Awards & Winners

Simon Schama

Date of Birth 13-February-1945
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Simon Michael Schama, Professor Simon Schama, Simon M. Schama
Profession Art Historian, Historian, Writer, Author, Screenwriter, Television presenter
Simon Michael Schama, CBE is a British historian specialising in art history and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He first came to popular public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens published in 1989. In the United Kingdom, he is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain broadcast between 2000 and 2002.

Awards by Simon Schama

Check all the awards nominated and won by Simon Schama.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual Simon Schama's Power of Art

2006


National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction
Honored for : Rough Crossings

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Rough Crossings

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award For The Best Presenter - Factual, Features And News A History of Britain

2001


St. Louis Literary Award

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Huw Wheldon Award A History of Britain
For Specialised Programme or Series

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NCR Book Award Landscape and memory

1990


NCR Book Award
Honored for : Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NCR Book Award Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

1983


Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada
(German & East European History)