Ondaatje Prize
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The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is given for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry which evokes the "spirit of a place", and which is written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
The prize bears the name of Christopher Ondaatje.
[edit] Recipients
- 2004 — Louisa Waugh — Hearing Birds Fly
- 2005 — Rory Stewart — The Places In Between
- 2006 — James Meek — The People's Act of Love