John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | |
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Awarded for | the best work of English-language literature published in the UK by an author from the British Commonwealth at the age of 35 or under |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | The Mail on Sunday (1987–2002) BookTrust (2003–2010) |
First award | 1942 |
Final award | 2010 |
Website | http://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, or 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 was one of the oldest literary awards in the UK. [2]
Since 2011, the award has been suspended by funding problems. [3] [4] The last award was in 2010. [2]
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.
From 1987 to 2003, the prize was funded by The Mail on Sunday . The newspaper withdrew in 2003, after the initial winner of 2002 prize, Hari Kunzru, rejected the prize and criticised the Mail of Sunday for "hostility towards black and Asian people" [5] 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]
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Edward Platt | Leadville | Winner | [8] |
Julia Leigh | The Hunter | Finalist | ||
Roddy Lumsden | The Book of Love | Finalist | ||
Cole Moreton | Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland | Finalist | ||
Ben Rice | Pobby and Dingan | Finalist | ||
Zadie Smith | White Teeth | Finalist | ||
2001 | Susanna Jones | The Earthquake Bird | Winner | |
Esther Morgan | Beyond Calling Distance | Finalist | ||
2002 [a] | Mary Laven | Virgins of Venice | Winner | [9] |
Sonya Hartnett | Thursday's Child | Finalist | [9] | |
Chloe Hooper | A Child's Book of True Crime | Finalist | [9] | |
Mary Laven | Virgins of Venice | Finalist | [9] | |
Kamila Shamsie | Kartography | Finalist | [9] | |
2003 | Charlotte Mendelson | Daughters of Jerusalem | Winner | [10] |
2004 | Jonathan Trigell | Boy A | Winner | [11] |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Purple Hibiscus | Finalist | [12] | |
Neil Bennun | The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People | Finalist | [12] | |
Anthony Cartwright | The Afterglow | Finalist | [12] | |
Colin McAdam | Some Great Thing | Finalist | [12] | |
Rory Stewart | The Places in Between | Finalist | [12] | |
2005 | Uzodinma Iweala | Beasts of No Nation | Winner | [13] |
Rana Dasgupta | Tokyo Cancelled | Finalist | [14] | |
Peter Hobbs | The Short Day Dying | Finalist | [14] | |
Sinéad Morrissey | The State of the Prisons | Finalist | [14] | |
Rebecca Ray | Newfoundland | Finalist | [14] | |
Rachel Zadok | Gem Squash Tokoloshe | Finalist | [14] | |
2006/7 | Sarah Hall | The Carhullan Army | Winner | [15] [16] [17] |
Ceridwen Dovey | Blood Kin | Finalist | [18] | |
Joanna Kavenna | Inglorious | Finalist | [18] | |
Robert Macfarlane | The Wild Places | Finalist | [18] | |
Gwendoline Riley | Joshua Spassky | Finalist | [18] | |
Rory Stewart | Occupational Hazards | Finalist | [18] | |
2008 | Henry Hitchings | The Secret Life of Words | Winner | [19] |
Aravind Adiga | The White Tiger | Finalist | [19] [20] [21] | |
Adam Foulds | The Broken Word | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
James Palmer | The Bloody White Baron | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
Ross Raisin | God's Own Country | Finalist | [19] [20] [21] | |
Brian Schofield | Selling Your Father's Bones | Finalist | [19] [20] [21] | |
2009 | Evie Wyld | After the Fire, a Still Small Voice | Winner | [22] |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | The Thing Around Your Neck | Finalist | [23] | |
Aravind Adiga | Between the Assassinations | Finalist | [23] | |
Emma Jones | The Striped World | Finalist | [23] | |
James Maskalyk | Six Months in Sudan | Finalist | [23] | |
Tristram Stuart | Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal | Finalist | [23] | |
2010 | Amy Sackville | The Still Point | Winner | [24] [25] [26] [27] |
Cordelia Fine | Delusions of Gender | Finalist | [28] | |
Susan Fletcher | Corrag | Finalist | [28] | |
Kei Miller | A Light Song of Light | Finalist | [28] | |
Nadifa Mohamed | Black Mamba Boy | Finalist | [28] | |
Daniel Swift | Bomber County | Finalist | [28] |
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