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Hilary Spurling

British writer, journalist and biographer, 2005 Whitbread Book Awards winner, 1967 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize winner.

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Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1984—2019

Recognition span

Author in the index

Hilary Spurling has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1984 and 2019. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Costa Book Awards2

Los Angeles Times Book Prize2

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

Duff Cooper Prize1

James Tait Black Prizes1

Subject profile

Biography5

Indexed works

Books by Hilary Spurling

5 books · sorted by recognition

Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954Biography—20 pts Ivy When Young: The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919Biography19744 pts Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in ChinaBiography—4 pts The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908Biography—4 pts Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of TimeBiography20172 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
—	Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954	Biography	20	2	4	Knopf
1974	Ivy When Young: The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919	Biography	4	1	1	Unknown
—	Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China	Biography	4	1	1	Profile Books
—	The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908	Biography	4	0	1	Unknown
2017	Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time	Biography	2	0	1	Penguin Books

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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