British literary prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).[1]
The prize is worth £1500.[2]
The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.[3]
In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry. The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.[3]
Winners
Notes
- ^ a b c "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". Faber.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Natasha Onwuemezi (30 November 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ a b Andrew Maunder (1 January 2007). The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8160-7496-9.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1070.
- ^ "MacBeth, George Mann". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51192. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Dinah Birch (24 September 2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 1014. ISBN 978-0-19-280687-1.
- ^ "Silkin, Jon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Alison Flood (31 March 2009). "Nick Laird follows idol Heaney to Faber prize win". The Guardian.
- ^ Head 2006, p. 922.
- ^ "Hill, Sir Geoffrey (William)". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 720.
- ^ Ray 2007, p. 232.
- ^ "Storey, David Malcolm". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 557
- ^ "Dunn, Prof. Douglas Eaglesham". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 684.
- ^ Ray 2007, p. 373.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1666.
- ^ "Szirtes, George Gábor Nicholas". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ Alba della Fazia Amoia; Bettina Liebowitz Knapp (1 January 2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-313-30688-4.
- ^ a b "Muldoon, Prof. Paul". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ "Paulin, Thomas Neilson". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
- ^ Philip Tew; Emily Horton; Leigh Wilson (27 February 2014). The 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction. A&C Black. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-4411-6853-5.
- ^ Ray 2007, p. 35.
- ^ Nicholas von Maltzahn (1 January 1991). "Guy Vanderheghe". In Jeffrey M. Heath (ed.). Profiles in Canadian Literature 8. Dundurn. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-55488-270-0.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 732.
- ^ Joshua Mehigan (April 2005). "The interior of a heron's egg: Michael Donaghy, 1954–2004". The New Criterion. 23. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Head 2006, p. 104.
- ^ "Readers suggest the 10 best short-story collections". The Observer. 22 October 2014.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 242.
- ^ Colin Stanley (2011). Around the Outsider: Essays Presented to Colin Wilson on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday. John Hunt Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-84694-668-4.
- ^ Head 2006, p. 739.
- ^ Matt McGuire; Colin Nicholson (1 September 2009). The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7486-3626-6.
- ^ Katy Guest (16 May 2008). "Emily Perkins: The benefit of distance". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1223.
- ^ Leza Lowitz (19 December 2000). "Making mush of Meadowlark". The Japan Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Fiona Sampson (1 January 2004). Creative Writing in Health and Social Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-84310-136-9.
- ^ "Azzopardi wins writing prize". BBC News. 1 November 2001.
- ^ "Deep purple: how a humble weed inspired a collection of poetry". BBC Devon. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Ray 2007, p. 351.
- ^ "Dartington poet Alice Oswald wins £25k prize". Torquay Herald Express. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Poetry in the News: 2007". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Leyla Sanai (10 April 2011). "The Devil's Garden, By Edward Docx". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ David Szalay (11 July 2014). "Hampstead Heath". The Financial Times.
- ^ Victoria Gallagher (1 June 2010). "Debut author Szalay wins Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ Charlotte Williams (24 June 2011). "Macphee wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ Joshua Farrington (19 July 2012). "McKeon wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ Joshua Farrington (21 June 2013). "Polley wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ Beth Webb (21 November 2014). "Eimear McBride wins the 2013 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Eimear McBride wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Irish Times. 21 November 2014.
- ^ "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014 – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Archived 6 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine". booksirelandmagazine.com. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ Natasha Onwuemezi (30 November 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
- ^ "Gwendoline Riley wins the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2017 for fiction – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
References
- Europa Publications (2 August 2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35519-7.
- Dominic Head (26 January 2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83179-6.
- Mohit K. Ray, ed. (1 September 2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0832-5.
- Anne Strachan (1989). Prizewinning Literature: UK literary award winners. Library Association Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85365-558-9.
External links
- The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize website