Hilary Spurling takes Whitbread Award – BOOKS – MSNBC.com:
LONDON – Biographer Hilary Spurling was the surprise winner in Britain’s lucrative Whitbread Book Awards Tuesday.Spurling, 65, came out on top for her book, “Matisse the Master,” the second volume of a biography she had written about the great painter.
“Matisse the Master : A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954” (Hilary Spurling)
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