E. M. Forster Award

The E. M. Forster Award is a $20,000 award given annually to an Irish or British writer to fund a period of travel in the United States. The award, named after the English novelist E. M. Forster, is administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Academy members nominate authors and winners are selected by a rotating committee.

Past winners

Rachel Seiffert 2011 Dan Rhodes 2010 Paul Farley 2009 John Lanchester 2008 Jez Butterworth 2007 Geoff Dyer 2006 Dennis O'Driscoll 2005 Robin Robertson 2004 Andrew O'Hagan 2003 Helen Simpson 2002 Marina Carr 2001 Carol Ann Duffy 2000

Nick Hornby 1999 Kate Atkinson 1998 Glyn Maxwell 1997 Jim Crace 1996 Colm Tóibín 1995 Janice Galloway 1994 Sean O'Brien 1993 Timothy Mo 1992 Alan Hollinghurst 1991 Jeanette Winterson 1990 A. N. Wilson 1989

Blake Morrison 1988 Julian Barnes 1986 Humphrey Carpenter 1984 F.T. Prince 1982 Bruce Chatwin 1979 David Cook 1977 Jon Stallworthy 1976 Seamus Heaney 1975 Paul Bailey 1974 Margaret Drabble 1973 Frank Tuohy 1972

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