Pulitzer Prize
for Biography
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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“What I learned in these pages has profoundly changed my understanding of history—the world’s, my people’s, my family’s, and my own.”
—Ayelet Waldman, New York Times bestseller and author of A Perfect Hand
“A luminous, splendidly illustrated melding of art history and memoir… A graceful meditation on art.”
–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Winner of the
Pulitzer Prize
“A landmark.” - The New York Times
“A monumental achievement” —BookPage
“Fully commensurate with the scale of his subject” —Times Literary Supplement
“A stunningly generous gift—to readers, obviously, but also to his subject” —Artforum
A finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award
New York Times Notable Book
The Works of Clarice Lispector in English Translation
Editor of the New Directions series of Clarice Lispector’s works in English, a landmark publishing project, pursued over more than twenty years, that has reintroduced Lispector’s writing to a global readership.
“The revival of the hypnotic Clarice Lispector has been one of the true literary events of the 21st century.”
— Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
International Editions
Benjamin Moser’s books have been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages.