1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman
1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker
1996 Last Orders Graham Swift
1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan
1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee
2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey
2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel
2003 Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre
2004 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst
2005 The Sea John Banville
2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai
2007 The Gathering Anne Enright
2008 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
2009 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
2010 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson
THE CNA AWARD
Authors must be of South African birth or registered permanent residents of South Africa. Books entered for the award must be published in a South African edition. Any original work written in any of the indigenous or official languages of South Africa is eligible for consideration.
1961 The Desert Place Siegfried Stander
1962 The Bull from the Sea Mary Renault
1963 The Seed and the Sower Laurens van der Post
1964 Hofmeyr Alan Paton
1965 British Supremacy in South Africa 1899–1907 G. H. le May
1966 No Ordinary Woman Thelma Gutsche
1967 The Hunter and the Whale Laurens van der Post
1968 The Horse Thief Siegfried Stander
1969 No award
1970 The Stone Fish John McIntosh
1971 The Rain-Maker Jack Cope
1972 The Castaways Sheila Fugard
1973 Apartheid and the Archbishop Alan Paton
1974 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer
1975 Selected Poems Guy Butler
1976 Border Anthony Delius
1977 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee
1978 Rumours of Rain André Brink
1979 Burger’s Daughter Nadine Gordimer
1980 Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee
1981 July’s People Nadine Gordimer
1982 A Chain of Voices André Brink
1983 Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee
1984 Selected Poems Douglas Livingstone
1985 Call Me Woman Ellen Kuzwayo
1986 The Twenty-Ninth Parallel David Robbins
1987 Phoebe and Nio E. M. Macphail
1988 White Boy Running Christopher Hope
1989 Memory of Snow and of Dust Breyten Breytenbach
1990 My Son’s Story Nadine Gordimer
1991 The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs Damon Galut
1992 Tramp Royal Tim Couzens
1993 The Folly Ivan Vladislavic
1994 Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
1995 Other Places Sarah Ruden (Creative Literature)
1995 The Calling of Katie Makanya Margaret McCord (Non-fiction)
COMMONWEALTH PRIZE
Any work of prose fiction first published in year prior to the award. Author must be a member of a Commonwealth country.
1987 Summer Lightning Olive Senior
1988 Heroes Festus Iyayi
1989 The Carpathians Janet Frame
Women of Influence Bonnie Burnard
1990 Solomon Gursky Mordecai Richler
Visitors John Cranna
1991 The Great World David Malouf
Shape-Shifter Pauline Melville
1992 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
Divina Trace Robert Antoni
1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller
The Thousand Faces of the Night Githa Hariharan
1994 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
The Case of Emily V. Keith Oatley
1995 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières
Seasonal Adjustments Adib Khan
1996 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
Red Earth and Pouring Rain Vikram Chandra
1997 Salt Earl Lovelace
Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald
1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey
Angel Falls Tim Wynveen
1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail
The Electrical Field Kerri Sakamoto
2000 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee
Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain Jeffrey Moore
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey
White Teeth Zadie Smith
2002 Gould’s Book of Fish Richard Flanagan
Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade Manu Herbstein
2003 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke
Haweswater Sarah Hall
2004 The Distant Shore Caryl Phillips
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
2005 Small Island Andrea Levy
2006 The Secret River Kate Grenville
Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement Mark MacWatt
2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
Vandal Love D. Y. Bechard
2008 The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill
A Golden Age Tahmima Anam
2009 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas
A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif
2010 Solo Rana Dasgupta
Siddon Rock Glenda Guest
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD
Selected by the Canada Council and given for outstanding Englishand French-language works.
1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guevremont
1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan
1952 The Pillar David Walker
1953 Digby David Walker
1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko
1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro
1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman
1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy
1958 Execution Colin McDougall
1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan
1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore
1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place Malcolm Lowry
1962 Running to Paradise Kildare Dobbs
1963 Hugh Garner’s Best Stories Hugh Garner
1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan
1965 No selection
1966 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence
1967 No selection
1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro
1969 The Studhorse Man Robert Kroetsch
1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey
1971 St Urbain’s Horseman Mordecai Richler
1972 The Manticore Robertson Davies
1973 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe
1974 The Diviners Margaret Laurence
1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore
1976 Bear Marian Engel
1977 The Wars Timothy Findley
1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro
1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins
1980 Burning Water George Bowering
1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant
1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe
1983 Shakespeare’s Dog Leon Rooke
1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky
1985 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro
1987 A Dream Like Mine M. T. Kelly
1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards
1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington
1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci
1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe
1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead
1996 The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe
1997 The Underpainte
r Jane Urquhart
1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen
1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen
2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje
2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright
2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai
2003 Elle Douglas Glover
2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews
2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour
2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens
2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje
2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci
2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger
2010 Cool Water Dianne Warren
HUGHES & HUGHES IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR
The Hughes & Hughes Award is part of the annual Irish Book Awards.
2003 That They May Face The Rising Sun John McGahern
2004 Dancer Colum McCann
2005 Havoc In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett
2006 The Sea John Banville
2007 Winterwood Pat McCabe
2008 The Gathering Anne Enright
2009 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
2010 Room Emma Donoghue
MILES FRANKLIN AWARD
Awarded for a novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.
1957 Voss Patrick White
1958 To the Islands Randolph Stow
1959 The Big Fellow Vance Palmer
1960 The Irishman Elizabeth O’Connor
1961 Riders in the Chariot Patrick White
The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner
1963 Careful He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott
1964 My Brother Jack George Johnston
1965 The Slow Natives Thea Astley
1966 Trap Peter Mathers
1967 Bring Larks and Heroes Thomas Keneally
1968 Three Cheers for the Paraclete Thomas Keneally
1969 Clean Straw for Nothing George Johnston
1970 A Horse of Air Dal Stivens
1971 The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland
1972 The Acolyte Thea Astley
1973 No award
1974 The Mango Tree Ronald McKie
1975 Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert
1976 The Glass Canoe David Ireland
1977 Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park
1978 Tirra Lirra by the River Jessica Anderson
1979 A Woman of the Future David Ireland
1980 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson
1981 Bliss Peter Carey
1982 Just Relations Rodney Hall
1983 No award
1984 Shallows Tim Winton
1985 The Doubleman Christopher Koch
1986 The Well Elizabeth Jolley
1987 Dancing on Coral Glenda Adams
1988 No award
1989 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey
1990 Oceana Fine Tom Flood
1991 The Great World David Malouf
1992 Cloudstreet Tim Winton
1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller
1994 The Grisly Wife Rodney Hall
1995 The Hand That Signed the Paper Helen Demidenko
1996 Highways to a War Christopher Koch
1997 The Glade Within the Grove David Foster
1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey
1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail
2001 Dark Palace Frank Moorhouse
2002 Dirt Music Tim Winton
2003 Journey to the Stone Country Alex Miller
2004 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
2005 The White Earth Andrew McGahan
2006 The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald
2007 Carpentaria Alexis Wright
2008 The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll
2009 Breath Tim Winton
2010 Truth Peter Temple
MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARD
This was the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award until 1994. Author must be a New Zealand citizen. From 2010 the prize was renamed the New Zealand Post Book Award.
1968 The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton/M. Miller
1969 Augustus Earle in New Zealand A. Murray-Oliver
1970 Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste John Dunmore
1971 William and Mary Rolleston Rosemary Rolleston
1972 200 Years of New Zealand Painting Gil Docking
1973 Strangers and Journeys Maurice Shadbolt
1974 Tangi Witi Ihimaera
1975 Nothing Venture, Nothing Win Sir Edmund Hillary
1976 The Wind Commands Harry Morton
1977 Charles Brasch James Bertram
1978 Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry J. D. Raeside
1979 Plumb Maurice Gee
1980 Leaves of the Banyan Tree Albert Wendt
1981 Eruera Eruera Stirling/Anne Salmond
Te Rauparaha Patricia Burns
1982 Craft New Zealand Doreen Blumhardt, Brian Brake
Other Halves Sue McCauley
1983 To the Is-Land Janet Frame
1984 Maori: A Photographic and Social History Michael King
1985 The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame
1986 The Matriarch Witi Ihimaera
1987 Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt
1988 The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange
1989 Sylvia Lynley Hood
1990 Moriori Michael King
1991 The Burning Boy Maurice Gee
1992 Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Barbara Anderson
1993 Going West Maurice Gee
(Name change to Montana Book Award)
1994 Let the River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan
1995 Bulibasha Witi Ihimaera
(Name change to Montana New Zealand Book Award)
1996 Redemption Songs – A Life of To Kooti Arikangii Te Turuki Judith Binney
1997 The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munroe
1998 Live Bodies Maurice Gee
1999 The Vintner’s Luck Elizabeth Knox
2000 Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall
2001 The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones
2002 Stonedogs Craig Marriner
2003 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson
2004 Slow Water Annamarie Jagoose
2005 Tue Patricia Gace
2006 Blindsight Maurice Gee
2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
2008 Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw
2009 About My Wife Emily Perkins
2010 As the Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this but are selected by a panel.
FICTION PRIZEWINNERS
1950 The Man With the Golden Arm Nelson Algren
1951 Collected Stories William Faulkner
1952 From Here to Eternity James Jones
1953 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
1954 The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
1955 Ten North Frederick John O’Hara
1956 No award
1957 Field of Vision Wright Morris
1958 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever
1959 The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud
1960 Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth
1961 The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter
1962 The Moviegoer Walker Percy
1963 Morte d’Urban J. F. Powers
1964 The Centaur John Updike
1965 Herzog Saul Bellow
1966 The Collected Stories Katherine Anne Porter
1967 The Fixer Bernard Malamud
1968 The Eighth Day Thornton Wilder
1969 Steps Jerzy Kosinski
1970 Them Joyce Carol Oates
1971 Mr Sammler’s Planet Saul Bellow
1972 The Complete Stories Flannery O’Connor
1973 Chimera John Barth
1974 Gravity
’s Rainbow Thomas Pynchon
A Crown of Feathers Isaac Bashevis Singer
1975 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone
The Hair of Harold Roux Thomas Williams
1976 J.R. William Gaddis
1977 The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner
1978 Blood Ties Mary Lee Settle
1979 Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien
1980 Sophie’s Choice William Styron
1981 Plains Song Wright Morris
1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike
1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker
1984 Victory over Japan Ellen Gilchrist
1985 White Noise Don DeLillo
1986 World’s Fair E. L. Doctorow
1987 Paco’s Story Larry Heinemann
1988 Paris Trout Pete Dexter
1989 Spartina John Casey
1990 Middle Passage Charles Johnson
1991 Mating Norman Rush
1992 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy
1993 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx
1994 A Frolic of His Own William Gaddis
1995 Sabbath’s Theater Philip Roth
1996 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett
1997 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
1998 Charming Billy Alice McDermott
1999 Waiting Ha Jin
2000 In America Susan Sontag
2001 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
2002 Three Junes Julia Glass
2003 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
2004 The News From Paraguay Lily Tuck
2005 Europe Central William Vollmann
2006 The Echo Maker Richard Powers
2007 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson
2008 Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen
2009 Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann
2010 Lord of Misrule Jaimy Gordon
NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Awarded by the Swedish Academy for a writer’s contribution to literature, language and society.
1950 Bertrand Russell
1951 Pär Fabian Lagerkvist
1952 François Mauriac
1953 Sir Winston Churchill
1954 Ernest Hemingway
1955 Halldór Laxness
1956 Juan Ramon Jimenez
1957 Albert Camus
1958 Boris Pasternak (obliged to decline award)
1959 Salvatore Quasimodo
1960 Saint-John Perse
1961 Ivo Andrić
1962 John Steinbeck
1963 George Seferis (pseudonym of Giorgos Seferiadis)