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 was one of the oldest literary awards in the UK.[2]
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | |
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Awarded for | Literature |
Date | 1942 by Jane Oliver |
Land | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Presented by | • The Mail on Sunday (1987–2002) • Booktrust (2003–2010) |
Website | http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes-and-awards/3 |
Since 2011, the award has been suspended by funding problems.[3][4] The last award was in 2010.[2]
History
editThe 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]
Winners (1942–1999)
editWinners and shortlists (since 2000)
editYear | Author | Titel | 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] |
Notes
edit- ^ 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
editReferences
edit- ^ John Llewellyn Rhys Prize "John Llewellyn Rhys Prize" Archived 24 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Booktrust. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Alison Flood. "John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'" Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 29 June 2011
- ^ Flood, Alison (29 June 2011). "John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Leith, Sam (3 July 2011). "And the winner of the Fray Bentos prize for postmodern fiction is . . ". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Liao, Pei-chen (2013). Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru’s Transmission. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-349-34594-6. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "The Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize". Archived from the original on 4 December 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Drabble, Margaret (29 June 2011). "We can't afford to lose the John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Yates, Emma (8 November 2001). "A40 biography wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Virgins of Venice wins Kunzru's rejected prize". The Guardian. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Crown, Sarah (26 November 2004). "Literary prize for Oxford farce". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Ezard, John (2 December 2005). "Prize with record of talent spotting names its choice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Pauli, Michelle (14 November 2005). "Nigerian debut makes John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Pauli, Michelle (6 December 2006). "Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Lea, Richard (13 November 2006). "Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Hall, Sarah (1 December 2007). "Survivor's tale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Lea, Richard (30 November 2007). "Vision of post-oil world scoops award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ McLaren, Elsa (31 May 2023). "Tale of a bleak Britain wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Lea, Richard (22 October 2007). "Poetry ignored by Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Flood, Alison (24 November 2008). "Rare victory for non-fiction book in John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Schofield, Brian (13 November 2008). "Is the books world short-changing its bright young women?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Flood, Alison (3 November 2008). "Booker winner squares up to narrative poem for John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Lea, Richard (30 November 2009). "Bookseller's debut novel wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Flood, Alison (27 October 2009). "Doctor's notes in running for John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Lea, Richard (7 December 2010). "Amy Sackville, accidental novelist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Debut writer Amy Sackville wins literary award". BBC News. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Page, Benedicte (23 November 2010). "Amy Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize for The Still Point". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Allen, Katie (24 November 2010). "Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Page, Benedicte (15 October 2010). "Shortlist announced for John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
External links
edit- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, official site at Booktrust. Retrieved 29 January 2011.