Indian-origin historian Sunil Amrith has won the 2025 British Academy Book Prize for his book The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years. The £25,000 prize is awarded every year to a non-fiction book that gives new insights into global history and culture. Amrith’s book connects human history with the environment, helping readers understand the roots of today’s climate challenges.
Sunil Amrith Wins British Academy Book Prize 2025 for The Burning Earth
Key Points
- Sunil Amrith, an Indian-origin historian, won the 2025 British Academy Book Prize.
- The winning book is titled The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years.
- The prize amount is £25,000, given for the best non-fiction book in humanities and social sciences.
- Sunil Amrith is a professor of history at Yale University.
- He was born in Kenya to South Indian parents, grew up in Singapore, and studied at Cambridge University in England.
- His research focuses on environmental history, migration, and colonialism.
- The Burning Earth explains how human activity over 500 years has changed the planet and created modern environmental problems.
- The book connects colonisation, industrialisation, and global wars to today’s climate crisis.
- Judges called it a “powerful and beautifully written” book.
- The prize celebrates Amrith’s decades of research and his global view of history.
Other shortlisted books (each won £1,000):
- The Golden Road – William Dalrymple
- The Baton and the Cross – Lucy Ash
- Africonomics – Bronwen Everill
- Sick of It – Sophie Harman
- Sound Tracks – Graeme Lawson
About the British Academy Book Prize:
- Established in 2013, it honours non-fiction works in humanities and social sciences.
- Open to authors of any nationality, but books must be published in English in the UK.
- It promotes global voices that help readers understand history, culture, and ideas.
MCQs with Answers
Q1. Who won the 2025 British Academy Book Prize?
(a) William Dalrymple
(b) Lucy Ash
(c) Sunil Amrith
(d) Sophie Harman
Answer: Sunil Amrith
Q2. What is the name of the winning book by Sunil Amrith?
(a) The Golden Road
(b) The Burning Earth
(c) Africonomics
(d) Sound Tracks
Answer: The Burning Earth
Q3. How much prize money is given for the British Academy Book Prize?
(a) £1,000
(b) £5,000
(c) £10,000
(d) £25,000
Answer: £25,000
Q4. Where does Sunil Amrith teach?
(a) Harvard University
(b) Oxford University
(c) Yale University
(d) Cambridge University
Answer: Yale University
Q5. What is the main theme of The Burning Earth?
(a) Space exploration
(b) Environmental and human history
(c) Political revolutions
(d) Modern economics
Answer: Environmental and human history
Q6. When was the British Academy Book Prize established?
(a) 2005
(b) 2010
(c) 2013
(d) 2018
Answer: 2013
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