Indian-origin Historian Sunil Amrith wins British Academy Book Prize
Public Lokpal
October 23, 2025
Indian-origin Historian Sunil Amrith wins British Academy Book Prize
LONDON: 'The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years' by Indian-origin historian Sunil Amrith has been named the winner of this year's British Academy Book Prize, a prestigious 25,000-pound award that celebrates the world's best works of non-fiction.
Amrith, a Professor of History at Yale University in the US, was born in Kenya to South Indian parents, grew up in Singapore and graduated from the University of Cambridge in England.
The 46-year-old's latest book, described by judges as "important reading" in the context of the climate crisis, received the coveted prize at a ceremony at the British Academy in London on Wednesday evening.
The British Academy Book Prize was established in 2013 to reward writing grounded in exceptional research in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.
To be eligible for the prize, books must be works of non-fiction published in the UK, with authors of any nationality, based anywhere in the world and working in any language, provided that the nominated work is available in the English language.
PTI