Carlo Winthrop D'Este (August 29, 1936 – November 22, 2020)[3] was an American military historian and biographer, author of several books, especially on World War II.
[12] He delivered the annual Kemper Lecture on Winston Churchill at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 2010.
[citation needed] In 2011, he received the $100,000 Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
[13][14] The award includes an honorarium, citation and medallion, sponsored by the Chicago-based Tawani Foundation.
[15] As part of the award, he gave an interview at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on October 21, 2011, reflecting on his writing career in the field of World War II scholarship.