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Bancroft Prize

noun

  1. one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bancroft Prize1

Named after G. Bancroft
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Example Sentences

Lepore was awarded a Bancroft Prize for her book The Name of War and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for New York Burning.

His book, The Rise of American Democracy: From Jefferson to Lincoln, won the 2006 Bancroft Prize.

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