Royal Society of Literature’s £10,000 award won by Justin Marozzi’s book, which spans centuries of city’s turbulent history
A history of Baghdad that ranges from its 15th-century sacking by Tamerlane to the invasion by American troops in 2003 has won the Royal Society of Literature’s £10,000 Ondaatje prize, praised by judges as a “truly monumental achievement”.
Justin Marozzi’s Baghdad was named winner of the prize, which goes to the book – fiction, non-fiction or poetry – that best evokes the “spirit of a place”. The former foreign correspondent beat titles by authors including Elif Shafak, Helen Dunmore and Rana Dasgupta with a book that judge Fiona Sampson described as “moving, passionate and erudite about the repeated tragedy, and the recurring renaissance, that mark the city”.
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Justin Marozzi’s Baghdad was named winner of the prize, which goes to the book – fiction, non-fiction or poetry – that best evokes the “spirit of a place”. The former foreign correspondent beat titles by authors including Elif Shafak, Helen Dunmore and Rana Dasgupta with a book that judge Fiona Sampson described as “moving, passionate and erudite about the repeated tragedy, and the recurring renaissance, that mark the city”.
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