Wolfson History Prize


The Wolfson History Prizes are literary awards given annually in the United Kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public. Prizes are given annually for two or three exceptional works published during the year, with an occasional oeuvre prize. They are awarded and administered by the Wolfson Foundation, with winning books being chosen by a panel of judges composed of eminent historians.
In order to qualify for consideration, a book must be published in the United Kingdom and the author must be a British subject at the time the award is made and normally resident in the UK. Books should be readable and scholarly and be accessible to the lay reader. Prizes are awarded in the summer following the year of the books' publication; however, until 1987 prizes were awarded at the end of the competition year.
Established in 1972 by the Wolfson Foundation, a UK charitable foundation, they were originally known as the Wolfson Literary Awards.

Honourees

Awards after 2016 have a winner and shortlist.

2020s

2020
; 2019
; 2018
; 2017
; 2016
; 2015
; 2014
;2013
;2012
;2011
;2010

2000s

;2009
;2008
;2007
;2006
;2005
;2004
;2003
;2002
;2001
;2000

1990s

;1999
;1998
;1997
;1996
;1995
;1994
;1993
;1992
;1991
;1990:Donald Cameron Watt, How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938–1939

1980s

;1989
; 1988
;1987
;1986
;1985
;1984
;1983
;1982
;1981
;1980

1970s

;1979
;1978
;1977
;1976
;1975
;1974
;1973
;1972

List of winners of the Oeuvre Prize