Antony Beevor

Sir Antony James Beevor (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian specializing in the Second World War, Spanish Civil War, and Russian Revolution. Educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst, he served as an officer in the 11th Hussars before becoming a writer, achieving international acclaim with bestsellers like Stalingrad (1998, winner of Samuel Johnson, Wolfson, and Hawthornden Prizes) and Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (2002). His works, praised for vivid narrative and archival depth, have sold millions, earned him a knighthood in 2017 and the 2014 Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, and been translated into 35+ languages.