The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-laura-cumming

Laura Cumming

Art critic of The Observer newspaper.

Wikipedia

3

Recognized books

1

Wins

4

Lists

14

Index score

2016—2019

Recognition span

Author in the index

Laura Cumming has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2016 and 2019. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
Costa Book Awards1
James Tait Black Prizes1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Laura Cumming

3 books · sorted by recognition

On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing PersonsMemoir & Autobiography20196 ptsFive Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a ChildMemoir & Autobiography—4 ptsThe Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of VelazquezBiography—4 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2019On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing PersonsMemoir & Autobiography602Chatto & Windus
—Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a ChildMemoir & Autobiography401Scribner
—The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of VelazquezBiography411Chatto & Windus

All books on this page are credited to Laura Cumming.

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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