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2018 biography by Jonathan Eig From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ali: A Life is a biography written by American biographer Jonathan Eig. It was first published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster. The biography is about Muhammad Ali.[1][2][3]
Author | Jonathan Eig |
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Language | English |
Genre | Biography |
Set in | United States of America |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | October 3, 2017 |
Publication place | United States of America |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 640 |
ISBN | 9781471155956 (first edition) |
Ali: A Life is a biography, chronicling the life of Muhammad Ali, who was previously known as Cassius Clay. Jonathan Eig wrote the book after conducting interviews with 500 people who knew Ali.[4][5]
In 2019 Men's Health named Ali: A Life the 23rd best sports book of all time.[3] In 2020, Esquire called Ali one of the 35 best sports books ever written.[6] In a review, Joyce Carol Oates of The New York Times noted that "...As Muhammad Ali's life was an epic of a life so Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography."[2] It was a finalist for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards, William Hill Sports Book of the Year.[7][8] It was a finalist for the 2018 Plutarch Award.[9] It won the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing[10][11][12] It also won the 2018 The Times Biography of the Year.[13] It won the overall Sports Book of the Year, for the 2018 British Sports Book Awards.[14] Thomas Hauser, Ali's previous biographer, wrote a more critical review identifying factual errors, inaccuracies about Ali's boxing achievements, and for failing to capture what made Ali an inspiration.[15]
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