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Coat of arms of Lady Diana Cooper Escutcheon The arms of Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich (Or three Lions rampant Gules on a Chief Azure a Portcullis chained between two Fleurs-de-lis of the first.) impaled with the arms of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (Or, two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules; in the 1st and 4th quarters two fleurs-de-lis and in the 2nd and 3rd a lion ...
PAST WINNERS The Duff Cooper Prize was first awarded in 1956, to the historian and war-correspondent Alan Moorehead for Gallipoli, his now-classic account of the 1915-16 Dardanelles campaign. Winners since then have included works of social and political history, biography, memoir, travel-writing, literary criticism, nature-writing and poetry.
The Duff Cooper Prize was founded in memory of Alfred Duff Cooper by his friends, who wished to honour his love of books. Duff, though best known as a politician and diplomat, was also a successful writer of history, poetry and biography. As he declared in his autobiography, Old Men Forget: ‘Buying books has always been my weakness, and I ...
8 de jun. de 2024 · edit. Language. Label. Description. Also known as. English. Duff Cooper. British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author (1890-1954) Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich.
1 de jan. de 1986 · Duff Cooper: The Authorized Biography. Hardcover – January 1, 1986. Politician, diplomat, scholar, lover, gambler and bon viveur, Duff Cooper lived life to the full. After winning the DSO in the First World War, he wooed and married the greatest beauty of the day, Lady Diana Manners. Becoming a politician, Duff Cooper had an important ...
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6 de mar. de 2023 · The Duff Cooper Prize is run by the Duff Cooper Memorial Fund, set up in 1956. The charity’s trustees are the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The Prize judging committee is chaired by writer Artemis Cooper. As Duff’s grand-daughter, she is an ex-officio jury member, alongside the current Warden of New College, Miles Young.
