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Barack Obama

b. 1961

4 standalone books

2 awards & honors · incl. NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work 2021

Barack Hussein Obama II, born in 1961, was the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and the first African American to hold the office. He previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until his election to the presidency in November 2008.

Born
1961

Books by Barack Obama

  1. Cover of A Promised Land

    A Promised Land

    2020

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  2. Cover of Of Thee I Sing

    Of Thee I Sing

    2018

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  3. Cover of The Audacity of Hope

    The Audacity of Hope

    2008

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  4. Cover of Dreams from My Father

    Dreams from My Father

    1995

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Awards & honors

A Promised Land

  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkWinner2021
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkNominee2021

Honors as recorded by the publisher for Barack Obama’s books. Wording is the awarding body’s own — a nomination is listed as a nomination, never as a win.

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