Mao's Great Famine
Baillie Gifford Prize · 2011 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Baillie Gifford Prize | 2011 | Winner |
About This Book
A history of China's Great Leap Forward and the famine it caused between 1958 and 1962, which killed an estimated 45 million people. Drawing on newly opened provincial archives, this book transformed the historical understanding of the disaster. Winner of the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize.
About the Author
Frank DikötterDutch
Frank Dikötter is a Dutch historian and professor at the University of Hong Kong. His book Mao's Great Famine won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2011. He is known for his trilogy on Mao's China.
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