Ondaatje Prize
The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is given for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry which evokes the "spirit of a place", and which is written by someone who is a citizen of or who has been resident in the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.[1]
The prize bears the name of its benefactor Christopher Ondaatje.[2] The prize incorporates the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize which was presented up to 2002 for regional fiction.[3]
Recipients
- 2016 Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible[4]
- 2015 Justin Marozzi, Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood[5]
- 2014 Alan Johnson, This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood[6]
- 2013 Philip Hensher, Scenes from Early Life [7]
- 2012 Rahul Bhattacharya, The Sly Company of People Who Care[8]
- 2011 Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes[9]
- 2010 Ian Thomson, The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica [10]
- 2009 Adam Nicolson, Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History [11]
- 2008 Graham Robb, The Discovery of France [12]
- 2007 Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men [13]
- 2006 James Meek, The People's Act of Love [14]
- 2005 Rory Stewart, The Places In Between
- 2004 Louisa Waugh, Hearing Birds Fly
References
- ↑ "RSL Ondaatje Prize home page". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ "Christopher Ondaatje homepage". Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ Jury, Louise (6 April 2004). "Gulag book shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize". London: The Independent. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ↑ Sian Cain (23 May 2016). "'Anti-travelogue' on Putin's Russia wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ Kerr, Michael (19 May 2015). "Justin Marozzi wins £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (20 May 2014). "Alan Johnson's memoir of London slum childhood wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Armitstead, Claire (14 May 2013). "Philip Hensher wins Ondaatje prize with novel on husband's childhood". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (29 May 2012). "2012 Ondaatje prize 2012 goes to debut novel by Rahul Bhattacharya". The Guardian. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ↑ Flood, Allison (24 May 2011). "Ondaatje prize goes to Edmund de Waal". The Guardian. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (25 May 2010). "Ian Thomson wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (19 May 2009). "'Powerfully evocative' family history wins Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Dammann, Guy (29 April 2008). "£10,000 reward for The Discovery of France". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Lea, Richard (3 May 2007). "Matar's tale of latterday Libya takes Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Pauli, Michelle (23 May 2006). "Guardian writer wins Ondaatje prize for Russian civil war novel". The Guardian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
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