John Mack wins the Pulitzer Prize for biography

When: 1977
Sources: 3 public sources

Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for biography for 'A Prince of Our Disorder', his study of T. E. Lawrence. The prize gave unusual standing to his later research with people reporting alien encounters, which other academics criticized.

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PressProfessor of psychiatry at HMS Mack dies at 74 (opens in a new tab)Harvard Gazette / 2004-09
PressJohn Mack, Pulitzer winner, dies (opens in a new tab)UPI / 2004-09-29
OtherBiography of John E. Mack, M.D. (opens in a new tab)John Mack Institute

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