Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).[1]

The prize is worth £1500.[2]

The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.[3]

In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry. The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.[3]

Winners

YearAuthorTitleSectionJuryReference
1964Christopher MiddletonTorse 3 Poems 1949-1961Poetry[4]
1964George MacBethThe Broken Places: PoemsPoetry[5]
1965Frank TuohyThe Ice SaintsFiction[6]
1966Jon SilkinNature Within ManPoetry[7]
1967William McIlvanneyRemedy is NoneFiction[8]
1967John NooneThe Man with the Chocolate EggFiction
1968Seamus HeaneyDeath of a NaturalistPoetry[9]
1969Piers Paul ReadThe JunkersFiction[10]
1970Geoffrey HillKing LogPoetry[11]
1971J. G. FarrellTroublesFiction[12]
1972Tony HarrisonThe LoinersPoetry[13]
1973David StoreyPasmoreFiction[14]
1974John FullerCannibals and Missionaries and Epistles to Several PersonsPoetry[15]
1975Richard B. WrightIn the Middle of a LifeFiction
1976Douglas DunnLove or NothingPoetry[16]
1977Carolyn SlaughterThe Story of the WeaselFiction
1978David HarsentDreams of the DeadPoetry[17]
1978Kit WrightThe Bear Looked Over the MountainPoetry
1979Timothy MoThe Monkey KingFiction[18]
1980Hugo WilliamsLove-LifePoetry[19]
1980George SzirtesThe Slant DoorPoetry[20]
1981J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the BarbariansFiction[21]
1982Paul MuldoonWhy Brownlee LeftPoetry[22]
1982Tom PaulinThe Strange MuseumPoetry[23]
1983Graham SwiftShuttlecockFiction[24]
1984James FentonIn Memory of War: Poems 1968-83Poetry
1985Julian BarnesFlaubert's ParrotFiction[25]
1986David ScottA Quiet GatheringPoetry
1987Guy VanderhaegheMan DescendingFiction[26]
1988Michael HofmannAcrimony: PoemsPoetry[27]
1989David ProfumoSea MusicFiction
1990Michael DonaghyShibbolethPoetry[28]
1991Carol BirchThe Fog LineFiction[29]
1992Paul MuldoonMadoc: A MysteryPoetry[22]
1993Will SelfThe Quantity Theory of InsanityFiction[30]
1994John BurnsideFeast DaysPoetryNicholas Tredell[31][32]
1995Livi MichaelTheir Angel ReachFiction[33]
1996Kathleen JamieThe Queen of ShebaPoetry[34]
1997Emily PerkinsNot Her Real NameFiction[35]
1998Don PatersonGod's Gift to WomenPoetryRobert Potts[36]
1999Gavin KramerShoppingFiction[37]
2000Kathleen JamieJizzenPoetryChristina Patterson[38]
2001Trezza AzzopardiThe Hiding PlaceFiction[39]
2002Greta StoddartAt Home in the DarkPoetry[40]
2003Justin HillThe Drink and Dream TeahouseFiction
2004Glyn MaxwellThe Nerve: PoemsPoetry[41]
2005David MitchellCloud AtlasFiction
2006Alice OswaldWoods Etc.PoetryNeil Corcoran, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ciaran Carson[42][43]
2007Edward DocxSelf HelpFiction[44]
2008Nick LairdOn PurposePoetryJo Shapcott, Sam Leith, Michael Longley[9]
2009David SzalayLondon and the South-EastFictionKate Summerscale, Andrew Miller, Boyd Tonkin[45][46]
2010Kona MacpheePerfect BluePoetryKate Kellaway, Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Romer[1][47]
2011Belinda McKeonSolaceFictionRachel Cusk, Jonathan Ruppin, Leo Robson[48]
2012Jacob PolleyThe HavocsPoetryJean Sprackland, Sarah Crown, Maurice Riordan[49]
2013Eimear McBrideA Girl Is a Half-formed ThingFictionDeirdre Madden, Patrick Neale, Gaby Wood[50][51]
2014Fiona BensonBright TravellersPoetryJulia Copus, Ruth Padel, Max Porter[52]
Liz BerryBlack Country
2015Sara BaumeSpill Simmer Falter WitherFiction[53]
2016Kim MooreThe Art of FallingPoetryGillian Clarke, Tom Gatti, Katharine Towers[54]
2017Gwendoline RileyFirst LoveFictionLorien Kite, Susie Nicklin, Evie Wyld[55]

Notes

  1. "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". Faber.co.uk. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  2. Natasha Onwuemezi (November 30, 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  3. Andrew Maunder (January 1, 2007). The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8160-7496-9.
  4. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1070.
  5. "MacBeth, George Mann". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51192. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. Dinah Birch (September 24, 2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 1014. ISBN 978-0-19-280687-1.
  7. "Silkin, Jon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. Ray 2007, p. 356.
  9. Alison Flood (March 31, 2009). "Nick Laird follows idol Heaney to Faber prize win". The Guardian.
  10. Head 2006, p. 922.
  11. "Hill, Sir Geoffrey (William)". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  12. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 720.
  13. Ray 2007, p. 232.
  14. "Storey, David Malcolm". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  15. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 557
  16. "Dunn, Prof. Douglas Eaglesham". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  17. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 684.
  18. Ray 2007, p. 373.
  19. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1666.
  20. "Szirtes, George Gábor Nicholas". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  21. Alba della Fazia Amoia; Bettina Liebowitz Knapp (January 1, 2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-313-30688-4.
  22. "Muldoon, Prof. Paul". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  23. "Paulin, Thomas Neilson". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  24. Philip Tew; Emily Horton; Leigh Wilson (February 27, 2014). The 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction. A&C Black. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-4411-6853-5.
  25. Ray 2007, p. 35.
  26. Nicholas von Maltzahn (January 1, 1991). "Guy Vanderheghe". In Jeffrey M. Heath (ed.). Profiles in Canadian Literature 8. Dundurn. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-55488-270-0.
  27. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 732.
  28. Joshua Mehigan (April 2005). "The interior of a heron's egg: Michael Donaghy, 1954-2004". The New Criterion. 23. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  29. Head 2006, p. 104.
  30. "Readers suggest the 10 best short-story collections". The Observer. October 22, 2014.
  31. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 242.
  32. Colin Stanley (2011). Around the Outsider: Essays Presented to Colin Wilson on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday. John Hunt Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-84694-668-4.
  33. Head 2006, p. 739.
  34. Matt McGuire; Colin Nicholson (September 1, 2009). The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7486-3626-6.
  35. Katy Guest (May 16, 2008). "Emily Perkins: The benefit of distance". The Independent. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  36. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1223.
  37. Leza Lowitz (December 19, 2000). "Making mush of Meadowlark". The Japan Times. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  38. Fiona Sampson (1 January 2004). Creative Writing in Health and Social Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-84310-136-9.
  39. "Azzopardi wins writing prize". BBC News. November 1, 2001.
  40. "Deep purple: how a humble weed inspired a collection of poetry". BBC Devon. November 20, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  41. Ray 2007, p. 351.
  42. "Dartington poet Alice Oswald wins £25k prize". Torquay Herald Express. September 25, 2013.
  43. "Poetry in the News: 2007". The Poetry Society. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  44. Leyla Sanai (April 10, 2011). "The Devil's Garden, By Edward Docx". The Independent. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  45. David Szalay (July 11, 2014). "Hampstead Heath". The Financial Times.
  46. Victoria Gallagher (June 1, 2010). "Debut author Szalay wins Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  47. Charlotte Williams (June 24, 2011). "Macphee wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  48. Joshua Farrington (July 19, 2012). "McKeon wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  49. Joshua Farrington (June 21, 2013). "Polley wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  50. Beth Webb (November 21, 2014). "Eimear McBride wins the 2013 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
  51. "Eimear McBride wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Irish Times. November 21, 2014.
  52. "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014 – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  53. "Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". booksirelandmagazine.com. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  54. Natasha Onwuemezi (November 30, 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  55. "Gwendoline Riley wins the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2017 for fiction – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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