McKitterick Prize

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The McKitterick Prize is a United Kingdom literary prize. It is administered by the Society of Authors. It was endowed by Tom McKitterick, who had been an editor of the Political Quarterly but had also written a novel which was never published. The prize is awarded annually for a first novel (which need not have been published) by an author over 40. As of 2006, the value of the prize was £4000.

The McKitterick Prize was first awarded in 1990. Past winners include:

• Simon Mawer (1990), for Chimera
• John Loveday (1991), for A Summer to Halo
• Alberto Manguel (1992), for News from a Foreign Country Came
• Andrew Barrow (1993), for Tap Dancer
• Helen Dunmore (1994), for Zennor in Darkness
• Christopher Bigsby (1995), for Hester
• Stephen Blanchard (1996), for Gagarin and I
• Patricia Duncker (1997), for Hallucinating Foucault
• Eli Gottlieb (1998), for The Boy Who Went Away
• Magnus Mills (1999), for The Restraint of Beasts
• Chris Dolan (2000), for Ascension Day
• Giles Waterfield (2001) for The Long Afternoon.
• Manil Suri (2002), for The Death of Vishnu
• Mary Lawson (2003), for Crow Lake
• Mark Haddon (2004), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
• Lloyd Jones (2005) for Mr Vogel
• Peter Pouncey (2006) for Rules for Old Men Waiting
• Reina James (2007) for This Time of Dying

[edit] Sources

• Society of Authors. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.