Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In 'Indignity’, author and academic Lea Ypi investigates the truth about her family as she transports the reader to the vanished world of Ottoman aristocracy, the making of modern Greece and Albania, a global financial crisis, the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans – asking what we really know about those closest to us.

2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction judge Nina Stibbe says: “Indignity is a genre-defying examination of family history and political inquiry. Brought to life by Ypi’s immersive style, it raises questions about the fragility of truth, and reflects on personal identity and collective memory.“

Read our interview with Lea to find out more: womensprize.com/in-conversation-with-lea-ypi