Heywood Hill Literary Prize
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The Heywood Hill Literary Prize was awarded yearly to a writer, editor, reviewer, collector or publisher for a lifelong contribution to the enjoyment of books. Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
sponsored the award, which included a prize worth £15,000, until his death in 2004. Since then, the prize has not been awarded.
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG, MC, PC , styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative politician...
sponsored the award, which included a prize worth £15,000, until his death in 2004. Since then, the prize has not been awarded.
| The Heywood Hill Literary Prize | |
|---|---|
| Year | Recipient |
| 1995 | Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian, CBE , born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English Naval Captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen... |
| 1996 | Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer. In 2008, The Times included her in a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:... |
| 1997 | John Nicoll |
| 1998 | Norman Lewis and Richard Ollard Richard Ollard Richard Ollard was an English historian and biographer. He is best known for his work on the English Restoration period.-Life:... (shared) |
| 1999 | Jane Gardam Jane Gardam Jane Mary Gardam OBE is a British author of children's and adult fiction. She also reviews for the Spectator and the Telegraph, and writes for BBC radio, where her current project is six programmes on the suburbs. She lives in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She has won numerous literary awards,... |
| 2000 | Charles Causley Charles Causley Charles Stanley Causley, CBE, FRSL was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer. His work is noted for its simplicity and directness and for its associations with folklore, especially when linked to his native Cornwall.... |
| 2001 | Michael Holroyd Michael Holroyd Sir Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd, FRHS, FRSL is an English biographer.-Life:Holroyd was born in London and educated at Eton College, though he has often claimed Maidenhead Public Library as his alma mater.... |
| 2002 | Michael Frayn Michael Frayn Michael J. Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy... |
| 2003 | Mark Amory and Hilary Spurling Hilary Spurling Hilary Spurling, CBE, FRSL is a British writer, known as a journalist and biographer. She won the Whitbread Prize for the second volume of her biography of Henri Matisse in January 2006... |
| 2004 | Beryl Bainbridge Beryl Bainbridge Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE was an English author from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her psychological novels, often set amongst the English working classes. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker... |