Marsh Biography Award

British literary award

The Marsh Biography Award was a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and was presented biennially until 2011. The Marsh Christian Trust and the English Speaking Union presented this award in partnership.

Winners

  • 1987 - Roland Huntford - Shackleton
  • 1989 - David Gilmour - The Last Leopard
  • 1991 - Hugh & Mirabel Cecil - Clever Hearts
  • 1993 - Patrick Marnham - The Man Who Wasn't Maigret
  • 1995 - Selina Hastings - Evelyn Waugh
  • 1997 - Jim Ring - Erskine Childers
  • 1999 - Richard Holmes - Coleridge: Darker Reflections
  • 2001 - Anthony Sampson - Mandela: The Authorised Biography
  • 2003 - Brenda Maddox - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
  • 2005 - John Guy - My Heart is My Own
  • 2007 - Maggie Ferguson - George Mackay Brown: The Life
  • 2009 - Rosemary Hill - God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
  • 2011 - D.R. Thorpe - Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan

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