Helen Macdonald is the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize winner


Helen MacDonald’s ‘extraordinary memoir’ won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction on Nov 4. — Photo from Samuel Johnson Prize

An extraordinary memoir by Helen Macdonald wins the top non-fiction literary prize.

The story of a historian's experience training a hawk while recovering from her father's death became the first memoir ever to win Britain's prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize last Tuesday.

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