US$75K Cundill History Prize finalists announced

The finalists for the 2022 Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’, have been announced.

The finalists are:

• Cuba: An American history (Ada Ferrer, Scribner)
• All That She Carried: The journey of Ashley’s sack, a Black family keepsake (Tiya Miles, Random House)
• Collapse: The fall of the Soviet Union (Vladislav M Zubok, Yale University Press).

The winner, awarded US$75,000 (A$115,000), will be announced on 1 December. The two runners-up will each receive US$10,000 (A$11,500).

Administered by McGill University in Montreal, the Cundill Prize is awarded annually to an individual from any country for a book that has had or is likely to have ‘a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history’.

For more information about the Cundill History Prize, visit the prize website.

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