US$75K Cundill History Prize finalists announced
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The finalists for the 2023 Cundill History Prize, which ‘rewards the best history writing in English’, have been announced.
The finalists are:
- Red Memory: Living, remembering and forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution (Tania Branigan, Faber)
- Queens of a Fallen World: The lost women of Augustine’s Confessions (Kate Cooper, Basic Books)
- Charged: A history of batteries and lessons for a clean energy future (James Morton Turner, University of Washington Press).
The winner, awarded prize money of US$75,000 (A$117,600), will be announced on 8 November. The two runners-up will each receive US$10,000 (A$15,500).
Administered by McGill University in Montreal, the Cundill Prize is awarded annually to an individual from any country for a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.
More information about the Cundill History Prize is available on the prize website.
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