Kai Bird

1951 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

educated at: Northwestern University, Carleton College, Medill School of Journalism, Kodaikanal International School

occupation: historian, biographer, journalist, documentary participant

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

official website: www.kaibird.com

Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951) is an American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations, and his biographies of political figures. He won a Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Source: Wikipedia (en)