Answer: William Dalrymple
Notes: Historian and author William Dalrymple has won the Mark Lynton History Prize 2026 for his book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World. The prize recognizes works of history that combine scholarly rigor with literary elegance and carries a $10,000 cash award. It is part of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, administered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and Columbia University School of Journalism.
