1974 Whitbread Awards
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The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1974.
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[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake, How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen
- Jill Paton Walsh, The Emperor's Winding Sheet
[edit] First Book
Winner:
- Claire Tomalin, The Life And Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- Iris Murdoch, The Sacred & Profane Love Machine
[edit] Biography
Winner:
- Andrew Boyle, Poor Dear Brendan
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
