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 StewartThe Places In Between
  • 2006 — James MeekThe People's Act of Love

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