Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year.[1] It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood. In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize.
| Year | Recipient | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Alexandra Fuller | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight |
| 2001 | Anna Burns | No Bones |
| 2000 | Donna Morrissey | Kit's Law |
| 1999 | Andrew O'Hagan | Our Fathers |
| 1998 | Giles Foden | The Last King of Scotland |
| 1997 | Eden Robinson | Traplines |
| 1996 | Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance |
| 1995 | Paul Watkins | Archangel |
| 1994 | Jim Crace | Signals of Distress |
| 1993 | Carl McDougall | The Lights Below |
| 1992 | Adam Thorpe | Ulverton |
| 1991 | Elspeth Barker | O Caledonia |
| 1990 | Nino Ricci | Lives of the Saints |
| 1989 | Hilary Mantel | Fludd |
| 1988 | Shusha Guppy | The Blindfold Horse |
| 1986 | Maggie Hemingway | The Bridge |
| 1984 | Balraj Khanna | A Nation of Fools |
| 1983 | Graham Swift | Waterland |
| 1982 | Kazuo Ishiguro | A Pale View of Hills |
| 1981 | Alan Judd | A Breed of Heroes |
| 1980 | Elsa Joubert | Poppie |
| 1978 | Richard Herley | The Stone Arrow |
| 1977 | Anita Desai | Fire on the Mountain |
| 1976 | Eugene McCabe | Victims |
| 1975 | Jane Gardam | Black Faces, White Faces |
| 1974 | Graham King | The Pandora Valley |
| 1973 | Ronald Harwood | Articles of Faith |
| 1973 | Peter Tinniswood | I Didn't Know You Cared |
| 1971 | John Stewart | Last Cool Days |
| 1970 | Shiva Naipaul | Fireflies |
| 1969 | Ian McDonald | The Humming-Bird Tree |
| 1968 | Catherine Cookson | The Round Tower |
| 1967 | David Bean | The Big Meeting |
References
- ^ "The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize". The Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 13 January 2010.