Marsh Biography Award

The Marsh Biography Award is a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and is presented biennially. It is one of a group of 41 awards given by the Marsh Christian Trust, in the areas of conservation, science, the arts, heritage, literature and volunteering, known collectively as the Marsh Awards. The Marsh Christian Trust and the English Speaking Union present this award in partnership.

Winners

• 2009 - Rosemary Hill - God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
• 2007 - Maggie Ferguson - George Mackay Brown: A Life
• 2005 - John Guy - My Heart is My Own
• 2003 - Brenda Maddox - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
• 2001 - Anthony Sampson - Mandela
• 1999 - Richard Holmes - Coleridge: Darker Reflections
• 1997 - Jim Ring - Erskine Childers
• 1995 - Selina Hastings - Evelyn Waugh
• 1993 - Patrick Marnham - The Man who Wasn't Maigret
• 1991 - Hugh & Mirabel Cecil - Clever Hearts
• 1989 - David Gilmour - The Last Leopard
• 1987 - Roland Huntford - Shackleton

External links

• http://www.marshchristiantrust.org/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=518
• http://esu.org/marshbiography/