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Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for BiographyWinner of the 2020 NBA Nonfiction

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

by Les Payne & Tamara Payne

Recorded edition: Liveright Publishing Corporation / W.W. Norton · 2020 · ISBN 9781631491665 · Edition source

Approximately 650 pages

Estimated reading time: 17–22 hours at 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate.

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Pulitzer Prize for Biography

United States

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National Book Award for Nonfiction

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