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John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Awarded forLiterature
Date1942 by Jane Oliver
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by • The Mail on Sunday (1987–2002)
 • Booktrust (2003–2010)
Websitehttp://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes-and-awards/3

The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom.[1] Established in 1942, it was one of the oldest literary awards in the UK.[2]

Since 2011, the award has been suspended by funding problems.[3][4] The last award was in 2010.[2]

History

The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver in memory of her husband, John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed on 5 August 1940 while serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force.

From 1987 to 2003, the prize was funded by the Mail on Sunday. The newspaper withdrew in 2003, after the initial winner of 2002 prize, Hari Kunzru, rejected the prize and criticised the Mail of Sunday for "hostility towards black and Asian people"[5] Subsequently, the prize was sponsored by Booktrust, an independent educational charity, but in June 2011 the award was suspended due to funding problems.[2] Booktrust said that it "strongly" intended to bring the award "back with a bang as soon as possible" as it looked for outside funding sources.[2]

In 2010, the winner received £5,000, while the runners-up each received £500.[2]

Winners (1942–1999)

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winners, 1942–1999[6]
Year Author Title ISBN (or OCLC) Ref.
1942 Michael Richey Sunk by a Mine
1943 Morwenna Donnelly Beauty for Ashes OCLC 10175035
1944 Alun Lewis The Last Inspection OCLC 1648392
1945 James Aldridge The Sea Eagle OCLC 1115675
1946 Oriel Malet My Bird Sings OCLC 1550666
1947 Anne-Marie Walters Moondrop to Gascony OCLC 458854780
1948 Richard Mason The Wind Cannot Read OCLC 2188096
1949 Emma Smith Maidens' Trip OCLC 771823005
1950 Kenneth Allsop Adventure Lit Their Star OCLC 77347740
1951 Elizabeth Jane Howard The Beautiful Visit OCLC 1637250
1952 No award
1953 Rachel Trickett The Return Home OCLC 21354135
1954 Tom Stacey The Hostile Sun OCLC 2451930
1955 John Wiles The Moon to Play With OCLC 1508671
1956 John Hearne Voices Under the Window OCLC 2175560
1957 Ruskin Bond The Room on the Roof OCLC 1579534
1958 V. S. Naipaul The Mystic Masseur OCLC 47838372 [7]
1959 Dan Jacobson A Long Way from London OCLC 1161266
1960 David Caute At Fever Pitch OCLC 753130422
1961 David Storey Flight into Camden OCLC 1816514
1962 Robert Rhodes James An Introduction to the House of Commons OCLC 1825470
Edward Lucie-Smith A Tropical Childhood and Other Poems OCLC 2469981
1963 Peter Marshall Two Lives OCLC 1301629
1964 Nell Dunn Up the Junction OCLC 1675517
1965 Julian Mitchell The White Father OCLC 1246449 [7]
1966 Margaret Drabble The Millstone OCLC 1355165
1967 Anthony Masters The Seahorse OCLC 1018374
1968 Angela Carter The Magic Toyshop ISBN 978-0-860-68190-8 [7]
1969 Melvyn Bragg Without a City Wall ISBN 978-0-340-43102-3
1970 Angus Calder The People's War ISBN 978-0-712-65284-1
1971 Shiva Naipaul Fireflies ISBN 978-0-140-03150-8 [7]
1972 Susan Hill The Albatross ISBN 978-0-140-03649-7
1973 Peter Smalley A Warm Gun ISBN 978-0-233-96172-9
1974 Hugh Fleetwood The Girl Who Passed for Normal ISBN 978-0-812-87034-3
1975 David Hare Knuckle ISBN 978-0-571-04980-6 [7]
Tim Jeal Cushing's Crusade ISBN 978-0-434-37209-6
1976 No award
1977 Richard Cork Vorticism & Abstract Art in the First Machine Age ISBN 978-0-900-40624-9
1978 A. N. Wilson The Sweets of Pimlico ISBN 978-0-140-06697-5 [7]
1979 Peter Boardman The Shining Mountain ISBN 978-0-099-20920-1
1980 Desmond Hogan The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea ISBN 978-0-241-10123-0
1981 A. N. Wilson The Laird of Abbotsford ISBN 978-0-192-11756-4 [7]
1982 William Boyd An Ice-Cream War ISBN 978-0-241-95356-3
1983 Lisa St Aubin de Terán The Slow Train to Milan ISBN 978-0-140-06954-9
1984 Andrew Motion Dangerous Play ISBN 978-0-140-07352-2 [7]
1985 John Milne Out of the Blue ISBN 978-0-241-11489-6
1986 Tim Parks Loving Roger ISBN 978-0-802-10016-0
1987 Jeanette Winterson The Passion ISBN 978-0-099-73441-3 [7]
1988 Matthew Yorke The March Fence ISBN 978-0-140-11636-6
1989 Claire Harman Sylvia Townsend Warner ISBN 978-0-701-12938-5
1990 Ray Monk Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius ISBN 978-0-099-88370-8 [7]
1991 A. L. Kennedy Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains ISBN 978-0-099-45006-1
1992 Matthew Kneale Sweet Thames ISBN 978-0-140-29663-1
1993 Jason Goodwin On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul ISBN 978-0-701-13668-0
1994 Jonathan Coe What a Carve Up! ISBN 978-0-141-03329-7 [7]
1995 Melanie McGrath Motel Nirvana ISBN 978-0-006-54715-0
1996 Nicola Barker Heading Inland ISBN 978-0-007-43571-5
1997 Phil Whitaker Eclipse of the Sun ISBN 978-0-753-80948-8
1998 Peter Ho Davies The Ugliest House in the World ISBN 978-0-395-78629-1
1999 David Mitchell Ghostwritten ISBN 978-0-340-73974-7

Winners and shortlists (since 2000)

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winners and shortlists, 2000–2010
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Edward Platt Leadville Winner [8]
Julia Leigh The Hunter Finalist
Roddy Lumsden The Book of Love Finalist
Cole Moreton Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland Finalist
Ben Rice Pobby and Dingan Finalist
Zadie Smith White Teeth Finalist
2001 Susanna Jones The Earthquake Bird Winner
Esther Morgan Beyond Calling Distance Finalist
2002[a] Mary Laven Virgins of Venice Winner [9]
Sonya Hartnett Thursday's Child Finalist [9]
Chloe Hooper A Child's Book of True Crime Finalist [9]
Mary Laven Virgins of Venice Finalist [9]
Kamila Shamsie Kartography Finalist [9]
2003 Charlotte Mendelson Daughters of Jerusalem Winner [10]
2004 Jonathan Trigell Boy A Winner [11]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Purple Hibiscus Finalist [12]
Neil Bennun The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People Finalist [12]
Anthony Cartwright The Afterglow Finalist [12]
Colin McAdam Some Great Thing Finalist [12]
Rory Stewart The Places in Between Finalist [12]
2005 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation Winner [13]
Rana Dasgupta Tokyo Cancelled Finalist [14]
Peter Hobbs The Short Day Dying Finalist [14]
Sinéad Morrissey The State of the Prisons Finalist [14]
Rebecca Ray Newfoundland Finalist [14]
Rachel Zadok Gem Squash Tokoloshe Finalist [14]
2006/7 Sarah Hall The Carhullan Army Winner [15][16][17]
Ceridwen Dovey Blood Kin Finalist [18]
Joanna Kavenna Inglorious Finalist [18]
Robert Macfarlane The Wild Places Finalist [18]
Gwendoline Riley Joshua Spassky Finalist [18]
Rory Stewart Occupational Hazards Finalist [18]
2008 Henry Hitchings The Secret Life of Words Winner [19]
Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Finalist [19][20][21]
Adam Foulds The Broken Word Finalist [19][21]
James Palmer The Bloody White Baron Finalist [19][21]
Ross Raisin God's Own Country Finalist [19][20][21]
Brian Schofield Selling Your Father's Bones Finalist [19][20][21]
2009 Evie Wyld After the Fire, A Still Small Voice Winner [22]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Thing Around Your Neck Finalist [23]
Aravind Adiga Between the Assassinations Finalist [23]
Emma Jones The Striped World Finalist [23]
James Maskalyk Six Months in Sudan Finalist [23]
Tristram Stuart Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal Finalist [23]
2010 Amy Sackville The Still Point Winner [24][25][26][27]
Cordelia Fine Delusions of Gender Finalist [28]
Susan Fletcher Corrag Finalist [28]
Kei Miller A Light Song of Light Finalist [28]
Nadifa Mohamed Black Mamba Boy Finalist [28]
Daniel Swift Bomber County Finalist [28]

Notes

  1. ^ The 2002 prize was initially awarded to Hari Kunzru for his book The Impressionist on 20 November 2003, but the author decided to decline the award due to its sponsorship by The Mail on Sunday.

See also

References

  1. ^ John Llewellyn Rhys Prize "John Llewellyn Rhys Prize" Archived 24 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Booktrust. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alison Flood. "John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'" Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 29 June 2011
  3. ^ Flood, Alison (29 June 2011). "John Llewellyn Rhys prize 'suspended'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ Leith, Sam (3 July 2011). "And the winner of the Fray Bentos prize for postmodern fiction is . . ". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ^ Liao, Pei-chen (2013). Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru's Transmission. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 53. doi:10.1057/9781137 (inactive 9 December 2024). ISBN 978-1-349-34594-6. Retrieved 9 March 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  6. ^ "The Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize". Archived from the original on 4 December 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Drabble, Margaret (29 June 2011). "We can't afford to lose the John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ^ Yates, Emma (8 November 2001). "A40 biography wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Virgins of Venice wins Kunzru's rejected prize". The Guardian. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. ^ Crown, Sarah (26 November 2004). "Literary prize for Oxford farce". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  11. ^ Ezard, John (2 December 2005). "Prize with record of talent spotting names its choice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e Pauli, Michelle (14 November 2005). "Nigerian debut makes John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  13. ^ Pauli, Michelle (6 December 2006). "Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d e Lea, Richard (13 November 2006). "Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  15. ^ Hall, Sarah (1 December 2007). "Survivor's tale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  16. ^ Lea, Richard (30 November 2007). "Vision of post-oil world scoops award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  17. ^ McLaren, Elsa (31 May 2023). "Tale of a bleak Britain wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e Lea, Richard (22 October 2007). "Poetry ignored by Llewellyn Rhys shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  19. ^ a b c d e f Flood, Alison (24 November 2008). "Rare victory for non-fiction book in John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  20. ^ a b c Schofield, Brian (13 November 2008). "Is the books world short-changing its bright young women?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  21. ^ a b c d e Flood, Alison (3 November 2008). "Booker winner squares up to narrative poem for John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  22. ^ Lea, Richard (30 November 2009). "Bookseller's debut novel wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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  24. ^ Lea, Richard (7 December 2010). "Amy Sackville, accidental novelist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  25. ^ "Debut writer Amy Sackville wins literary award". BBC News. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  26. ^ Page, Benedicte (23 November 2010). "Amy Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize for The Still Point". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  27. ^ Allen, Katie (24 November 2010). "Sackville wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  28. ^ a b c d e Page, Benedicte (15 October 2010). "Shortlist announced for John Llewellyn Rhys prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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