1983 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 1983.
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[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Roald Dahl, The Witches
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- William Trevor, Fools of Fortune
[edit] Biography
Winners:
- Victoria Glendinning, Vita
- Kenneth Rose, King George V
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
