Richard Flanagan's Question 7 wins The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024

LONDON,Nov. 20, 2024/PRNewswire/ --Question 7byRichard Flanaganis tonight named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024. The winner was announced by Chair of Judges,Isabel Hilton, at a ceremony hosted at BMA House inLondon, UK, and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation.

With his win, Flanagan becomes the first author to'win the double'of the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, an achievement that affirms him as one of the most significant and acclaimed writers in the English language.

Beginning at a love hotel byJapan'sInland Sea and ending by a river inTasmania,Question 7is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows. Exploring the value of life, Flanagan tackles far-ranging seemingly disparate personal and historical topics, from H.G. Wells'affair withRebecca West, to the atomic bomb and his own near-death experience, expertly documenting life's chain reaction: from past to present to future.

The Baillie Gifford Prize recognises and rewards the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. As the winner,Richard Flanaganwill receive £50,000, with the other shortlisted authors each receiving £5,000, bringing the total prize value to £75,000.

Question 7was chosen by this year's judging panel: journalist, broadcaster and founder ofChina Dialogue,Isabel Hilton(chair); author and investigative journalist,Heather Brooke; comment and culture editor forNew Scientist,Alison Flood; culture editor ofProspect,Peter Hoskin; writer and critic,Tomiwa Owolade; and author, restaurant critic and journalist,Chitra Ramaswamy. Their selection was made from 349 books published between1 November 2023and31 October 2024.

Read Smart, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction's podcast, will release an episode devoted to the winner of the 2024 award, hosted byGeorgina Godwinand featuringRichard Flanagan. It will be available the week following the winner announcement.

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