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FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize 2003 - shortlist announced
Two
first-time authors make the prestigious shortlist for the UK's richest
non-fiction prize.
The
judges for the UK's most valuable prize for non-fiction have announced
the shortlist for the 91Èȱ¬ FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
2003.
The
prize is worth £30,000 to the winner, and £1,000 to
each of the six shortlisted authors.
The
2003 shortlist comprises:
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Pushkin |
TJ
Binyon |
HarperCollins |
Natasha's
Dance |
Orlando
Figes |
Allen
Lane |
The
Devil That Danced On The Water |
Aminatta
Forna |
HarperCollins |
Dr.
Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation |
Olivia
Judson |
Chatto
& Windus |
Samuel
Pepys |
Claire
Tomalin |
Viking |
Nelson |
Edgar
Vincent |
Yale
University Press |
Rosie
Boycott, Chair of the panel of judges, comments: "This is an
excellent and strong list. Although fewer science books made the
longlist, we are delighted to have Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All
Creation on the shortlist.
"We
are very confident about this year's list – each book brings
a different perspective on life – and we would urge everyone
to seek out and read these books, even before the winner is announced."
The
91Èȱ¬ FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates originality
and diversity in contemporary non-fiction publishing.
This
is reflected in the shortlist which includes fresh names alongside
already established writers; both Olivia Judson and Edgar Vincent
are first-time authors.
In
what is often viewed as a male-dominated genre, male and female
authors are equally represented in the 2003 shortlist, the female
contingent including Aminatta Forna's moving and very personal family
journey through Sierra Leone, Claire Tomalin's award-winning biography
of Samuel Pepys, and Olivia Judson's guide to evolutionary sexual
reproduction in the natural world.
The
members of the distinguished panel of judges for the 2003 prize
are: journalist and broadcaster Rosie Boycott (Chair); MP, Michael
Portillo; science editor of the Guardian, Tim Radford; historian
and writer, Andrew Roberts; and literary editor of The Economist,
Fiammetta Rocco.
The
winner, who will receive £30,000, will be decided and announced
on Monday 9 June at an Awards Dinner at the Savoy Hotel.
Notes
to Editors
91Èȱ¬
FOUR Sponsors The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (06.02.02)
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