Barbara W. Tuchman

1912 - 1989

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Harvard University, Radcliffe College, Ohio State University

occupation: journalist, historian, writer, biographer

award received: National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, St. Louis Literary Award, Jefferson Lecture, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.Tuchman focused on writing popular history. Source: Wikipedia (en)