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The Samuel Johnson Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards for non-fiction writing. It was founded in 1999 based on an anonymous donation and is managed by BBC 4. Each winner receives £30000 and each finalist £2500.

The prize is named after Samuel Johnson.

Past Winners

2005

Winner

Jonathan Coe Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of BS Johnson

Shortlist

Alexander Masters Stuart: A Life Backwards
Suketu Mehta Maximum City
Orhan Pamuk Istanbul
Hilary Spurling Matisse the Master
Sarah Wise The Italian Boy: Murder an Grave-Robbery in 1830s London

2004

Winner

Anna Funder Stasiland

Shortlist

Anne Applebaum Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps
Jonathan Bate John Clare: A Biography
Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything
Aidan Hartley The Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War
Tom Holland Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

2003

Winner

T.J. Binyon Pushkin

Shortlist

Orlando Figes, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Aminatta Forna, The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir of her Father, her Family, her Country and a Continent
Olivia Judson, Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
Edgar Vincent, Nelson: Love and Fame

2002

Winner

Margaret MacMillan, Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War

Shortlist

Eamon Duffy, The Voices of Morebath
William Fiennes, The Snow Geese
Richard Hamblyn, The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
Roy Jenkins, Churchill: a Biography
Brendan Simms, Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia

2001

Winner

Michael Burleigh, The Third Reich

Shortlist

Richard Fortey, Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution
Catherine Merridale, Night of Stone
Graham Robb, Rimbaud
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin
Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes

2000

Winner

David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2

Shortlist

Tony Hawks, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
Brenda Maddox, Yeats's Ghosts
Matt Ridley, Genome
William Shawcross, Deliver Us From Evil
Francis Wheen, Karl Marx

1999

Winner

Antony Beevor, Stalingrad

Shortlist

Ian Kershaw, Hitler
Ann Wroe, Pilate
John Diamond, C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too
Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Darker Reflections
David Landes, Wealth and Poverty of Nations

References

www.bbc.co.uk: Previous Winners of the Samuel Johnson prize
www.bbc.co.uk: The Samuel Johnson Prize 2005 Shortlist

Weblinks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/books/features/samueljohnson/

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 The prize is named after [[Samuel Johnson]].
+__NOTOC__
-Past Winners:
+== Past Winners ==
-'''[[2004]]'''
+=== [[2005]] ===
-Winner:
+==== Winner ====
+* [[Jonathan Coe]] ''Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of BS Johnson''
+==== Shortlist ====
+* [[Alexander Masters]] ''Stuart: A Life Backwards''
+* [[Suketu Mehta]] ''Maximum City''
+* [[Orhan Pamuk]] ''Istanbul''
+* [[Hilary Spurling]] ''Matisse the Master''
+* [[Sarah Wise]] ''The Italian Boy: Murder an Grave-Robbery in 1830s London''
+=== [[2004]] ===
+==== Winner ====
 *[[Anna Funder]] ''[[Stasiland]]''
-Shortlist:
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Anne Applebaum]] ''Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps''
 *[[Jonathan Bate]] ''John Clare: A Biography''
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 *[[Tom Holland]] ''Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic''
-'''[[2003]]'''
+=== [[2003]] ===
-Winner:
+==== Winner ====
 *[[T.J. Binyon]] ''Pushkin''
-Shortlist:
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Orlando Figes]], ''Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia''
 *[[Aminatta Forna]], ''The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir of her Father, her Family, her Country and a Continent''
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-'''[[2002]]'''
+=== [[2002]] ===
+==== Winner ====
-Winner
 *[[Margaret MacMillan]], ''Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War''
-Shortlist
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Eamon Duffy]], ''The Voices of Morebath''
 *[[William Fiennes]], ''The Snow Geese''
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 *[[Brendan Simms]], ''Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia''
-'''[[2001]]'''
+=== [[2001]] ===
+==== Winner ====
-Winner
 *[[Michael Burleigh]], ''The Third Reich''
-Shortlist
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Richard Fortey]], ''Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution''
 *[[Catherine Merridale]], ''Night of Stone''
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 *[[Robert Skidelsky]], ''John Maynard Keynes''
-'''[[2000]]'''
+=== [[2000]] ===
+==== Winner ====
-Winner
 *[[David Cairns]], ''Berlioz: Volume 2''
-Shortlist
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Tony Hawks]], ''Playing the Moldovans at Tennis''
 *[[Brenda Maddox]], ''Yeats's Ghosts''
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 *[[Francis Wheen]], ''Karl Marx''
-'''[[1999]]'''
+=== [[1999]] ===
+==== Winner ====
-Winner
 *[[Antony Beevor]], ''Stalingrad''
-Shortlist
+==== Shortlist ====
 *[[Ian Kershaw]], ''Hitler''
 *[[Ann Wroe]], ''Pilate''
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 ==References==
+* www.bbc.co.uk: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/books/features/samueljohnson/samuel_johnson_past_winners.shtml Previous Winners of the Samuel Johnson prize]
+* www.bbc.co.uk: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/books/features/samueljohnson/shortlist.shtml The Samuel Johnson Prize 2005 Shortlist]
+== Weblinks ==
-{{unreferenced}}
+http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/books/features/samueljohnson/
 [[Category:British literary awards]]

Revision as of 02:15, 4 April 2006

Past Winners

2005

Winner

Shortlist

2004

Winner

Shortlist

2003

Winner

Shortlist

2002

Winner

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2001

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2000

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1999

Winner

Shortlist

See also

References

Weblinks