JUDGES ANNOUNCE THE SHORT LIST FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2024
The judging panel for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award, given annually for a book about Greece, has agreed the short list for the competition in 2024.
Out of their long list of 24 books announced in January, the judges have selected seven books for their short list.
Judith Mossman, the chair of judges, said:
“We had an extremely varied and stimulating long list from which to choose, which enabled us, after much discussion, to select one of our most varied shortlists of the last few years, ranging in subject-matter over many centuries, from the beginnings of Greek literature and philosophy through to the Byzantine era and thence right up to our own day; and in terms of genre from scholarly biography, diachronic history and popular philosophy to poetry and poetic translation. We are very excited about all the shortlisted works.”
The short list of seven titles is:
Emily A. Austin, Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life (OUP, £14.99) Philosophy
Islam Issa, Alexandria: The City That Changed the World (Sceptre, £30) History
Eli Payne Mandel, The Grid (Carcanet, £14.99) Poetry
Adam Nicolson, How To Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks (Harper Collins, £25) Philosophy
Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint (John Murray, £30) Biography
Kostya Tsolakis, Greekling (Nine Arches, £10.99) Poetry
Emily Wilson (trans.), The Iliad by Homer (W.W. Norton & Co., £30) Literature in translation
The Award Ceremony for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2024 will be held in the Great Hall of King’s College London and streamed live on Zoom on Monday 17 June 2024, at 7pm. The guest lecturer will be Prof. Alexander Lingas. Details of the award ceremony and how to register for it will be announced on this website in early May.
The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award is sponsored by the Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation and the A.G. Leventis Foundation. The winner receives a prize of £10,000.