David Levering Lewis

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Levering Lewis born May 25 1936 is an American historian a Julius Silver University Professor and a professor of history at New York University He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for part one and part two of his biography of W E B Du Bois in 1994 and 2001 respectively He is the first author to win Pulitzer Prizes for biography for two successive volumes on the same subject The author of eight books and editor of two more Lewis concentrates on comparative history with special focus on twentiethcentury United States social history and civil rights His interests include nineteenthcentury Africa twentiethcentury France and Islamic Spain