1981 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 1981.

Contents 1 Children's Book 2 First Novel 3 Novel 4 Biography

[edit] Children's Book

Winner:

• Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land

[edit] First Novel

Winner:

• William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa

[edit] Novel

Winner:

• Maurice Leitch, Silver's City

[edit] Biography

Winner:

• Nigel Hamilton, Monty: The Making of a General