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minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·7 months agoLots of Peace winners, but Winston Churchill had one in literature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_Nobel_laureates#In_office
minus-squarerwhitisissle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·7 months agoChurchill was a master of historical non-fiction. Not “history books,” per se, but basically books about historical topics pertaining to England that interested him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_English-Speaking_Peoples. They were very popular during his day.
minus-squareMrsDoyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoOh yes, I’d forgotten about Winnie. I have a lot more respect for science and literature prizes than the peace prize though. Harder work, I reckon.
Lots of Peace winners, but Winston Churchill had one in literature:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_Nobel_laureates#In_office
Churchill was a master of historical non-fiction. Not “history books,” per se, but basically books about historical topics pertaining to England that interested him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_English-Speaking_Peoples. They were very popular during his day.
Oh yes, I’d forgotten about Winnie. I have a lot more respect for science and literature prizes than the peace prize though. Harder work, I reckon.