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1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman

  1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker

  1996 Last Orders Graham Swift

  1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

  1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan

  1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee

  2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood

  2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey

  2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel

  2003 Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre

  2004 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst

  2005 The Sea John Banville

  2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

  2007 The Gathering Anne Enright

  2008 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga

  2009 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel

  2010 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson

  THE CNA AWARD

  Authors must be of South African birth or registered permanent residents of South Africa. Books entered for the award must be published in a South African edition. Any original work written in any of the indigenous or official languages of South Africa is eligible for consideration.

  1961 The Desert Place Siegfried Stander

  1962 The Bull from the Sea Mary Renault

  1963 The Seed and the Sower Laurens van der Post

  1964 Hofmeyr Alan Paton

  1965 British Supremacy in South Africa 1899–1907 G. H. le May

  1966 No Ordinary Woman Thelma Gutsche

  1967 The Hunter and the Whale Laurens van der Post

  1968 The Horse Thief Siegfried Stander

  1969 No award

  1970 The Stone Fish John McIntosh

  1971 The Rain-Maker Jack Cope

  1972 The Castaways Sheila Fugard

  1973 Apartheid and the Archbishop Alan Paton

  1974 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer

  1975 Selected Poems Guy Butler

  1976 Border Anthony Delius

  1977 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee

  1978 Rumours of Rain André Brink

  1979 Burger’s Daughter Nadine Gordimer

  1980 Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee

  1981 July’s People Nadine Gordimer

  1982 A Chain of Voices André Brink

  1983 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee

  1984 Selected Poems Douglas Livingstone

  1985 Call Me Woman Ellen Kuzwayo

  1986 The Twenty-Ninth Parallel David Robbins

  1987 Phoebe and Nio E. M. Macphail

  1988 White Boy Running Christopher Hope

  1989 Memory of Snow and of Dust Breyten Breytenbach

  1990 My Son’s Story Nadine Gordimer

  1991 The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs Damon Galut

  1992 Tramp Royal Tim Couzens

  1993 The Folly Ivan Vladislavic

  1994 Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela

  1995 Other Places Sarah Ruden (Creative Literature)

  1995 The Calling of Katie Makanya Margaret McCord (Non-fiction)

  COMMONWEALTH PRIZE

  Any work of prose fiction first published in year prior to the award. Author must be a member of a Commonwealth country.

  1987 Summer Lightning Olive Senior

  1988 Heroes Festus Iyayi

  1989 The Carpathians Janet Frame

  Women of Influence Bonnie Burnard

  1990 Solomon Gursky Mordecai Richler

  Visitors John Cranna

  1991 The Great World David Malouf

  Shape-Shifter Pauline Melville

  1992 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry

  Divina Trace Robert Antoni

  1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller

  The Thousand Faces of the Night Githa Hariharan

  1994 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth

  The Case of Emily V. Keith Oatley

  1995 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières

  Seasonal Adjustments Adib Khan

  1996 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry

  Red Earth and Pouring Rain Vikram Chandra

  1997 Salt Earl Lovelace

  Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald

  1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey

  Angel Falls Tim Wynveen

  1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail

  The Electrical Field Kerri Sakamoto

  2000 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee

  Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain Jeffrey Moore

  2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey

  White Teeth Zadie Smith

  2002 Gould’s Book of Fish Richard Flanagan

  Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade Manu Herbstein

  2003 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke

  Haweswater Sarah Hall

  2004 The Distant Shore Caryl Phillips

  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon

  2005 Small Island Andrea Levy

  Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  2006 The Secret River Kate Grenville

  Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement Mark MacWatt

  2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones

  Vandal Love D. Y. Bechard

  2008 The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill

  A Golden Age Tahmima Anam

  2009 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas

  A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif

  2010 Solo Rana Dasgupta

  Siddon Rock Glenda Guest

  GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD

  Selected by the Canada Council and given for outstanding Englishand French-language works.

  1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guevremont

  1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan

  1952 The Pillar David Walker

  1953 Digby David Walker

  1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko

  1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro

  1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman

  1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy

  1958 Execution Colin McDougall

  1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan

  1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore

  1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place Malcolm Lowry

  1962 Running to Paradise Kildare Dobbs

  1963 Hugh Garner’s Best Stories Hugh Garner

  1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan

  1965 No selection

  1966 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence

  1967 No selection

  1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro

  1969 The Studhorse Man Robert Kroetsch

  1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey

  1971 St Urbain’s Horseman Mordecai Richler

  1972 The Manticore Robertson Davies

  1973 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe

  1974 The Diviners Margaret Laurence

  1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore

  1976 Bear Marian Engel

  1977 The Wars Timothy Findley

  1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro

  1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins

  1980 Burning Water George Bowering

  1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant

  1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe

  1983 Shakespeare’s Dog Leon Rooke

  1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky

  1985 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood

  1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro

  1987 A Dream Like Mine M. T. Kelly

  1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards

  1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington

  1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci

  1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry

  1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje

  1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

  1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe

  1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead

  1996 The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe

  1997 The Underpainte
r Jane Urquhart

  1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen

  1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen

  2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje

  2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright

  2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai

  2003 Elle Douglas Glover

  2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews

  2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour

  2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens

  2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje

  2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci

  2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger

  2010 Cool Water Dianne Warren

  HUGHES & HUGHES IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR

  The Hughes & Hughes Award is part of the annual Irish Book Awards.

  2003 That They May Face The Rising Sun John McGahern

  2004 Dancer Colum McCann

  2005 Havoc In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett

  2006 The Sea John Banville

  2007 Winterwood Pat McCabe

  2008 The Gathering Anne Enright

  2009 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry

  2010 Room Emma Donoghue

  MILES FRANKLIN AWARD

  Awarded for a novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.

  1957 Voss Patrick White

  1958 To the Islands Randolph Stow

  1959 The Big Fellow Vance Palmer

  1960 The Irishman Elizabeth O’Connor

  1961 Riders in the Chariot Patrick White

  1962 The Well-Dressed Explorer Thea Astley

  The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner

  1963 Careful He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott

  1964 My Brother Jack George Johnston

  1965 The Slow Natives Thea Astley

  1966 Trap Peter Mathers

  1967 Bring Larks and Heroes Thomas Keneally

  1968 Three Cheers for the Paraclete Thomas Keneally

  1969 Clean Straw for Nothing George Johnston

  1970 A Horse of Air Dal Stivens

  1971 The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland

  1972 The Acolyte Thea Astley

  1973 No award

  1974 The Mango Tree Ronald McKie

  1975 Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert

  1976 The Glass Canoe David Ireland

  1977 Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park

  1978 Tirra Lirra by the River Jessica Anderson

  1979 A Woman of the Future David Ireland

  1980 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson

  1981 Bliss Peter Carey

  1982 Just Relations Rodney Hall

  1983 No award

  1984 Shallows Tim Winton

  1985 The Doubleman Christopher Koch

  1986 The Well Elizabeth Jolley

  1987 Dancing on Coral Glenda Adams

  1988 No award

  1989 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey

  1990 Oceana Fine Tom Flood

  1991 The Great World David Malouf

  1992 Cloudstreet Tim Winton

  1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller

  1994 The Grisly Wife Rodney Hall

  1995 The Hand That Signed the Paper Helen Demidenko

  1996 Highways to a War Christopher Koch

  1997 The Glade Within the Grove David Foster

  1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey

  1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail

  2001 Dark Palace Frank Moorhouse

  2002 Dirt Music Tim Winton

  2003 Journey to the Stone Country Alex Miller

  2004 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

  2005 The White Earth Andrew McGahan

  2006 The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald

  2007 Carpentaria Alexis Wright

  2008 The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll

  2009 Breath Tim Winton

  2010 Truth Peter Temple

  MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARD

  This was the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award until 1994. Author must be a New Zealand citizen. From 2010 the prize was renamed the New Zealand Post Book Award.

  1968 The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton/M. Miller

  1969 Augustus Earle in New Zealand A. Murray-Oliver

  1970 Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste John Dunmore

  1971 William and Mary Rolleston Rosemary Rolleston

  1972 200 Years of New Zealand Painting Gil Docking

  1973 Strangers and Journeys Maurice Shadbolt

  1974 Tangi Witi Ihimaera

  1975 Nothing Venture, Nothing Win Sir Edmund Hillary

  1976 The Wind Commands Harry Morton

  1977 Charles Brasch James Bertram

  1978 Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry J. D. Raeside

  1979 Plumb Maurice Gee

  1980 Leaves of the Banyan Tree Albert Wendt

  1981 Eruera Eruera Stirling/Anne Salmond

  Te Rauparaha Patricia Burns

  1982 Craft New Zealand Doreen Blumhardt, Brian Brake

  Other Halves Sue McCauley

  1983 To the Is-Land Janet Frame

  1984 Maori: A Photographic and Social History Michael King

  1985 The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame

  1986 The Matriarch Witi Ihimaera

  1987 Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt

  1988 The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange

  1989 Sylvia Lynley Hood

  1990 Moriori Michael King

  1991 The Burning Boy Maurice Gee

  1992 Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Barbara Anderson

  1993 Going West Maurice Gee

  (Name change to Montana Book Award)

  1994 Let the River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan

  1995 Bulibasha Witi Ihimaera

  (Name change to Montana New Zealand Book Award)

  1996 Redemption Songs – A Life of To Kooti Arikangii Te Turuki Judith Binney

  1997 The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munroe

  1998 Live Bodies Maurice Gee

  1999 The Vintner’s Luck Elizabeth Knox

  2000 Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall

  2001 The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones

  2002 Stonedogs Craig Marriner

  2003 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson

  2004 Slow Water Annamarie Jagoose

  2005 Tue Patricia Gace

  2006 Blindsight Maurice Gee

  2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones

  2008 Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw

  2009 About My Wife Emily Perkins

  2010 As the Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong

  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

  Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this but are selected by a panel.

  FICTION PRIZEWINNERS

  1950 The Man With the Golden Arm Nelson Algren

  1951 Collected Stories William Faulkner

  1952 From Here to Eternity James Jones

  1953 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

  1954 The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow

  1955 Ten North Frederick John O’Hara

  1956 No award

  1957 Field of Vision Wright Morris

  1958 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever

  1959 The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud

  1960 Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth

  1961 The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter

  1962 The Moviegoer Walker Percy

  1963 Morte d’Urban J. F. Powers

  1964 The Centaur John Updike

  1965 Herzog Saul Bellow

  1966 The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter

  1967 The Fixer Bernard Malamud

  1968 The Eighth Day Thornton Wilder

  1969 Steps Jerzy Kosinski

  1970 Them Joyce Carol Oates

  1971 Mr Sammler’s Planet Saul Bellow

  1972 The Complete Stories Flannery O’Connor

  1973 Chimera John Barth

  1974 Gravity
’s Rainbow Thomas Pynchon

  A Crown of Feathers Isaac Bashevis Singer

  1975 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone

  The Hair of Harold Roux Thomas Williams

  1976 J.R. William Gaddis

  1977 The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner

  1978 Blood Ties Mary Lee Settle

  1979 Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien

  1980 Sophie’s Choice William Styron

  1981 Plains Song Wright Morris

  1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike

  1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker

  1984 Victory over Japan Ellen Gilchrist

  1985 White Noise Don DeLillo

  1986 World’s Fair E. L. Doctorow

  1987 Paco’s Story Larry Heinemann

  1988 Paris Trout Pete Dexter

  1989 Spartina John Casey

  1990 Middle Passage Charles Johnson

  1991 Mating Norman Rush

  1992 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy

  1993 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx

  1994 A Frolic of His Own William Gaddis

  1995 Sabbath’s Theater Philip Roth

  1996 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett

  1997 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier

  1998 Charming Billy Alice McDermott

  1999 Waiting Ha Jin

  2000 In America Susan Sontag

  2001 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen

  2002 Three Junes Julia Glass

  2003 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

  2004 The News From Paraguay Lily Tuck

  2005 Europe Central William Vollmann

  2006 The Echo Maker Richard Powers

  2007 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson

  2008 Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen

  2009 Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann

  2010 Lord of Misrule Jaimy Gordon

  NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

  Awarded by the Swedish Academy for a writer’s contribution to literature, language and society.

  1950 Bertrand Russell

  1951 Pär Fabian Lagerkvist

  1952 François Mauriac

  1953 Sir Winston Churchill

  1954 Ernest Hemingway

  1955 Halldór Laxness

  1956 Juan Ramon Jimenez

  1957 Albert Camus

  1958 Boris Pasternak (obliged to decline award)

  1959 Salvatore Quasimodo

  1960 Saint-John Perse

  1961 Ivo Andrić

  1962 John Steinbeck

  1963 George Seferis (pseudonym of Giorgos Seferiadis)

 

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