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About Duff Cooper Prize

The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing. The first award was made in 1956 in honour of the statesman and writer Alfred Duff Cooper (1890 – 1954) : it has been given annually ever since. Recent recipients include Julian Jackson, Anne Applebaum, Graham Robb and Margaret MacMillan. The Prize honours excellence in the genres relished by its namesake, including history, biography, travel and nature writing, politics, poetry and literary criticism. The winner receives £5,000, a magnum of Pol Roger Champagne and a copy of Duff Cooper's memoirs, Old Men Forget