John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Given by BookTrust

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The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written mostrar mais in English and published in the United Kingdom. The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver in memory of her husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed on 5 August 1940 while serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Llewellyn_Rhys_Prize mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (59), Shortlist (40)
Anos:
Todos, 2010 (5), 2009 (6), 2008 (6), 2007 (2), 2006 (4), 2005 (6), 2004 (6), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (8), 1999 (1), 1998 (2), 1997 (2), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (2), 1991 (1), 1990 (2), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1975 (2), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1966 (2), 1965 (1), 1964 (2), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1959 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1), 1951 (1), 1950 (1), 1949 (1), 1948 (1), 1947 (1), 1946 (1), 1945 (1)

Winner 59

ObraAno
The Still Point por Amy Sackville2010
After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice por Evie Wyld2009
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English por Henry Hitchings2008
The Carhullan Army por Sarah Hall2007
Beasts of No Nation por Uzodinma Iweala2005
Boy A por Jonathan Trigell2004
Daughters of Jerusalem por Charlotte Mendelson2003
Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent por Mary Laven2002
The Earthquake Bird por Susanna Jones2001
Leadville: A Biography of the A40 por Edward Platt2000
Ghostwritten por David Mitchell1999
The Ugliest House in the World: Stories por Peter Ho Davies1998
Eclipse of the Sun por Phil Whitaker1997
Heading Inland por Nicola Barker1996
Motel Nirvana: Dreaming of the New Age in the American Desert por Melanie McGrath1995
What a Carve Up! por Jonathan Coe1994
On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul por Jason Goodwin1993
Sweet Thames por Matthew Kneale1993
Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains por A. L. Kennedy1991
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius por Ray Monk1990
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography por Claire Harman1989
The March Fence por Matthew Yorke1988
The Passion por Jeanette Winterson1987
Loving Roger por Tim Parks1986
Dangerous Play: Poems, 1974-84 por Andrew Motion1984
The Slow Train to Milan por Lisa St. Aubin de Terán1983
An Ice-Cream War por William Boyd1982
The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott por A. N. Wilson1981
The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories por Desmond Hogan1980
The Shining Mountain por Peter Boardman1979
The Sweets of Pimlico por A. N. Wilson1978
Vorticism and abstract art in the first machine age por Richard Cork1977
Knuckle por David Hare1975
Carnforth's Creation por Tim Jeal1975
The Girl Who Passed for Normal por Hugh Fleetwood1974
A Warm Gun por Peter Smalley1973
The Albatross por Susan Hill1972
Fireflies por Shiva Naipaul1971
The People's War: Britain, 1939-45 por Angus Calder1970
Without a City Wall por Melvyn Bragg1969
The Magic Toyshop por Angela Carter1968
The Millstone por Margaret Drabble1966
The seahorse por Anthony Masters1966
The White Father por Julian Mitchell1965
Up the Junction por Nell Dunn1964
An Introduction to the House of Commons por Robert Rhodes James1962
Flight into Camden por David Storey1961
At Fever Pitch por David Caute1960
A Long Way From London and Other Stories por Dan Jacobson1959
The Mystic Masseur por V. S. Naipaul1958
The Room on the Roof por Ruskin Bond1957
Voices Under the Window por John Hearne1956
The Beautiful Visit por Elizabeth Jane Howard1951
Adventure Lit Their Star por Kenneth Allsop1950
Maidens' Trip: A Wartime Adventure on the Grand Union Canal por Emma Smith1949
The Wind Cannot Read por Richard Mason1948
Moondrop to Gascony por Anne-Marie Walters1947
My Bird Sings por Oriel Malet1946
The Sea Eagle por James Aldridge1945

Shortlist 40

ObraAno
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference por Cordelia Fine2010
Corrag: A Novel por Susan Fletcher2010
Black Mamba Boy por Nadifa Mohamed2010
Bomber County: The Poetry of a Lost Pilot's War por Daniel Swift2010
The Thing Around Your Neck por Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie2009
Between the Assassinations por Aravind Adiga2009
The Striped World por Emma Jones2009
Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village por James Maskalyk2009
Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal por Tristram Stuart2009
The White Tiger por Aravind Adiga2008
The Broken Word por Adam Foulds2008
The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia por James Palmer2008
God's Own Country por Ross Raisin2008
Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe por Brian Schofield2008
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq por Rory Stewart2007
Blood Kin por Ceridwen Dovey2006
Inglorious por Joanna Kavenna2006
The Wild Places por Robert Macfarlane2006
Joshua Spassky por Gwendoline Riley2006
Tokyo Cancelled por Rana Dasgupta2005
The Short Day Dying por Peter Hobbs2005
State of the Prisons por Sinéad Morrissey2005
Newfoundland por Rebbecca Ray2005
Gem Squash Tokoloshe por Rachel Zadok2005
Purple Hibiscus por Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie2004
The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People por Neil Bennun2004
The Afterglow por Anthony Cartwright2004
Some Great Thing por Colin McAdam2004
The Places In Between por Rory Stewart2004
The Hunter por Julia Leigh2000
The Book of Love por Roddy Lumsden2000
Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland por Cole Moreton2000
Our Fathers por Andrew O'Hagan2000
Pobby and Dingan por Ben Rice2000
Pobby and Dingan / Specks in the Sky por Ben Rice2000
White Teeth por Zadie Smith2000
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium por William Dalrymple1998
Slattern por Kate Clanchy1997
In Xanadu: A Quest por William Dalrymple1990
A Pocketful of Rye [anthology] por Anthony Masters1964

Descrições

The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom. The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver in memory of her husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed on 5 August 1940 while serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Llewellyn_Rhys_Prize (English, Member-written)
discontinued (Russian, Member-written)

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