Judges announce long list for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2022

A press notice announced that a long list of 23 books were selected by the judges from a total of 62 books submitted. Runciman Award is sponsored by the A C Laskaridis Charitable Foundation and the A G Leventis Foundation.

Extract from Press Notice:
Out of 62 books submitted for the Award, the judges selected 23 to form their long list. The list, which covers books published globally in English in 2021, includes books on history, archaeology, reception of antiquity, biography, literature, philosophy and myth, plus novels, travel-writing and literary translations. The books selected span the Greek experience from antiquity to the contemporary world.

Peter Frankopan, chair of judges, said: 
It is great to see such a strong and exciting set of submissions for this year’s award. There are some heavyweight names on this longlist whose works have captured the imagination, and also a few dark horses in contention. As a panel, we were also extremely pleased by the range of entries – hard to predict what genre, let alone which topic, period or author will be crowned in the summer. But what an exciting few months we have ahead of us, to read some spectacular books. I’m greatly looking forward to it.

The judges for the Award in 2022 are:
Prof. Peter Frankopan (chair)
Dr Dionysis Kapsalis
Prof. Naoíse Mac Sweeney 
Prof. Judith Mossman
Dr Sofka Zinovieff