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Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat who was also a military and political historian.
Deputato conservatore dal 1924, nel 1937 fu Primo Lord dell'Ammiragliato sotto Neville Chamberlain, ma si dimise nel 1938 per la sua contrarietà agli accordi di Monaco. Fu ministro dell'Informazione del governo Churchill dal maggio 1940 fino al 1941.
Il Duff Cooper Prize è un premio letterario britannico assegnato annualmente alla migliore opera di storia, biografia, scienza politica o poesia pubblicata in inglese o francese. Istituito nel 1956 in memoria del politico britannico Duff Cooper, è amministrato dal New College di Oxford dove Cooper studiò agli inizi del '900.
Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, GCMG, DSO, PC (1890 – 1954) was a politician, diplomat, and author, whose courage in resigning from Cabinet over the Munich Agreement and consistency in working for closer diplomatic ties with France were complemented by his skill as a historian and his talent for friendship. Background and education.
The Duff Cooper Prize (currently known as the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize) is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of history, biography, political science or occasionally poetry, published in English or French.
YearAuthorTitleFrance on Trial: The Case of Marshal ...The Restless Republic: Britain without a ...Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of ...10 gen 2021 · From October 1939 to March 1940, Conservative member of parliament Alfred Duff Cooper and his wife Diana toured the United States. Their public appearances drew thousands of audience members and provoked the ire of isolationists, but the true importance of the Coopers’ tour lay in the conversations they undertook with prominent ...
Alfred Duff Cooper (1890 – 1954) statesman, diplomat and author, won the DSO as a second lieutenant in the First World War, and entered Parliament in 1923. His life was devoted to politics until 1938 when, as First Lord of the Admiralty, he resigned in protest at the Munich Agreement.
