James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 69 (1987) Winner
Ruth Dudley Edwards
ルース・ダドリー・エドワーズ
Rūsu Dadurī Edowāzu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1944-05-24 （Dublin）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dublin, Ireland → England (since 1965)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, writer, columnist
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Sunday Independent, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, The News Letter
- Memberships
- Detection Club, Crime Writers' Association, British Association for Irish Studies, Society of Authors
- Influenced By
- Robert Dudley Edwards
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Channel 4/The House Politico's Book of the Year
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin | — | History | — | — | Ireland |
| Girton College, Cambridge | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Wolfson College, Cambridge | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University College Dublin
History
Country:
Ireland
First degree
Girton College, Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Victor Gollancz: A Biography | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | Aftermath: The Omagh Bombings and the Families' Pursuit of Justice | — | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1977 | National University of Ireland Prize for Historical Research | Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure | — | National University of Ireland | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1987
Work:
Victor Gollancz: A Biography
Result:
受賞
CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
2009
Work:
Aftermath: The Omagh Bombings and the Families' Pursuit of Justice
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
受賞
National University of Ireland Prize for Historical Research
1977
Work:
Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure
Organization:
National University of Ireland
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Victor Gollancz: A Biography
1987 BiographyBiography of Victor Gollancz, winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
publishingpolitics
Aftermath: The Omagh Bombings and the Families' Pursuit of Justice
2009 Non-fictionAccount of families' pursuit of justice after Omagh bombing, CWA Gold Dagger winner.
terrorismjustice
Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure
1977 Historical biographyBiography of Patrick Pearse, winner of NUI Prize.
Irish independencehistorical revisionism
The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions
1999 Non-fictionPortrait of Loyal Institutions.
unionism
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- revisionist historical narrativecontroversial
- Recurring Motifs
- Irish historyunionismanti-republicanism
Legacy
Known as a revisionist historian of Irish history, controversial for unionist views.
Trivia
- Raised in a Catholic family but left Ireland to escape Catholic Church influence.
- Father was historian Robert Dudley Edwards.
- Brother Owen Dudley Edwards is also a historian.