ENTERTAINMENT

Ross King, Matti Friedman shortlisted for RBC Taylor Prize

The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, January 11, 2017 11:24AM EST

Ross King, of Estevan, Sask., receives the Governor General's Literary Award for his book "Leonardo and the last Supper" from Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Wednesday November 28, 2012. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)

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TORONTO -- Award-winning author Ross King has landed on the short list for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction.

The Estevan, Sask.-born writer, who is based in the U.K., is in contention for the $25,000 award for "Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies" (Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada).

Toronto-born, Jerusalem-based writer Matti Friedman was recognized for "Pumpkinflowers: An Israeli Soldier's Story" (Signal/McClelland &Stewart).

Toronto-based Max Eisen is contention for "By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz" (HarperCollins Canada.)

Rounding out the short list are McGill University Prof. Marc Raboy for "Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World" (Oxford University Press) and Kingston, Ont., author Diane Schoemperlen for "This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications" (HarperCollins Canada.)

The winner will be announced at a gala luncheon in Toronto on March 6.