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Uzodinma Iweala wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - book2book forums Beasts of No Nation, published by John Murray, is the harrowing story of Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed African nation, who is recruited to fight a brutal civil war which ravages both his country and his own childhood. The prize was founded over 60 years ago in honour of the writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was killed in action in World War II. The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is supported by City Inn contemporary hotels - award-winning hotels, passion for design and commitment to the arts. forums.booktrade.info /showthread.php?t=733&   (570 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Culture | Plain Talk This prize was an initiative from the Arts Council of England which aimed at "encouraging cultural diversity. One of these six is Benjamin Zephaniah from Rastafaria, known for having said "no" to an OBE and, at another occasion, declined an honorary degree from a British university on the premise of its association with "a blood-stained stolen empire". He has not, however, objected to this new prize, claiming, according to Sarah Shannon in the London Independent, that "Any award that raises the profile of a struggling minority community is a good thing," adding, "I think there should be no need for an Orange Prize for women literature or a Decibel Prize. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/743/cu3.htm   (545 words)

Kunzru, Mail, John Llewellyn Rhys prize It is a great honour to have been awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and my thanks go to the judges who have recognised my book. As one of the longest established British literary awards, the John Llewellyn Rhys carries particular weight among writers and readers, and thus it is with regret that I find myself unable to accept. The John Llewellyn Rhys prize itself is a venerable British literary institution. www.harikunzru.com /hari/jlr.htm   (1046 words)

Poets&Writers, Inc. A prize of £5,000 (approximately $8,895) is given annually to honor a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by a British or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under at the time of the book's publication. A prize of $1,000 and an invitation to give a reading at the Robert Frost Festival is given annually for a poem written in the spirit of Robert Frost. A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. www.pw.org /mag/0607/deadlines.htm   (1984 words)

Booktrust The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, first awarded in 1942 in honour of the writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was killed in action in the Second World War, is open to British and Commonwealth writers of fiction and non-fiction aged 35 or under. The judges for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2005 are: The Prize is awarded retrospectively and the winner will receive £5,000, with the other shortlisted authors receiving £500 each. www.booktrust.org.uk /prizes/jlr/jlr.php   (316 words)

Debut novelists shine on John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist | News | Guardian Unlimited Books Fiction dominates the shortlist of this year's John Llewellyn Rhys prize, with Sinéad Morrissey's Michael Hartnett award-winning collection of poems, The State of the Prisons, the only nomination remaining from the poetry, non-fiction and drama categories. The rest of the shortlisted books in contention for the £5,000 prize, which recognises and celebrates the best work of literature by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under, are debut fiction - apart from Newfoundland, Rebecca Ray's doorstop second novel set in a rundown Welsh coastal town. The chair of the judging panel, the novelist and playwright Courttia Newland, said he was "inspired" by the writers on the shortlist, and that "any one of these works is worthy of the prize". books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,,1946802,00.html   (462 words)

British Literary Prizes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Since about 1980, there have been a number of new prizes and the older ones have rapidly increased the monetary value of the award. It slightly favors prizes for fiction--there are many more prizes for poetry than are included here--and I've included none that are exclusively for science fiction, mystery, or other genres. Information on the prizes was provided by the organizers in almost every case. facstaff.unca.edu /moseley/prizes.html   (198 words)

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) from Britain or the Commonwealth written by an author under 35. The prize was initiated in 1942 by Jane Oliver to commemorate her late husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who had been killed in the Second World War. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Llewellyn_Rhys_Prize   (421 words)

Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) From the Holy Mountain, his acclaimed study of the demise of Christianity in its Middle Eastern homeland, was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Autumn Book Award for 1997; it was also shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. White Mughals was published in 2003, the book won the Wolfson Prize for History 2003, the Scottish Book of the Year Prize, and was shortlisted for the PEN History Award, the Kiryama Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In December 2005 his article on the madrasas of Pakistan was awarded the prize for Best Print Article of the Year at the 2005 FPA Media Awards. www.williamdalrymple.uk.com /Pages/Biog.html   (421 words)

Booktrust Booktrust has annouced the shortlist for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2005, which recognises and celebrates the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama) by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under. Taking its title from the published findings of the eighteenth century prison reformer John Howard, Morrissey's collection ranges through various places and states of imprisonment: the fetid cells of Newgate, the silenced voice of a Royalist woman wearing a scold's bridle, and the prison of the human body itself. The prize was founded over 60 years ago in honour of the writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was killed in action in the Second World War. www.booktrust.org.uk /prizes/jlr/jlr_books_06.php   (748 words)

Birmingham Words Janet Rhys Dent’s The Secret History of a Woman Patient (www.janetrhysdent.com) will be launched at 6pm on Thursday, April 26th. The inspiration for their new copy will be found in the third aspect of their prize, an exotic 7-night holiday for two in Sri Lanka featuring luxury accommodation at Vil Uyana, Sigiriya, the Lighthouse Hotel and Spa, Galle, Tropical Villas, Beruwala and Ayurveda Pavillions, Negombo, courtesy of Sri Lankan Airlines and Jetwing Hotels and Travel. In this new category First prize of a place on a creative-writing course in Granada, Spain, has been provided by Travellers’ Tales, the UK's leading training agency for travel writing and photography (www.travellerstales.org). www.birminghamwords.co.uk /content/view/492/1   (1342 words)

News -- Novel: Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation wins UK prize Beasts of No Nation is a first novel by Uzodinma Iweala who, at 23 years old, is one of the youngest winners of the prize for young writers, which has an upper age limit of 35 years. Nigerian-born Iweala was brought up in the US but now splits his time between Washington and Lagos, where his mother was Nigeria's finance minister. With the John Llewellyn Rhys prize Iweala wins £5,000 and joins a list of alumni including VS Naipaul, Angela Carter, William Boyd, Jeanette Winterson and David Mitchell. odili.net /news/source/2006/dec/18/25.html   (381 words)

Matthew Yorke, Chancing It He is author of one previous novel, The March Fence, for which he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and editor of Surviving: The Uncollected Works of Henry Green. It featured an upper-class young man apprenticed to a Leeds steel works, and those with an interest in literary genealogy suspected that the author was doffing his cap to his grandfather, Henry Green, whose wonderful novel Living was based on his experiences working on the shop floor of the family engineering firm in Birmingham. As he did so, the names of those horses which had previously seemed to warrant more attention than the others lost their boldness – no longer did they appear highlighted. www.waywiser-press.com /yorke.html   (1526 words)

Public Readings » Award goes to 23 year old for child soldier tale Michelle Pauli reports the son of Nigeria’s current finance minister has won the prestigious award for a book based on his senior honors dissertation at Harvard.The book relates the adventures of a young boy who is conscripted into a guerrilla army in an unnamed West African country. The book has already won several first fiction awards, and is in the running for the Dublin-Impac award, the richest literary prize in the world for a single work. The John Llewellyn Rhys prize carries a cash award of over ten thousand dollars, and membership in a elite club of alumni winners, including V.S Naipaul. www.publicreadings.org /?p=60   (232 words)

Kamila_Shamsie When her first novel, In The City By The Sea was short listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Kamila Shamsie became an instant celebrity in Pakistan and critics raved about her stories of Karachi, London and beyond. Two years later her second novel Salt And Saffron too received glowing reviews and she was honoured with the Orange Prize and named among the 20 best writers of the 21st century. Little could she have realized that the book would not just win her numerous accolades and awards but her flair for wit and originality would put her in the forefront of modern English writings in Pakistan. www.the-south-asian.com /May2004/kamila-shamsie.htm   (855 words)

Birmingham Words - John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Shortlist Announced Tindal Street Press have just announced a further success for Anthony Cartwright, whose first novel The Afterglow has been shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize – a prestigious award intended to applaud the work of writers under 35. Accolades from Michèle Roberts, Alan Sillitoe and Carol Birch have all remarked on the novel’s strength and breadth. Anthony Cartwright’s place on the John Llewellyn shortlist confirms Zadie Smith’s opinion of his Dudley-based novel as ‘shining brightly for British regional fiction’. www.birminghamwords.co.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=492   (227 words)

Abbeys Bookshop - From the Holy Mountain: Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium Prizes : Shortlisted for the Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award (1998);Shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1998);Shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1997) In the spring of 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their world shattered under the great eruption of Islam. www.abbeys.com.au /items.asp?productcode=0006547745   (275 words)

Matthew Yorke, Chancing It He is author of one previous novel, The March Fence, for which he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and editor of Surviving: The Uncollected Works of Henry Green. It featured an upper-class young man apprenticed to a Leeds steel works, and those with an interest in literary genealogy suspected that the author was doffing his cap to his grandfather, Henry Green, whose wonderful novel Living was based on his experiences working on the shop floor of the family engineering firm in Birmingham. As he did so, the names of those horses which had previously seemed to warrant more attention than the others lost their boldness – no longer did they appear highlighted. waywiser-press.com /yorke.html   (1526 words)

Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier | News | Guardian Unlimited Books Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier Llewellyn Rhys award for tale of African child soldier Nigerian-born Iweala was brought up in the US but now splits his time between Washington and Lagos, where his mother is currently Nigeria's finance minister. books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,,1964537,00.html   (434 words)

john+rhys+davies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) Guestbook Comments On wolf J Rhys Davies on Dec 03, 2004, 3:27 p.m. John Roberts Williams Pum Munud i Chwech Modern fiction Literature John Roberts Williams Pum Munud i Chwech Modern fiction Literature Subject: Modern fiction Literature Title: Pum Munud.... www.walhello.com /search?key=john+rhys+davies&taal=a&nummer=5&&web=no&&vert=0&   (268 words)

ANDREW MOTION An acclaimed poet (and champion of poetry), critic, biographer and lecturer, Andrew Motion became Poet Laureate in 1999, succeeding Ted Hughes. He was awarded the Newdigate Prize at Oxford for his poem 'Inland', included in his first collection of poems, The Pleasure Steamers, published in 1977. His poetry collections include Independence (1981); Secret Narratives (1983); Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984 (1984), which won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; Natural Causes (1987), which won the Dylan Thomas Award; The Price of Everything (1994); Salt Water (1997) and Selected Poems 1976-1997 (1998). www.abroad-crwf.com /andrewmotion.html   (415 words)

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize. It is presented for the best work of literature from Britain or the Commonwealth written by an author under 35. The prize was inititated in 1942 by Jane Oliver to commemorate her husband John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who had been killed in the Second World War. www.music.us /education/J/John-Llewellyn-Rhys-Prize.htm   (528 words)

John Llewellyn Rhys Book Trust Prize City Inn is proud to support the John Llwellyn Rhys Book Trust by hosting the annual John Llwellyn Rhys Prize. The John Llewellyn Rhys prize ceremony will be held at City Inn, Westminster on 6 December. The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize unites and represents a collective of writers with diverse tales to tell and experiences to document. www.cityinn.com /london/arts/JohnLlewellyn.htm   (240 words)

Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Uzodinma Iweala Wins the Llewellyn Rhys For those of you going through award-news withdrawal, you’ll be pleased to learn that Uzodinma Iweala has won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, Beasts of No Nation. […] Lemn Sissay, a judge for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for Fiction, informs us that, in the UK at least, some books get longlisted not because of quality but contractual obligation. From the Guardian Blog: I’ve just finished judging the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for Fiction, which had me reading 45 books in three months. blog.booklistonline.com /2006/12/07/uzodinma-iweala-wins-the-llewellyn-rhys   (473 words)

Neil Bennun « ReadySteadyBlog « ReadySteadyBook - a literary site RSB interviewee Neil Bennun has been shortlisted for the Booktrust The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. The prize ("one of Britain's oldest and most prestigious literary awards") was founded over 60 years ago to recognise "fine young writers early in their careers from biographers, novelists and historians to travel writers, dramatists and poets." The shortlisted books are: Neil's The Broken String; Anthony Cartwright's The Afterglow; Colin McAdam's Some Great Thing; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus; Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; and Jonathan Trigell's Boy A. www.readysteadybook.com /Blog.aspx?permalink=20051110022730   (907 words)

Zadok shortlisted for literature prize - City University London Rachel Zadok, a graduate of City's Certificate in Novel Writing, has been shortlisted for this year's John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Rachel, who reached the final of Richard and Judy's "How To Get Published" competition, and was nominated for the Whitbread First Novel Award (2005), has been shortlisted for the Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her debut novel, Gem Squash Tokoloshe (Macmillan). The prize, which was founded more than 60 years ago, recognises the best work of literature by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under, and is awarded retrospectively. www.city.ac.uk /news/archive/2006/11_november/14112006_1.html   (223 words)

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