About the prize

Call for submissions for the 2023 London Hellenic Prize

Now in its 27th year, the Prize will be awarded once more to an original work, first published in 2023, written in (or translated into) English on a subject relating to, or inspired by, Hellenic civilization, culture, history or literature.

Subjects have always been unrestricted and cover the full spectrum of Hellenism from ancient to modern times. Since its inception in 1996 the Prize has been awarded to books on archaeology, architecture, art, classics, history, literary criticism, religion, social studies, as well as fiction. The LHP seeks to recognize works of originality and excellence in any of these fields which appeal to the educated general reader.

 The bursary of the Prize has been 10,000 GBP since inception.

Over one hundred books are submitted each year and every effort is made to ensure that all important publications in English on Hellenism and Greece are taken into consideration. The winning shortlisted titles are often translated into Greek and published in Greece, thus completing the Anglo-Hellenic cultural objectives which the London Hellenic Prize was founded to support.

2022 Winner

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2022 Winner ***

Many congratulations to Caroline Vout, this year's winner of the London Hellenic Prize, for her rich and engaging book,

“Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body”

co-published by Profile Books and the Wellcome Collection. We are very proud to give this book the recognition it well deserves!

*** Professor Oliver Taplin will introduce our Prizewinner at the annual Awards Ceremony to be held this year on Friday 10th November, at the Hellenic Centre, Paddington Street, London. ***

Caroline Vout is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, Byvanck Professor of Classical Archaeology at Leiden, Chair of Cambridge Visual Culture, and Director of the Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology.

2022 Shortlist

Adjudicating Committee