Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (2010) Winner
Sarah Bakewell
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Sarah Bakewell
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1963 （Bournemouth, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bournemouth, England → India → Sydney, Australia → London, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 2001-2024
- Affiliations
- Wellcome Library, National Trust
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Michel de Montaigne, Jean-Paul Sartre
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Essex | — | Philosophy | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Essex
Philosophy
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied philosophy. Started PhD on Heidegger but dropped it. Completed post-graduate degree in Artificial Intelligence.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | At the Existentialist Café | ノンフィクション | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 2010 | National Book Critics Circle Award | How to Live | 伝記 | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Duff Cooper Prize | How to Live | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Rosalind Franklin Medal | — | — | Humanists UK | 受賞 |
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2018
Work:
At the Existentialist Café
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
2010
Work:
How to Live
Category:
伝記
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Duff Cooper Prize
2010
Work:
How to Live
Result:
受賞
Rosalind Franklin Medal
2023
Organization:
Humanists UK
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry, and Hope
2023 Non-fictionExplores individuals throughout history who embodied humanist principles.
HumanismRational inquiryHope
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
2016 BiographyBiography of the existentialist movement and its key figures.
ExistentialismPhilosophyFreedom
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
2010 BiographyLife of 16th-century essayist Michel de Montaigne.
LifePhilosophyEssays
The English Dane
2005 BiographyBiography of Danish adventurer Jørgen Jørgensen.
AdventureRevolution
The Smart
2001 Non-fictionStory of an 18th-century forgery trial.
CrimeHistory
Bibliography
- Humanly Possible
- At the Existentialist Café
- How to Live
- The English Dane
- The Smart
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible and engaging styleSpirited biographical approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Philosophers' livesHumanismExistentialism
Legacy
British author acclaimed for her biographies of philosophers and thinkers, winner of multiple literary prizes.