Commonwealth Writers Prize
February 22nd 2007 03:40
Just a quick post today, thought I'd put up a list of the Commonwealth Writers Prize winners. There's a few good books in the list, so I'd say it's pretty reputable guide if you're looking for some decent literature to read.
This prize is eligible to writers who reside in Commonwealth countries, and is awarded by a Commonwealth-appointed council. There are two categories, the Best First Book and Best Book, here are the Best Book winners…
‘Summer Lightning’ – Oliver Senior (1987) Jamaica
‘Heroes’ – Festus Iyayi (1988) Nigeria
‘The Carpathians’ – Janet Frame (1989) New Zealand
‘Solomon Gursky Was Here’ – Mordecai Richler (1990) Canada
‘The Great World’ – David Malouf (1991) Australia
‘Such a Long Journey’ – Rohinton Mistry (1992) India
‘The Ancestor Game’ – Alex Miller (1993) Australia
‘A Suitable Boy’ – Vikram Seth (1994) India
‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ – Louis de Bernieres (1995) Britain
‘A Fine Balance’ – Rohinton Mistry (1996) India
‘Salt’ – Earl Lovelace (1997) Trinidad and Tobago
‘Jack Maggs’ – Peter Carey (1998) Australia
‘Eucalyptus’ – Murray Bail (1999) Australia
‘Disgrace’ – John Maxwell Coetzee (2000) South Africa
‘The True History of the Kelly Gang’ – Peter Carey (2001) Australia
‘Gould’s Book of Fish’ – Richard Flanagan (2002) Australia
‘A Distant Shore’ – Caryl Phillips (2004) St. Kitts
‘Small Island’ – Andrea Levy (2005) Britain
‘The Secret River’ – Kate Grenville (2006) Australia
And here are the Best First Book winners...
'Women of Influence' - Bonnie Burnard (1989) Canada
'Visitors' - John Cranna (1990) New Zealand
'Shape-Shifter' - Pauline Melville (1991) Guyana
'Divina Trace' - Robert Antoni (1992) Trinidad and Tobago
'The Thousand Faces of Night' - Gita Hariharan (1993) India
'The Case of Emily V' - Keith Oatley (1994) Britain
'Seasonal Adjustments' - Adib Khan (1995) Australia
'Red Earth, Pouring Rain' - Vikram Chandra (1996) India
'Fall on Your Knees' - Ann-Marie MacDonald (1997) Canada
'Angel Falls' - Tim Wynveen (1998) Canada
'The Electrical Field' - Kerri Sakamoto (1999) Canada
'Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain' - Jeffrey Moore (2000) Canada
'White Teeth' - Zadie Smith (2001) Britain
'A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade' - Manu Herbstein (2002) South Africa
'Haweswater' - Sarah Hall (2003) Britain
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' - Mark Haddon (2004) Britain
'Purple Hibiscus' - Chimmanda Ngozi Adichie (2005) Nigeria
'Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement' - Mark McWatt (2006) Guyana
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