David Higham Prize for Fiction explained

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

• 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

• Awards up to 1988: Prizewinning Literature: UK Literary Award Winners by Anne Strachan, publ. 1989 by Library Association Publishing Ltd

Notes and References

1. Web site: Higham prize cancelled | Bookseller | Professional Journal archives from . AllBusiness.com . 1999-04-16 . 2012-03-20.
2. Web site: Timothy O'Grady . Randomhouse.co.uk . 2012-03-20.
3. Web site: Writers . Bbk.ac.uk . 2012-03-20.
4. Web site: David Higham Prize for Fiction | Awards . LibraryThing . 2012-03-20.
5. Web site: 0151677743 . AbeBooks . 2012-03-20.
6. Web site: David Higham Prize for Fiction | Awards . LibraryThing . 2012-03-20.
7. Web site: Friel . Brian . The Longest Memory: Amazon.co.uk: Fred D'Aguiar: Books . Amazon.co.uk . 2012-03-20.
8. Web site: Red Earth and Pouring Rain . Vikramchandra.com . 2012-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214094732/http://www.vikramchandra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=135 . 2012-02-14 . dead .
9. Web site: British Council . Linda Grant | British Council Literature . Contemporarywriters.com . 2012-03-20.
10. Web site: Ronald Wright . Randomhouse.ca . 2012-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322114113/http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/wright.php . 2012-03-22 . dead .
11. Web site: Shopping by Gavin Kramer . Trade Me . 2009-03-30 . 2012-03-20.