William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s greatest historians. He is also a prominent broadcaster and critic and art curator. His highly entertaining books gracefully combine transcultural investigations and romance, scholarship and story-telling. In the course of the last two decades, Dalrymple has written several books including a critically-acclaimed travel book.
William Dalrymple has won the following awards:
- Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
- Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award
- Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage
- Hemingway Prize
- French Prix d'Astrolabe
- Wolfson Prize for History
- Scottish Book of the Year Award
- Duff Cooper Memorial Prize
- Asia House Award for Asian Literature
- Vodafone Crossword Award
William Dalrymple has three times been long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize