Ondaatje Prize
Appearance
Ondaatje Prize | |
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Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize | |
Description | work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, "evoking the spirit of a place" |
Sponsored by | Sir Christopher Ondaatje |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Royal Society of Literature |
First awarded | 2004 |
Website | Official website |
The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the "spirit of a place", and is written by someone who is a citizen of or who has been resident in the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.[1]
The prize bears the name of its benefactor Sir Christopher Ondaatje.[2] The prize incorporates the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, which was presented up to 2002 for regional fiction.[3]
Winners
- 2020 Roger Robinson, A Portable Paradise[4]
- 2019 Aida Edemariam, The Wife’s Tale[5]
- 2018 Pascale Petit, Mama Amazonica[6]
- 2017 Francis Spufford, Golden Hill[7]
- 2016 Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia[8]
- 2015 Justin Marozzi, Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood[9]
- 2014 Alan Johnson, This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood[10]
- 2013 Philip Hensher, Scenes from Early Life[11]
- 2012 Rahul Bhattacharya, The Sly Company of People Who Care[12]
- 2011 Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes[13]
- 2010 Ian Thomson, The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica[14]
- 2009 Adam Nicolson, Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History[15]
- 2008 Graham Robb, The Discovery of France[16]
- 2007 Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men[17]
- 2006 James Meek, The People's Act of Love[18]
- 2005 Rory Stewart, The Places In Between
- 2004 Louisa Waugh, Hearing Birds Fly
References
- ^ "RSL Ondaatje Prize". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Christopher Ondaatje homepage". Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ Jury, Louise (6 April 2004). "Gulag book shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize". The Independent. London. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ "Roger Robinson's poems of Trinidad and London win Ondaatje prize". the Guardian. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2019-05-13). "Ondaatje prize: Aida Edemariam wins for vivid biography of her grandmother". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Ondaatje prize goes to 'mythic' poems about a mother's mental illness. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Kean, Danuta (8 May 2017). "Francis Spufford wins the Ondaatje prize with Golden Hill". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ Cain, Sian (23 May 2016). "'Anti-travelogue' on Putin's Russia wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ Kerr, Michael (19 May 2015). "Justin Marozzi wins £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Flood, Alison (20 May 2014). "Alan Johnson's memoir of London slum childhood wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Armitstead, Claire (14 May 2013). "Philip Hensher wins Ondaatje prize with novel on husband's childhood". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Flood, Alison (29 May 2012). "2012 Ondaatje prize 2012 goes to debut novel by Rahul Bhattacharya". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Flood, Allison (24 May 2011). "Ondaatje prize goes to Edmund de Waal". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Flood, Alison (25 May 2010). "Ian Thomson wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Flood, Alison (19 May 2009). "'Powerfully evocative' family history wins Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Dammann, Guy (29 April 2008). "£10,000 reward for The Discovery of France". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Lea, Richard (3 May 2007). "Matar's tale of latterday Libya takes Ondaatje prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Pauli, Michelle (23 May 2006). "Guardian writer wins Ondaatje prize for Russian civil war novel". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2014.