Modris Eksteins
Modris Eksteins wins the 2013 B.C. National Award for Canadian nonfiction
The acclaimed Canadian cultural historian will take home $40,000 for his book on Vincent Van Gogh, ‘Solar Dance’
Barbara Amiel on judging the Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction
Five extraordinary books, two celebrity judges and only one winner
How Van Gogh went from being an abject failure to a hero
In a new book, historian Modris Eksteins writes our admiration for Van Gogh says more about us than him