6/21/2023 0 Comments John donne rundellLast year’s winner was Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,” an expose of the family that helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic. The other finalists were Caroline Elkins’ “Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire ” Sally Hayden’s “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route ” Jonathan Freedland’s “The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World ” Anna Keay’s “The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown ” and Polly Morland’s “A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor’s Story.” The Baillie Gifford Prize recognizes English-language books from any country in current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. Sanderson said the book argues that Donne is “a writer perhaps as great as Shakespeare, and a writer we should all read for his writing on love, sex and death.” She said Rundell, who has published several prize-winning novels for children, had written “a masterpiece of passion and persuasion,” that “sends you off on a journey of discovery.” Journalist Caroline Sanderson, who chaired the judging panel, said Rundell’s book was a unanimous choice by the six judges from among 362 books submitted for the prize. AP Exclusive: Guerlain preserves cosmetics history in new 'warehouse of wonders' 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell has been named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022.
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