2001 - Longlist
18 AUTHORS IN RUNNING FOR £30,000 PRIZE
The judges for the UK’s most valuable prize for non-fiction
today announce the longlist for the Samuel Johnson
Prize 2001. The prize is worth £30,000 to
the winner and £2,500 to each of the shortlisted authors.
This year’s longlist reflects a year of high quality
non-fiction publishing with a diverse and exciting range
of titles.
The Samuel Johnson Prize, now in its third year, aims to
reward the best of non-fiction, from biography to travel
writing, from popular science to the arts and current affairs. The
first ever prize was awarded to Antony Beevor for
his book, Stalingrad which then went on
to become a number one bestseller. Last year’s
winner was David Cairns’s landmark
biography of Berlioz.
The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is
sponsored by a retired British businessman and philanthropist,
who wishes to remain anonymous.
The judges of the prize reflect an impressive
array of talents. Andrew Marr (Chair),
historian Niall Ferguson, scientist Steve
Jones, journalist and author Annalena McAfee,
and Managing Director of the British Museum Suzanna
Taverne.
The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction will
be announced at an Awards Dinner at Number One Whitehall
in London on Tuesday, 12 June. The shortlist
of up to six titles will be announced at The Groucho Club
on Tuesday, 22 May.
THE LONGLIST:
| Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Peter Ackroyd |
London: The Biography |
Chatto & Windus |
| Martin Amis |
Experience |
Jonathan Cape |
| David Bodanis |
E=MC2 |
Macmillan |
| Michael Burleigh |
The Third Reich: A New History |
Macmillan |
| Simon Carr |
The Boys Are Back In Town |
Hutchinson |
| Thad Carhart |
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank |
Chatto & Windus |
| Hernando De Soto |
The Mystery of Capital |
Bantam Press |
| Richard Fortey |
Trilobite! |
Allen Lane/
The Penguin Press |
| Anthony Gottlieb |
The Dream of Reason |
Allen Lane/
The Penguin Press |
| Ian Kershaw |
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis |
Allen Lane/
The Penguin Press |
| Catherine Merridale |
Night of Stone |
Granta |
| Haruki Murakami |
Underground |
Harvill |
| Joseph O’Neill |
Blood Dark Track |
Granta |
| Graham Robb |
Rimbaud |
Picador |
| Lorna Sage |
Bad Blood |
4th Estate |
| Simon Sebag Montefiore |
Potemkin: Prince of
Princes |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Adam Sisman |
Boswell’s
Presumptuous Task |
Hamish Hamilton |
| Robert Skidelsky |
John Maynard Keynes |
Macmillan |
| In Siberia |
Colin Thubron |
Chatto & Windus |
| Karl Marx |
Francis Wheen |
4th Estate |
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