David Higham Prize for Fiction
The David Higham Prize for Fiction was inaugurated in 1975 to mark the 80th birthday of David Higham, literary agent, and was awarded annually to a citizen of the Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa for a first novel or book of short stories. It was cancelled in 1999 due to "the lack of publicity its winners received."[1]
Past winners
[edit]- 1975 - Jane Gardam - Black Faces, White Faces and Matthew Vaughan - Chalky
- 1976 - Caroline Blackwood - The Stepdaughter
- 1977 - Patricia Finney - A Shadow of Gulls
- 1978 - Leslie Norris - Sliding: Short Stories
- 1979 - John Harvey - The Plate Shop
- 1980 - Ted Harriot - Keep On Running
- 1981 - Christopher Hope - A Separate Development
- 1982 - Glyn Hughes - Where I Used to Play on the Green
- 1983 - R. M. Lamming - The Notebook of Gismondo Cavalletti
- 1984 - James Buchan - A Parish of Rich Women
- 1985 - Patricia Ferguson - Family Myths and Legends
- 1986 - Jim Crace - Continent
- 1987 - Adam Zameenzad - The Thirteenth House
- 1988 - Carol Birch - Life in the Palace
- 1989 - Tim O'Grady - Motherland[2]
- 1990 - Russell Celyn Jones - Soldiers and Innocents[3]
- 1991 - John Loveday - Halo[4]
- 1992 - Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia[5]
- 1993 - Nicola Barker - Love Your Enemies[6]
- 1994 - Fred D'Aguiar - The Longest Memory[7]
- 1995 - Vikram Chandra - Red Earth and Pouring Rain[8]
- 1996 - Linda Grant - The Cast Iron Shore[9]
- 1997 - Ronald Wright - A Scientific Romance[10]
- 1998 - Gavin Kramer - Shopping[11]
References
[edit]- Awards up to 1988: Prizewinning Literature: UK Literary Award Winners by Anne Strachan, publ. 1989 by Library Association Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-85365-558-8
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- ^ "Timothy O'Grady". Randomhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "Writers". Bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "David Higham Prize for Fiction | Awards". LibraryThing. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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- ^ Friel, Brian. "The Longest Memory: Amazon.co.uk: Fred D'Aguiar: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "Red Earth and Pouring Rain". Vikramchandra.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ British Council. "Linda Grant | British Council Literature". Contemporarywriters.com. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "Ronald Wright". Randomhouse.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "Shopping by Gavin Kramer". Trade Me. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
Categories:
- First book awards
- British fiction awards
- Awards established in 1975
- Awards disestablished in 1999
- 1975 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1999 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Commonwealth literary awards
- Irish literary awards
- Pakistani literary awards
- South African fiction awards
- South African literary events