Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

Given by Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Trust

25 Works 2,334 Books 41 Reviews ½ 4.0
The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, worth £7,500, is awarded biennially. The first prize was awarded in 1977. The objectives of the Prize are to recognize work that promotes and show more encourages peace and reconciliation in Ireland, a greater understanding between the peoples of Britain and Ireland, or closer co-operation between the partners of the European Community. These are the ideals which inspired Christopher Ewart-Biggs and to which his widow Jane subsequently dedicated herself. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (21), Shortlist (4)
Years:
All, 2012 (3), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2005 (2), 2003 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1991 (1), 1989 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (2), 1983 (1), 1981 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (2)

Winner 21

WorkYear
Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry by Douglas Murray2012
From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb by Timothy Knatchbull2010
Five Minutes of Heaven [2009 film] by Oliver Hirschbiegel2009
The Truth Commissioner by David Park2008
Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland by Richard English2005
Rebellions: Memoir, Memories and 1798 by Tom Dunne2003
Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles by David McKittrick1999
The I.R.A. and Its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923 by Peter Hart1997
Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland by Norman Porter1996
The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry1995
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan1991
Interpreting Northern Ireland (Clarendon Paperbacks) by John Whyte1989
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme: A Play by Frank McGuinness1986
Translations by Brian Friel1985
States of Mind: Two Centuries of Anglo-Irish Conflict, 1780-1980 by Oliver MacDonagh1984
The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today by Padraig O'Malley1984
De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-1973 (Oxford Paperbacks) by John Bowman1983
Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 by F. S. L. Lyons1981
A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s by Dervla Murphy1979
Prejudice and tolerance in Ireland : based on a survey of intergroup attitudes of Dublin adults and other sources by Micheal MacGreil1978
The Narrow Ground: Patterns of Ulster History by A.T.Q. Stewart1978

Shortlist 4

WorkYear
Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s by Diarmaid Ferriter2012
The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 by Alvin Jackson2012
Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA by Richard English2005
Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual by Richard English1998

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