Robert A. Caro
Born in 1935
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Biography
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Robert Allan Caro is an acclaimed American journalist and author, best known for his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
His works are renowned for their extensive research and detail.
Caro's first book, The Power Broker, is considered one of the greatest nonfiction works of the 20th century.
He has since published four volumes of his planned five-volume biography of Johnson.
Caro's writing has earned him numerous prestigious awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the National Humanities Medal.
His thorough approach to research and writing has set a standard in biographical writing.