{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Marsh Biography Award was a British literary award, given to the author of the best biography written in the previous two years by a British author. It was established in 1987 and was presented biennially until 2011. The Marsh Christian Trust and the English Speaking Union presented this award in partnership.

Winners

* 1987 - Roland Huntford - ''Shackleton'' * 1989 -

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- '' The Last Leopard'' * 1991 - Hugh & Mirabel Cecil - ''Clever Hearts'' * 1993 - Patrick Marnham - '' The Man Who Wasn't Maigret'' * 1995 - Selina Hastings - ''Evelyn Waugh'' * 1997 - Jim Ring - ''Erskine Childers'' * 1999 - Richard Holmes - ''Coleridge: Darker Reflections'' * 2001 - Anthony Sampson - '' Mandela: The Authorised Biography'' * 2003 - Brenda Maddox - '' Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA'' * 2005 - John Guy - ''My Heart is My Own'' * 2007 - Maggie Ferguson - ''George Mackay Brown: The Life'' * 2009 - Rosemary Hill - ''God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain'' * 2011 - D.R. Thorpe - ''Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan''

References

British literary awards Biography awards Awards established in 1987 1987 establishments in the United Kingdom