J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography
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The J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography is awarded annually by the English Centre for International PEN to given to a literary autobiography of excellence, written by an author of British nationality and published during the preceding year. The winner receives £1,000 and a silver pen. The winner is announced on PEN Writers' Day in June. The award was established by Nancy West, née Ackerley, sister of English author and editor J. R. Ackerley.
[edit] Past winners
- 1982: Edward Blishen, Shaky Relations
- 1983: Joint winners:
- Kathleen Dayus, Her People
- Ted Walker, High Path
- 1984: Richard Cobb, Still Life
- 1985: Angelica Garnett, Deceived with Kindness
- 1986: Dan Jacobson, Time and Time Again
- 1987: Diana Athill, After the Funeral
- 1988: Anthony Burgess, Little Wilson and Big God
- 1989: John Healy, The Grass Arena
- 1990: Germaine Greer, Daddy We Hardly Knew You
- 1991: Paul Binding, St Martin's Ride
- 1992: John Osborne, Almost a Gentleman
- 1993: Barry Humphries, More, Please
- 1994: Blake Morrison, When Did You Last See Your Father?
- 1995: Paul Vaughan, Something in Linoleum
- 1996: Eric Lomax, The Railway Man
- 1997: Tim Lott, The Scent of Dried Roses
- 1998: Katrin Fitzherbert, True to Both Myselves
- 1999: Margaret Forster, Precious Lives
- 2000: Mark Frankland, Child of My Time
- 2001: Lorna Sage, Bad Blood
- 2002: Michael Foss, Out of India: A Raj Childhood
- 2003: Jenny Diski, Stranger on a Train
- 2004: Bryan Magee, Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood
- 2005: Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, Half an Arch
- 2006: Alan Bennett, Untold Stories
- 2007: Brian Thompson, Keeping Mum
- 2008: Miranda Seymour, In My Father's House
- 2009: Julia Blackburn, The Three of Us
- 2010: Gabriel Weston, Direct Red: A Surgeon's View of Her Life-or-Death Profession
[edit] References
- "PEN/Ackerley Prize". http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/pastjrackerleyprizewinners/. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
