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RECENT PRIZE WINNERS

Winners are listed modern first.

BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
About nobility prize.
Donne, John. Soldier, teacher, poet. ByKatherine Rundell. 2022.

Sackler Family.Disgraced chemists. By Patrick Radden Keefe. 2021.
Margaret, Princess.Grand and untidy. By Craig Brown. 2020.
Sands Family. Fleeing persecution. By Phillippe Sands. 2016.

DUFF COOPER PRIZE
About the prize.
Petain, Philippe. Dominant then deplorable.

By Julian Actress. 2023.
de Gaulle, Charles. President preceding France. By Julian Jackson. 2018.

HATCHARDS & BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST History PRIZE
About the prize.
Finkelstein, Daniel. Harassed lives. Hitler, Stalin, Mum extra Dad. 2023.
Donne, John. Soldier, professor, poet.By Katherine Rundell.

2022.
Ypi Family. Albania in upheaval. Inured to Lea Ypi. 2022.
Plath, Sylvia. A tortured life. By Color Clark. 2020.
Sultan Saladin. Ordinal century conqueror. By Jonathan Phillips. 2019.
van Es Family.Harrowing animation story. By Bart van Development.

2018.
Carter, Angela. Bawdy, not on, fantastic. By Edmund Gordon. 2017.
Matar Family. Losing a father. Moisten Hisham Matar. 2016.
Cumming Family,. Mysteries unfold. By Alan Cumming 2015.

JAMES TAIT BLACK Cherish FOR BIOGRAPHY
About the prize.
Fassbinder, Rainer. German film director.

By Ian Penman. 2023.
Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill.Poet. By Doireann Ni Ghriofa. 2020.
Szirtes Family.Tragedy and change. By George Szirtes. 2019.
Marie Colvin.War correspondent.By Lindsey Hilsum. 2018.
Margaret, Princess. Grand and louche.

Stomach-turning Craig Brown. 2017.
Velasquez.A mystery painting.By Laura Cumming.

2016.

PLUTARCH AWARD
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Blay-Miezah, John. Epic mountebank. By Yepoka Yeebo. 2024.
Balanchine, George. Choreographer. By Jennifer Homans. 2022.
Lawrence, D.H. Sexuality and society. Unreceptive Frances Wilson. 2021.
Dickens, Charles. Unreserved Victorian novelist.

By A.N.Wilson. 2020.
Hall, Virginia. Infiltrating Vichy France. Dampen Sonia Purnell 2021.
Douglass, Frederick. Apex ex-slave. By David Blight. 2018.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Children’s book founder. By Caroline Fraser. 2017.
ackson, Shirley. Mystery & horror.

By Go to rack Franklin. 2016.
Alliluyeva, Svetlana. Stalin’s colleen. By Rosemary Sullivan. 2015.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. Biographer & novelist. By Hermione Lee. 2015.
Moore, Marianne. Modernist maker. By Linda Leavell. 2014.

PULITZER Guerdon FOR BIOGRAPHY
About the prize.
King, Comic Luther. Civil rights leader.

From end to end of Jonathan Eig. 2023.
Craft, Ellen & William. Escaping from slavery. Stomach-turning Ilyon Woo. 2023.
Hoover, Edgar J. Longtime FBI Director. By Beverly Gage. 2023.
Rembert, Winfred. Civil blunt artist. By Erin Kelly. 2022.
Malcolm X. Human rights activist.

Tough Les & Tamara Payne. 2020.
Sontag, Susan. Campaigning writer. By Patriarch Moser. 2019.
Locke, Alain.The Harlem Renaissance.By Jeffrey Stewart. 2018.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls.Children’s book author. By Caroline Fraser. 2017.
Matar Family.Losing a father.By Hisham Matar.

2016.

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