Ondaatje Prize Explained

Ondaatje Prize
Subheader:Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
Awarded For:work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, "evoking the spirit of a place"
Presenter:Royal Society of Literature
Sponsor:Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Country:United Kingdom

The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the "spirit of a place", and is written by someone who is a citizen of or who has been resident in the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.[1]

The prize bears the name of its benefactor Sir Christopher Ondaatje.[2] The prize incorporates the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, which was presented up to 2002 for regional fiction.[3]

Winners

YearAuthorTitleRef.
2004Hearing Birds Fly
2005
2006 [4]
2007In the Country of Men[5]
2008[6]
2009Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History[7]
2010[8]
2011[9]
2012[10]
2013Scenes from Early Life[11]
2014This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood[12]
2015Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood[13]
2016Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia[14]
2017Golden Hill[15]
2018Mama Amazonica[16]
2019[17]
2020[18]
2021 (also published as The Butchers' Blessing)[19]
2022Free. Coming of Age at the End of History[20]
2023Anthony AnaxagorouHeritage Aesthetics[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RSL Ondaatje Prize. Royal Society of Literature. 29 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Christopher Ondaatje homepage. 16 January 2010.
  3. News: Gulag book shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081954/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/gulag-book-shortlisted-for-ondaatje-prize-559043.html. dead. June 6, 2011. The Independent. 16 January 2010 . London . Louise . Jury . 6 April 2004.
  4. Web site: Pauli . Michelle . 23 May 2006 . Guardian writer wins Ondaatje prize for Russian civil war novel . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  5. Web site: Lea . Richard . 3 May 2007 . Matar's tale of latterday Libya takes Ondaatje prize . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  6. Web site: Dammann . Guy . 29 April 2008 . £10,000 reward for The Discovery of France . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  7. Web site: Flood . Alison . 19 May 2009 . 'Powerfully evocative' family history wins Ondaatje prize . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  8. Web site: Flood . Alison . 25 May 2010 . Ian Thomson wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  9. Web site: Flood . Allison . 24 May 2011 . Ondaatje prize goes to Edmund de Waal . 24 May 2011 . The Guardian.
  10. Web site: Flood . Alison . 29 May 2012 . 2012 Ondaatje prize 2012 goes to debut novel by Rahul Bhattacharya . 29 May 2012 . The Guardian.
  11. Web site: Armitstead . Claire . Claire Armitstead . 14 May 2013 . Philip Hensher wins Ondaatje prize with novel on husband's childhood . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  12. Web site: Flood . Alison . 20 May 2014 . Alan Johnson's memoir of London slum childhood wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize . 22 May 2014 . The Guardian.
  13. News: Kerr . Michael . 19 May 2015 . Justin Marozzi wins £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize . .
  14. Web site: Cain, Sian . 23 May 2016 . 'Anti-travelogue' on Putin's Russia wins £10,000 Ondaatje prize . 23 May 2016 . The Guardian.
  15. Web site: Kean, Danuta . 8 May 2017 . Francis Spufford wins the Ondaatje prize with Golden Hill . 8 May 2017 . The Guardian.
  16. Web site: Flood . Alison . 2018-05-14 . Ondaatje prize goes to 'mythic' poems about a mother's mental illness . 2022-12-06 . The Guardian . en.
  17. News: Flood . Alison . 2019-05-13 . Ondaatje prize: Aida Edemariam wins for vivid biography of her grandmother . en-GB . The Guardian . 15 May 2019 . 0261-3077.
  18. Web site: Flood . Alison . 4 May 2020 . Roger Robinson's poems of Trinidad and London win Ondaatje prize . 5 May 2020 . The Guardian . en.
  19. Web site: Flood . Alison . 11 May 2021 . The Butchers: novel set in Irish BSE crisis wins Ondaatje prize . 11 May 2020 . The Guardian . en.
  20. Web site: 4 May 2022 . LEA YPI announced as winner of the 2022 RSL Ondaatje Prize for "Free" . 6 February 2023 . . en.
  21. News: Creamer . Ella . 2023-05-10 . Anthony Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize for collection of postcolonial poetry . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-11 . 0261-3077.

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