Somerset Maugham Award

The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awards go to writers under the age of 30 with works published in the previous year to the award, the work can be either non-fiction, fiction or poetry.

Since 1964, multiple winners have usually been chosen in the same year. In 1975 and in 2012, the award was not given. The award has twice been won by the son of a previous winner: Kingsley Amis (winner in 1955) was the father of Martin Amis (1974), and Nigel Kneale (1950) the father of Matthew Kneale (1988).

List of winners

2020s

2020

2010s

2019

2018

2017

  • Edmund Gordon for The Invention of Angela Carter
  • Melissa Lee-Houghton for Sunshine
  • Martin MacInnes for Infinite Ground

2016

  • Jessie Greengrass for An Account Of The Decline Of The Great Auk, According To One Who Saw It
  • Daisy Hay for Mr & Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance
  • Andrew McMillan for Physical
  • Thomas Morris for We Don't Know What We're Doing
  • Jack Underwood for Happiness

2015

  • Jonathan Beckman for How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
  • Liz Berry for Black Country
  • Ben Brooks for Lolito
  • Zoe Pilger for Eat My Heart Out

2014

2013

2012

  • No Award

2011

2010

2000s

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000


1900s

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990


1980s

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980


1970s

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

  • No Award

1974

1973

1972

1971

1970


1960s

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

1962

1961

1960

1950s

1959

1958

1957

1956

1955

1954

1953

1952

1951

1950


1940s

1949

1948

1947

References

    • "Somerset Maugham Award past winners". Society of Authors. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
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