Samuel Johnson Prize for 'repellent' poet biography

Book2Book Tuesday 05 Nov 2013

Lucy Hughes-Hallett has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for her biography of philandering Italian poet and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio.
The Pike "transcends the conventions of biography", the judges said.

Hughes-Hallett was announced as the winner in a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London on Monday night.
The prize, now in its 15th year, is worth £20,000.


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