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Why in News?
Indian-origin historian Sunil Amrith wins British Academy Book Prize recently.
It is a prestigious award that celebrates the world's best works of non-fiction.
Established in –2013.
Purpose - To reward writing grounded in exceptional research in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Administered by- The British Academy (UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences).
Eligibility - 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.
Prize amount - 25,000-pound.
About the Author - 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.
Awarded for - 'The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years'.
About the book- It insights into the climate crisis, details the interconnectedness of human and environmental harm.
The book spans continents and centuries from the conquest of the Americas to British gold mining in South Africa, from the Black Death to the Second World War.
