Somerset Maugham Award

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The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awards go to writers under the age of 30 with works published in the year before the award; the work can be either non-fiction, fiction or poetry.[1] Since 1964 multiple winners have usually been chosen in the same year. In 1975 and in 2012 the award was not given.[2]

List of winners[]

2020s[]

2021[3]

  • Lamorna Ash for Dark, Salt, Clear (Bloomsbury Publishing)
  • for Ripe (Ignition Press)
  • for The Storm (Okapi Books)
  • Graeme Armstrong for The Young Team (Pan Macmillan, Picador)[4]

2020[3]

2010s[]

2019[3]

2018[3]

2017[3]

  • Edmund Gordon for The Invention of Angela Carter
  • for Sunshine
  • for Infinite Ground

2016[3]

  • Jessie Greengrass for An Account Of The Decline Of The Great Auk, According To One Who Saw It
  • Daisy Hay for Mr & Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance
  • Andrew McMillan for Physical
  • for We Don't Know What We're Doing
  • for Happiness

2015[3]

  • for How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
  • Liz Berry for Black Country
  • Ben Brooks for Lolito
  • Zoe Pilger for Eat My Heart Out

2014[3]

2013[3]

2012[3]

  • No Award

2011[3]

2010[3]

2000s[]

2009[3]

2008[3]

2007[3]

2006[3]

2005[3]

2004[3]

2003[3]

2002[3]

2001[3]

2000[3]

1900s[]

1999[3]

1998[3]

1997[3]

1996[3]

1995[3]

1994[3]

1993[3]

1992[3]

1991[3]

1990[3]

1980s[]

1989[3]

1988[3]

1987[3]

1986[3]

1985[3]

1984[3]

1983[3]

1982[3]

1981[3]

1980[3]

1970s[]

1979[3]

1978[3]

1977[3]

1976[3]

1975[3]

  • No Award

1974[3]

1973[3]

1972[3]

1971[3]

1970[3]

1960s[]

1969[3]

1968[3]

1967[3]

1966[3]

1965[3]

1964[3]

1963[3]

1962[3]

  • Hugh Thomas for The Spanish Civil War

1961[3]

1960[3]

1950s[]

1959[3]

1958[3]

1957[3]

1956[3]

1955[3]

1954[3]

1953[3]

1952[3]

1951[3]

1950[3]

1940s[]

1949[3]

1948[3]

1947[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Somerset Maugham Awards". Society of Authors. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Somerset Maugham Awards". Library Thing. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw "Previous winners of the Somerset Maugham Awards". Society of Authors' Awards. The Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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