John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

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John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Awarded forLiterature
Date1942 by
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by • The Mail on Sunday (1987–2002)
 • Booktrust (2003–2010)
Websitehttp://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes-and-awards/3

The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was 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.[1] Established in 1942, it is one of the oldest literary awards in the UK.[2]

Since 2011 the award has been suspended due to funding problems. The last award was in 2010.[2]

History[]

The prize was initiated in 1942 by 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.

From 1987 to 2003, the prize was funded by the Mail on Sunday. The newspaper withdrew in 2003, after the 2002 prize was awarded to Mary Laven. Subsequently, the prize was sponsored by Booktrust, an independent educational charity, but in June 2011 the award was suspended due to funding problems.[2] Booktrust said that it "strongly" intended to bring the award "back with a bang as soon as possible" as it looked for outside funding sources.[2]

In 2010, the winner received £5,000, while the runners-up each received £500.[2]

Winners (1942–1999)[]

Source: 1942–2003[3]

Year Author Title ISBN (or OCLC)
1942 Michael Richey
1943 Morwenna Donnelly OCLC 10175035
1944 Alun Lewis OCLC 1648392
1945 James Aldridge The Sea Eagle OCLC 1115675
1946 Oriel Malet OCLC 1550666
1947 Anne-Marie Walters OCLC 458854780
1948 Richard Mason The Wind Cannot Read OCLC 2188096
1949 Emma Smith Maidens' Trip OCLC 771823005
1950 Kenneth Allsop OCLC 77347740
1951 Elizabeth Jane Howard OCLC 1637250
1952 No award
1953 Rachel Trickett OCLC 21354135
1954 Tom Stacey OCLC 2451930
1955 John Wiles OCLC 1508671
1956 John Hearne OCLC 2175560
1957 Ruskin Bond The Room on the Roof OCLC 1579534
1958 V. S. Naipaul The Mystic Masseur OCLC 47838372
1959 Dan Jacobson OCLC 1161266
1960 David Caute OCLC 753130422
1961 David Storey Flight into Camden OCLC 1816514
1962 Robert Rhodes James
Edward Lucie-Smith
OCLC 1825470/OCLC 2469981
1963 Peter Marshall Two Lives OCLC 1301629
1964 Nell Dunn Up the Junction OCLC 1675517
1965 Julian Mitchell OCLC 1246449
1966 Margaret Drabble The Millstone OCLC 1355165
1967 OCLC 1018374
1968 Angela Carter The Magic Toyshop ISBN 978-0-860-68190-8
1969 Melvyn Bragg ISBN 978-0-340-43102-3
1970 Angus Calder The People's War ISBN 978-0-712-65284-1
1971 Shiva Naipaul Fireflies ISBN 978-0-140-03150-8
1972 Susan Hill The Albatross ISBN 978-0-140-03649-7
1973 Peter Smalley ISBN 978-0-233-96172-9
1974 Hugh Fleetwood ISBN 978-0-812-87034-3
1975 David Hare
Tim Jeal
ISBN 978-0-571-04980-6/ISBN 978-0-434-37209-6
1976 no award
1977 Richard Cork ISBN 978-0-900-40624-9
1978 A. N. Wilson ISBN 978-0-140-06697-5
1979 Peter Boardman ISBN 978-0-099-20920-1
1980 Desmond Hogan ISBN 978-0-241-10123-0
1981 A. N. Wilson ISBN 978-0-192-11756-4
1982 William Boyd An Ice-Cream War ISBN 978-0-241-95356-3
1983 Lisa St Aubin de Terán ISBN 978-0-140-06954-9
1984 Andrew Motion ISBN 978-0-140-07352-2
1985 ISBN 978-0-241-11489-6
1986 Tim Parks ISBN 978-0-802-10016-0
1987 Jeanette Winterson ISBN 978-0-099-73441-3
1988 Matthew Yorke ISBN 978-0-140-11636-6
1989 Claire Harman ISBN 978-0-701-12938-5
1990 Ray Monk ISBN 978-0-099-88370-8
1991 A. L. Kennedy ISBN 978-0-099-45006-1
1992 Matthew Kneale ISBN 978-0-140-29663-1
1993 Jason Goodwin ISBN 978-0-701-13668-0
1994 Jonathan Coe What a Carve Up! ISBN 978-0-141-03329-7
1995 Melanie McGrath ISBN 978-0-006-54715-0
1996 Nicola Barker ISBN 978-0-007-43571-5
1997 Phil Whitaker Eclipse of the Sun ISBN 978-0-753-80948-8
1998 Peter Ho Davies ISBN 978-0-395-78629-1
1999 David Mitchell Ghostwritten ISBN 978-0-340-73974-7

Winners and short lists (since 2000)[]

Source: 2007–2010[1]

Year Author Title ISBN) Short list
2000 Edward Platt Leadville Julia Leigh, The Hunter
Roddy Lumsden,
Ben Rice, Pobby and Dingan
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
, Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
2001 Susanna Jones The Earthquake Bird Esther Morgan,
2002 * * Sonya Hartnett, Thursday's Child
Chloe Hooper,
,
Kamila Shamsie, Kartography[4]
2003 Charlotte Mendelson
2004 Jonathan Trigell Boy A Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
,
Colin McAdam,
Anthony Cartwright,
2005 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation Rana Dasgupta, Tokyo Cancelled
Peter Hobbs,
Sinéad Morrissey,
,
Rachel Zadok,
2006/7 Sarah Hall Ceridwen Dovey,
Joanna Kavenna, Inglorious
Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places
Gwendoline Riley,
Rory Stewart, Occupational Hazards
2008 Henry Hitchings Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Adam Foulds,
,
Ross Raisin,
Brian Schofield,
2009 Evie Wyld After the Fire, A Still Small Voice Aravind Adiga, Between the Assassinations
Emma Jones,
James Maskalyk, Six Months in Sudan
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck
Tristram Stuart,
2010 Amy Sackville The Still Point[5] Kei Miller,
Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy
,
Susan Fletcher,
Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender

*Note: The 2002 prize was initially awarded to Hari Kunzru for his book The Impressionist on 20 November 2003, but the author decided to decline the award due to its sponsorship by The Mail on Sunday.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b John Llewellyn Rhys Prize "John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". Booktrust. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alison Flood. "John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'", The Guardian, 29 June 2011
  3. ^ "The Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize". Archived from the original on December 4, 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Virgins of Venice wins Kunzru's rejected prize". The Guardian. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ Staff writer (24 November 2010). "Debut Writer Amy Sackville Wins Literary Award". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

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