‘The volunteer’ wins Costa Book Award as best biography
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Biography of Captain Witold Pilecki ‘Volunteer’ by British writer Jack Fairweather was honored with the Costa Book Award for 2019 in the ‘biography’ category. Fairweather, 40, from Wales, is a writer and journalist. He was, among others, head of the office of the British Daily Telegraph in Baghdad and photojournalist of the American Washington Post in Afghanistan. He also wrote two other books, The Good War and The War of Choice, about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a laureate of prestigious journalistic awards.
Since 1971, the Costa Book Awards have been awarded to books written in English by writers living in the United Kingdom or Ireland. Currently, they are awarded in five categories – novel, debut novel, biography, poetry and children's book. The remaining categories of this year's edition were won by Jonathan Coe, author of the book ‘Middle England’ (novel), Sara Collins, author of the book ‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’ (debut novel), Mary Jean Chan, author of the collection ‘Fleche’ (poetry), and Jasbinder Bilan, author of the book ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’ (book for children).
