Patrick Radden Keefe

Craig Brown

Philippe Sands

John Preston

Jack Fairweather

Bart van Es

Rebecca Stott

Keggie Carew

Julian Jackson

Sebastian Mallaby

Daniel Finkelstein

Doireann Ni Ghriofa

George Szirtes

Lindsey Hilsum

Craig Brown

Laura Cumming

Patrick Radden Keefe

John Bew

Les Payne

Benjamin Moser

Jeffrey Stewart

Caroline Fraser

Hisham Matar

Andrea Wulf

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Winners are listed latest first.

BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
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Donne, John. Soldier, scholar, poet. By Katherine Rundell. 2022.
Sackler Family. Disgraced chemists. By Patrick Radden Keefe. 2021.
Margaret, Princess. Grand and louche. By Craig Brown. 2020.
Sands Family. Fleeing persecution. By Phillippe Sands. 2016.

DUFF COOPER PRIZE
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Petain, Philippe. Glorious then deplorable. By Julian Jackson. 2023.
de Gaulle, Charles. President of France. By Julian Jackson. 2018.

HATCHARDS & BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
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Finkelstein, Daniel. Persecuted lives. Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. 2023.
Donne, John. Soldier, scholar, poet. By Katherine Rundell. 2022.
Ypi Family. Albania in upheaval. By Lea Ypi. 2022.
Plath, Sylvia. A tortured life. By Heather Clark. 2020.
Sultan Saladin. 12th century conqueror. By Jonathan Phillips. 2019.
van Es Family. Harrowing life story. By Bart van Es. 2018.
Carter, Angela. Bawdy, absurd, fantastic. By Edmund Gordon. 2017.
Matar Family. Losing a father. By Hisham Matar. 2016.
Cumming Family,. Mysteries unfold. By Alan Cumming 2015.

JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
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Fassbinder, Rainer. German film director. By Ian Penman. 2023.
Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill. Poet. By Doireann Ni Ghriofa. 2020.
Szirtes Family. Tragedy and upheaval. By George Szirtes. 2019.
Marie Colvin. War correspondent. By Lindsey Hilsum. 2018.
Margaret, Princess. Grand and louche. By Craig Brown. 2017.
Velasquez. A mystery painting. By Laura Cumming. 2016.

PLUTARCH AWARD
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Blay-Miezah, John. Epic swindler. By Yepoka Yeebo. 2024.
Balanchine, George. Choreographer. By Jennifer Homans. 2022.
Lawrence, D.H. Sexuality and society. By Frances Wilson. 2021.
Dickens, Charles. Great Victorian novelist. By A.N.Wilson. 2020.
Hall, Virginia. Infiltrating Vichy France. By Sonia Purnell 2021.
Douglass, Frederick. Eminent ex-slave. By David Blight. 2018.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Children’s book author. By Caroline Fraser. 2017.
ackson, Shirley. Mystery & horror. By Ruth Franklin. 2016.
Alliluyeva, Svetlana. Stalin’s daughter. By Rosemary Sullivan. 2015.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. Biographer & novelist. By Hermione Lee. 2015.
Moore, Marianne. Modernist poet. By Linda Leavell. 2014.

PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
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King, Martin Luther. Civil rights leader. By Jonathan Eig. 2023.
Craft, Ellen & William. Escaping from slavery. By Ilyon Woo. 2023.
Hoover, Edgar J. Longtime FBI Director. By Beverly Gage. 2023.
Rembert, Winfred. Civil rights artist. By Erin Kelly. 2022.
Malcolm X. Human rights activist. By Les & Tamara Payne. 2020.
Sontag, Susan. Campaigning writer. By Benjamin 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.