Michael Dirda
Michael Dirda is an American book critic who worked at The Washington Post from 1978 to 2026. He has been a Fulbright Fellow and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993.
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- Educated at
- Cornell UniversityOberlin College
- Awards
- 🏆 Edgar Awards🏆 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work
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1948
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