Lionel Gelber Prize

Lionel Gelber Prize

The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for "the world's best non-fiction book in English that seeks to deepen public debate on significant global issues".cite web|url=http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/gelber/|accessdate=2006-09-05|title=Gelber Prize - Munk Centre for International Studies] It is presented annually by The Lionel Gelber Foundation and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. It is worth CAD $15,000.

Founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber, the prize honours "the excellence of those who think and write about the local and global forces of change in international issues". Recipients are judged by a jury panel of experts from Canada, Britain, and the United States. The award has been described by The Economist as "the world's most important award for non-fiction". Past winners have included Lawrence Wright, Jonathan Spence, David McCullough, Kanan Makiya, Michael Ignatieff, Eric Hobsbawm, Robert Kinloch Massie, Adam Hochschild (two time winner), Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, Walter Russell Mead, and Steve Coll.

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