US President Barack Obama fought off competition from Paul O'Grady and Dawn French to take the biography prize at the British Book Awards.
The president won with his memoir of his youth, Dreams From My Father.
He was unable to collect his trophy - owing to more pressing commitments at the Nato summit.
The president was beaten to a second award by Aravind Adiga who took home author of the year for his Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger.
Obama's political thesis, The Audacity of Hope, had been in the running in that category. |
