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Tracy Kidder was an American writer and journalist born in New York City on November 12, 1945. He served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army and was educated at Harvard University and the University of Iowa. His notable works include *The Soul of a New Machine*, *The Capacity for Wonder*, *Mountains Beyond Mountains*, *A Truck Full of Money*, and *Author Talks*. He also contributed to *The Atlantic* and wrote in the creative nonfiction genre.
Kidder received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the National Book Award. He was recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection and the National Book Award collection. He had two children. He died of lung cancer in Boston on March 24, 2026, from natural causes.
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Tracy Kidder is indexed among the 301 entries in Vinony's National Book Award collection. It also appears in Pulitzer Prize.
Within Vinony's link graph, Tracy Kidder is referenced by 217 other articles, and connects out to The Story of Civilization, Burundi and Boston.
It sits within the topics 1945 births, 2026 deaths and 20th-century American non-fiction writers.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 November 1945
- Died
- 2026
- Works
- 16
Top works
- The capacity for wonder
- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- A Truck Full of Money
- Author Talks (87380)
- The Best American Essays 1994
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- University of Iowa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- creative nonfiction
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- first lieutenant
- Official website
- www.tracykidder.com
- Image
- Tracy Kidder 2013.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1945-11-12
- has written for
- The Atlantic
- name in native language
- John Tracy Kidder
- short name
- Tracy Kidder
- Commons category
- Tracy Kidder
- writing language
- English language
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2026-03-24
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