John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

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The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was a literary prize that was awarded annually between 1942 and 2010 to the best work in English (fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama) by an author under 35 from the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth .

The award was established in 1942 by Jane Oliver, widow of the young writer John Llewellyn Rhys , who died in World War II. From 1987 to 2002 the prize was awarded by the Mail on Sunday . After a scandal at the award ceremony in 2003 - the award winner Hari Kunzru had rejected the award as a protest against the political orientation of the paper - Booktrust , an independent charity and reading promotion organization, took over the award ceremony.

The prize has not been awarded since 2010 for financial reasons.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Fiachra Gibbons, Claire Armitstead: Author rejects prize from 'anti-migrant' newspaper , The Guardian, November 21, 2003; Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Alison Flood: John Llewellyn Rhys 'suspended' prize , The Guardian, June 29, 2011; Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Fiachra Gibbons, Claire Armitstead: Author rejects prize from 'anti-migrant' newspaper , The Guardian, November 21, 2003; Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Virgins of Venice wins Kunzru's rejected prize , The Guardian, December 11, 2003; Retrieved July 7, 2017.