Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction

This article is about the British Prize for Literature. For the German Sir Walter Scott Prize see Authors' Circle Historical Roman Quo Vadis .

The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction (German: Walter Scott Prize for historical novels) is a British literary prize that has been awarded since 2010. The award is named after the Scottish poet and writer Walter Scott , who was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Many of his historical novels - including the novel Waverly (1814) - are now considered classics of this genre and have become models for the work of other authors.

At 25,000 pounds sterling, the literary prize is one of the highest endowed in Great Britain. It was initiated by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch , whose ancestors were closely associated with Walter Scott. The prize is awarded to novels published for the first time in Great Britain, Ireland or the British Commonwealth the year before. According to the regulations of this award, historical novels are those works whose main plot elements date back more than 60 years and thus usually fall within a period of time that the author did not experience as an adult. The announcement of which novel will be awarded the prize takes place every June during the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland .

Winners and nominees

• 2019 Robin Robertson for The Long Take (Picador)
• 2018 Benjamin "Ben" Myers for The Gallows Pole
• 2017 Sebastian Barry for Days Without End
• 2016 Simon Mawer for Tightrope
• 2015 John Spurling for The Ten Thousand Things
• 2014 Robert Harris for An Officer and a Spy (dt. Intrigue ; discusses the Dreyfus Affair , in which the French artillery - Captain Alfred Dreyfus in 1894 by a military court in Paris for alleged treason was convicted on the basis of illegal evidence and dubious handwriting expert opinion). Nominees:
  • Kate Atkinson , Life After Life
  • Eleanor Catton , The Luminaries
  • Jim Crace , Harvest
  • Andrew Greig , Fair Helen
  • Ann Weisgarber , The Promise
• 2013 Tan Twan Eng for The Garden of Evening Mists (set in Japan in the 1940s and 1950s). Nominees:
  • Pat Barker , Toby's Room
  • Thomas Keneally , The Daughters of Mars
  • Hilary Mantel , Bring Up the Bodies
  • Anthony Quinn , The Streets
  • Rose Tremain , Merivel: A Man of His Time
• 2012 Sebastian Barry for On Canaan's Side (played in Chicago and Ireland in the 20th century). Nominees:
  • Patrick deWitt , The Sisters Brothers
  • Esi Edugyan , Half-Blood Blues
  • Andrew Miller , Pure
  • Barry Unsworth , The Quality of Mercy
• 2011 Andrea Levy for The Long Song (played in Jamaica in the 1820s). Nominees:
  • Tom McCarthy , C.
  • David Mitchell , The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
  • Joseph O'Connor , Ghost Light
  • CJ Sansom , Heartstone
  • Andrew Williams , To Kill A Tsar .
• 2010 Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall (German: Wölfe ; in addition to the Walter Scott Prize, she also won the British Man Booker Prize and the US National Book Critics Circle Award ). Nominees:
  • Adam Thorpe , Hodd
  • Robert Harris , Lustrum (novel)
  • Sarah Dunant , Sacred Hearts
  • Iain Pears , Stone's case
  • Simon Mawer , The Glass Room
  • Adam Foulds , The Quickening Maze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Walter Scott Prize ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bordersbookfestival.org, accessed July 8, 2014. 
2. ^ "Historic fiction award honors Sir Walter Scott" , BBC January 27, 2010
3. ↑ "New Walter Scott prize to honor historical novels" , The Guardian , February 2, 2010
4. ↑ Walter Scott Prize 2019 , accessed November 11, 2019
5. ^ Robert Harris wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction . In: BBC News , BBC, June 13, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014. 
6. ↑ April 18, 2013: Shortlist for 2013 Walter Scott Prize Announced . Borders Book Festival. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2014. 
7. ^ Walter Scott historical fiction shortlist announced , BBC news. July 8, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2011. 
8. ↑ Alison Flood. "Andrea Levy wins Walter Scott prize" , The Guardian , June 20, 2011
9. ^ "Booker rivals clash again on Walter Scott prize shortlist" , The Guardian , 2 Apr 2010
10. ^ "Mantel's Wolf Hall wins inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical novels" , Scotsman.com, June 20, 2010