Author record · 2010 to 2019
Frank Dikötter: Awards and Best-of Lists
Frank Dikötter has won 1 award, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2011) for Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | How to be a Dictator | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2019 | How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics | |
| 2016 | The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2014 | The Tragedy of Liberation | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book | |
| 2013 | The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-57 | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History | |
| 2011 | Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 | Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Non-Fiction | |
| 2010 | Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · History |
Books
- How to be a Dictator2 sources · 2019
- Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-19622 sources · 2010 to 2011
- The Tragedy of Liberation2 sources · 2013 to 2014
- The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-19761 source · 2016