Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life is a 2024 book by Jason Roberts. The book is a biography of 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, known as the founding father of taxonomy, and his fellow naturalist the Comte de Buffon.[1][2][3][4] The book was the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[5]
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| Author | Jason Roberts |
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| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | 9 April 2024 |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 9781984855206 |
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pulitzer Prize for Biography | Won | [5] |
| PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | Won | [6] | |
References
edit- ↑ Blum, Deborah (8 April 2024). "The Two Men Who Wanted to Categorize 'Every Living Thing' on Earth". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Dirda, Michael (2 May 2024). "For better and worse, two 18th-century scientists shaped how we see nature". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Radick, Gregory (10 May 2024). "The rival eighteenth-century naturalists who paved the way for Darwin". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Green, Dominic (5 April 2024). "'Every Living Thing' Review: Before Darwin Came Linnaeus". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- 1 2 Alter, Alexandra; Khatib, Joumana; Cowles, Gregory (5 May 2025). "Pulitzer Prizes 2025: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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