Debs Award
- 1985Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
- 1997National Humanities Medal
- 1997National Book Award
- 1998Thomas Merton Award
- 1999George Polk Award
- 2003Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2004Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
- 2004Order of Lincoln
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
- Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award
On the Bestseller Lists
7 titles
COMING OF AGE
Studs Terkel
COMING OF AGE
#14 · 1 wk
RACE
Studs Terkel
RACE
#9 · 2 wks
''THE GOOD WAR,''
Studs Terkel
''THE GOOD WAR,''
#3 · 22 wks
AMERICAN DREAMS
Studs Terkel
AMERICAN DREAMS
#6 · 18 wks
WORKING
Studs Terkel
WORKING
#5 · 17 wks
HARD TIMES
Studs Terkel
HARD TIMES
#6 · 15 wks
DIVISION STREET: AMERICA
Studs Terkel
DIVISION STREET: AMERICA
#6 · 14 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).