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]
Ondaatje Prize | |
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Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize | |
Awarded for | work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, "evoking the spirit of a place" |
Sponsored by | Sir Christopher Ondaatje |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Royal Society of Literature |
First awarded | 2004 |
Website | Official website |
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]
Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
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2004 | Louisa Waugh | Hearing Birds Fly | |
2005 | Rory Stewart | The Places In Between | |
2006 | James Meek | The People's Act of Love | [4] |
2007 | Hisham Matar | In the Country of Men | [5] |
2008 | Graham Robb | The Discovery of France | [6] |
2009 | Adam Nicolson | Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History | [7] |
2010 | Ian Thomson | The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica | [8] |
2011 | Edmund de Waal | The Hare with Amber Eyes | [9] |
2012 | Rahul Bhattacharya | The Sly Company of People Who Care | [10] |
2013 | Philip Hensher | Scenes from Early Life | [11] |
2014 | Alan Johnson | This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood | [12] |
2015 | Justin Marozzi | Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood | [13] |
2016 | Peter Pomerantsev | Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia | [14] |
2017 | Francis Spufford | Golden Hill | [15] |
2018 | Pascale Petit | Mama Amazonica | [16] |
2019 | Aida Edemariam | The Wife’s Tale | [17] |
2020 | Roger Robinson | A Portable Paradise | [18] |
2021 | Ruth Gilligan | The Butchers (also published as The Butchers' Blessing) | [19] |
2022 | Lea Ypi | Free. Coming of Age at the End of History | [20] |
2023 | Anthony Anaxagorou | Heritage Aesthetics | [21] |