Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement explained

Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement is a New Zealand literary award established in 2003 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government. Each winner in three categories of fiction, nonfiction and poetry receives a monetary award of NZ$60,000.

Winners

Source:^[1]

2023

• Fiction: Lee Murray
• Non-fiction: Linda Tuhiwai Smith
• Poetry: Tusiata Avia

2022^[2]

• Fiction: Stephanie Johnson
• Nonfiction: Vincent O'Malley
• Poetry: James Norcliffe

2021^[3]

• Fiction: David Hill
• Nonfiction: Claudia Orange
• Poetry: Anne Kennedy

2020^[4]

• Fiction: Tessa Duder
• Nonfiction: Tīmoti Kāretu
• Poetry: Jenny Bornholdt

2019^[5]

• Fiction: Elizabeth Knox
• Nonfiction: Gavin Bishop
• Poetry: Fleur Adcock

2018^[6]

• Fiction: Renée
• Nonfiction: Wystan Curnow
• Poetry: Michael Harlow

2017

• Fiction: Witi Ihimaera
• Nonfiction: Peter Simpson
• Poetry: Paula Green

2016

• Fiction: Marilyn Duckworth
• Nonfiction: Atholl Anderson
• Poetry: David Eggleton

2015

• Fiction: Roger Hall
• Nonfiction: Dame Joan Metge
• Poetry: Bernadette Hall

2014

• Fiction: Jack Lasenby
• Nonfiction: Jock Phillips
• Poetry: Ian Wedde

2013^[7]

• Fiction: Owen Marshall
• Nonfiction: Martin Edmond
• Poetry: Michele Leggott

2012

• Fiction: Albert Wendt
• Nonfiction: Gregory O'Brien
• Poetry: Sam Hunt

2011

• Fiction: Dame Fiona Kidman
• Nonfiction: James Belich
• Poetry: Peter Bland

2010

• Fiction: Joy Cowley
• Nonfiction: James McNeish
• Poetry: Cilla McQueen

2009

• Fiction: C. K. Stead
• Nonfiction: Ranginui Walker
• Poetry: Brian Turner

2008

• Fiction: Lloyd Jones
• Nonfiction: W. H. Oliver
• Poetry: Elizabeth Smither

2007

• Fiction: Fiona Farrell
• Nonfiction: Dick Scott
• Poetry: Bill Manhire

2006

• Fiction: Patricia Grace
• Nonfiction: Judith Binney
• Poetry: Vincent O'Sullivan

2005

• Fiction: Margaret Mahy
• Nonfiction: Philip Temple
• Poetry: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell

2004

• Fiction: Maurice Gee
• Nonfiction: Anne Salmond
• Poetry: Kevin Ireland

2003

• Fiction: Janet Frame
• Nonfiction: Michael King
• Poetry: Hone Tuwhare

External links

• Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement, official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Previous winners. 2020-08-11. Creative NZ. Creative New Zealand.
2. Web site: Chumko . André . 1 December 2022 . Writers honoured by prime minister for their contribution to New Zealand literature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034443if_/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/130623369/writers-honoured-by-prime-minister-for-their-contribution-to-new-zealand-literature . 1 December 2022 . 1 December 2022 . Stuff.
3. News: Authors honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement . 4 November 2021 . Stuff.co.nz . 4 November 2021.
4. News: Kiwi writers honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement . Andre . Chumko . 10 November 2020 . . 10 November 2020.
5. Web site: 2019-10-09. NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2019 announced. 2020-08-11. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
6. News: Ardern . Jacinda . Awards recognise literary legends . 7 November 2018 . NZ Government . 8 October 2018.
7. Web site: Winners of 2013 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement . . 20 October 2013 . October 24, 2013.