Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2009) Winner
Robert Service
ロバート・サービス
Robāto Sābisu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1947-10-29 （United Kingdom）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, Russian, Classical Greek
Career
- Occupations
- historian, academic, author
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford, St Antony's College, Oxford, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Memberships
- British Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's College, Cambridge | — | Russian and classical Greek | — | 学部生時代 | United Kingdom |
| University of Essex | — | — | — | 大学院時代 | United Kingdom |
| Saint Petersburg State University (University of Leningrad) | — | — | — | 大学院時代 | Soviet Union |
King's College, Cambridge
Russian and classical Greek
Period:
学部生時代
Country:
United Kingdom
Undergraduate studies in Russian and classical Greek
University of Essex
Period:
大学院時代
Country:
United Kingdom
Postgraduate work
Saint Petersburg State University (University of Leningrad)
Period:
大学院時代
Country:
Soviet Union
Postgraduate work
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Duff Cooper Prize | Trotsky: A Biography | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) | — | — | British Academy | フェロー就任 |
Duff Cooper Prize
2009
Work:
Trotsky: A Biography
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
1998
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
フェロー就任
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lenin: A Biography
2000 BiographyDetailed biography of Vladimir Lenin.
BolsheviksSoviet Union
Stalin: A Biography
2004 BiographyBiography of Joseph Stalin.
StalinismSoviet Union
Trotsky: A Biography
2009 BiographyBiography of Leon Trotsky. Winner of Duff Cooper Prize.
TrotskyismRussian Revolution
Bibliography
- The Bolshevik Party in Revolution 1917–23: A Study in Organizational Change
- Lenin: A Political Life (three volumes)
- A History of Twentieth-Century Russia
- The Penguin History of Modern Russia From Tsarism to the 21st Century
- A History of Modern Russia, from Nicholas II to Putin
- The Russian Revolution, 1900–27
- Lenin: A Biography
- Russia: Experiment with a People
- Stalin: A Biography
- Comrades: A World History of Communism
- Trotsky: A Biography
- Spies and Commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West
- The End of the Cold War: 1985–1991
- The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
- Russia and Its Islamic World
- Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin
- Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- post-revisionist
Legacy
British post-revisionist historian specializing in Soviet history from the October Revolution to Stalin's death. Known for biographies of Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky.
Trivia
- Distinguished from the poet Robert W. Service