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The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was established in 1987 "to encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that work of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin. . ." The prize is awarded for overall best book and best debut book, and for best book and best debut book in four regions of the Commonwealth of Nations. The winner of the overall best book prize receives £10,000 and the overall best debut book receives £5,000. The most recent winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best book of the year is featured below along with a list of all previous winners of the prize. We also provide links to the winners of the other commonwealth prizes and to our index of all book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees.
The latest winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book of the Year 2009 - Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Australia) [2010 winner will be announced Spring 2010]
All past winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book of the Year 1987 - Summer Lightning by Olive Senior
1988 - Heroes by Festus Iyayi
1989 - The Carpathians by Janet Frame
1990 - Solomon Gursky was Here by Mordecai Richler
1991 - The Great World by David Malouf
1992 - Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
1993 - The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
1994 - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
1995 - Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
1996 - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
1997 - Salt by Earl Lovelace
1998 - Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
1999 - Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
2000 - Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
2001 - True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
2002 - Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
2003 - The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
2004 - A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
2005 - Small Island by Andrea Levy
2006 - The Secret River by Kate Grenville
2007 - Mister Pyp by Lloyd Jones
2008 - The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
2009 - Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Australia)
2010 - Will be announced Spring 2010
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Debut Book of Fiction > > >
The Official Website of the Commonwealth Book Prizes
(Visit our Book Awards Index for a complete list of the dozens of book awards listed on Happy Dead Trees.)
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"The advantage of the animal over the vegetable kingdom is obvious. The cabbage, should its environment tend to become worse, must live it out, or die; the rabbit may move on in quest of a better."
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