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Voss Literary Prize

Summary

The Voss Literary Prize is an annual award named in honour of historian Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930–1963). It is awarded to the best novel published in the previous year and is managed and judged by the Australian University Heads of English.[1] The award was originally conceived by Voss in 1955, two years before publication of Patrick White's Voss and is funded from his estate.[2]

Award winners edit

Year Title Author Publisher References
2014 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane Penguin Group (Australia) [3]
2015 In Certain Circles Elizabeth Harrower Text Publishing [4]
2016 The Waiting Room Leah Kaminsky Random House [5]
2017 The Last Days of Ava Langdon Mark O'Flynn University of Queensland Press [6]
2018 The Book of Dirt Bram Presser Text Publishing [7]
2019 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton Hamish Hamilton [8]
2020 The Yield Tara June Winch Hamish Hamilton [9]
2021 The Labyrinth Amanda Lohrey Text Publishing [10]
2022 After Story Larissa Behrendt University of Queensland Press [11]
2023 Limberlost Robbie Arnott Text Publishing [12]

References edit

  1. ^ "About the Voss Literary Prize". The Voss Literary Prize. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ Uhlmann, Anthony (21 November 2014). "The Voss Literary Prize celebrates a fine new Australian novel". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ "'The Night Guest' wins the Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Harrower wins 2015 Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Kaminsky wins 2016 Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ "O'Flynn wins 2017 Voss Literary Prize". 5 December 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Presser wins 2018 Voss Literary Prize for 'The Book of Dirt'". 7 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Winton wins 2019 Voss Literary Prize for 'The Shepherd's Hut'". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Winner 2020". The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  10. ^ "PMLA 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Winner 2022". The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Arnott wins 2023 Voss Literary Prize". Books+Publishing. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website