The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).[1]

The prize is worth £1500.[2]

The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.[3]

In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry. The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.[3]

Winners

YearAuthorTitleSectionJuryReference
1964Christopher MiddletonTorse 3 Poems 1949–1961Poetry[4]
1964George MacBethThe Broken Places: PoemsPoetry[5]
1965Frank TuohyThe Ice SaintsFiction[6]
1966Jon SilkinNature Within ManPoetry[7]
1967William McIlvanneyRemedy is NoneFiction[1]
1967John NooneThe Man with the Chocolate EggFiction
1968Seamus HeaneyDeath of a NaturalistPoetry[8]
1969Piers Paul ReadThe JunkersFiction[9]
1970Geoffrey HillKing LogPoetry[10]
1971J. G. FarrellTroublesFiction[11]
1972Tony HarrisonThe LoinersPoetry[12]
1973David StoreyPasmoreFiction[13]
1974John FullerCannibals and Missionaries and Epistles to Several PersonsPoetry[14]
1975Richard B. WrightIn the Middle of a LifeFiction
1976Douglas DunnLove or NothingPoetry[15]
1977Carolyn SlaughterThe Story of the WeaselFiction
1978David HarsentDreams of the DeadPoetry[16]
1978Kit WrightThe Bear Looked Over the MountainPoetry
1979Timothy MoThe Monkey KingFiction[17]
1980Hugo WilliamsLove-LifePoetry[18]
1980George SzirtesThe Slant DoorPoetry[19]
1981J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the BarbariansFiction[20]
1982Paul MuldoonWhy Brownlee LeftPoetry[21]
1982Tom PaulinThe Strange MuseumPoetry[22]
1983Graham SwiftShuttlecockFiction[23]
1984James FentonIn Memory of War: Poems 1968-83Poetry
1985Julian BarnesFlaubert's ParrotFiction[24]
1986David ScottA Quiet GatheringPoetry
1987Guy VanderhaegheMan DescendingFiction[25]
1988Michael HofmannAcrimony: PoemsPoetry[26]
1989David ProfumoSea MusicFiction
1990Michael DonaghyShibbolethPoetry[27]
1991Carol BirchThe Fog LineFiction[28]
1992Paul MuldoonMadoc: A MysteryPoetry[21]
1993Will SelfThe Quantity Theory of InsanityFiction[29]
1994John BurnsideFeast DaysPoetryHelen Dunmore Nicolas Tredell Hugo Williams[30][31]
1995Livi MichaelTheir Angel ReachFiction[32]
1996Kathleen JamieThe Queen of ShebaPoetry[33]
1997Emily PerkinsNot Her Real NameFiction[34]
1998Don PatersonGod's Gift to WomenPoetryRobert Potts[35]
1999Gavin KramerShoppingFiction[36]
2000Kathleen JamieJizzenPoetryChristina Patterson[37]
2001Trezza AzzopardiThe Hiding PlaceFiction[38]
2002Greta StoddartAt Home in the DarkPoetry[39]
2003Justin HillThe Drink and Dream TeahouseFiction
2004Glyn MaxwellThe Nerve: PoemsPoetry[40]
2005David MitchellCloud AtlasFiction
2006Alice OswaldWoods Etc.PoetryNeil Corcoran, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ciaran Carson[41][42]
2007Edward DocxSelf HelpFiction[43]
2008Nick LairdOn PurposePoetryJo Shapcott, Sam Leith, Michael Longley[8]
2009David SzalayLondon and the South-EastFictionKate Summerscale, Andrew Miller, Boyd Tonkin[44][45]
2010Kona MacpheePerfect BluePoetryKate Kellaway, Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Romer[1][46]
2011Belinda McKeonSolaceFictionRachel Cusk, Jonathan Ruppin, Leo Robson[47]
2012Jacob PolleyThe HavocsPoetryJean Sprackland, Sarah Crown, Maurice Riordan[48]
2013Eimear McBrideA Girl Is a Half-formed ThingFictionDeirdre Madden, Patrick Neale, Gaby Wood[49][50]
2014Fiona BensonBright TravellersPoetryJulia Copus, Ruth Padel, Max Porter[51]
Liz BerryBlack Country
2015Sara BaumeSpill Simmer Falter WitherFiction[52]
2016Kim MooreThe Art of FallingPoetryGillian Clarke, Tom Gatti, Katharine Towers[53]
2017Gwendoline RileyFirst LoveFictionLorien Kite, Susie Nicklin, Evie Wyld[54]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". Faber.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Natasha Onwuemezi (30 November 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  3. 1 2 Andrew Maunder (1 January 2007). The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8160-7496-9.
  4. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1070.
  5. ↑ "MacBeth, George Mann". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51192. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ Dinah Birch (24 September 2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 1014. ISBN 978-0-19-280687-1.
  7. ↑ "Silkin, Jon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68498. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. 1 2 Alison Flood (31 March 2009). "Nick Laird follows idol Heaney to Faber prize win". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Head 2006, p. 922.
  10. ↑ "Hill, Sir Geoffrey (William)". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  11. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 720.
  12. ↑ Ray 2007, p. 232.
  13. ↑ "Storey, David Malcolm". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  14. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 557
  15. ↑ "Dunn, Prof. Douglas Eaglesham". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  16. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 684.
  17. ↑ Ray 2007, p. 373.
  18. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1666.
  19. ↑ "Szirtes, George Gábor Nicholas". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  20. ↑ Alba della Fazia Amoia; Bettina Liebowitz Knapp (1 January 2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-313-30688-4.
  21. 1 2 "Muldoon, Prof. Paul". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  22. ↑ "Paulin, Thomas Neilson". Who's Who 2014. A&C Black. 2014.
  23. ↑ Philip Tew; Emily Horton; Leigh Wilson (27 February 2014). The 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction. A&C Black. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-4411-6853-5.
  24. ↑ Ray 2007, p. 35.
  25. ↑ Nicholas von Maltzahn (1 January 1991). "Guy Vanderheghe". In Jeffrey M. Heath (ed.). Profiles in Canadian Literature 8. Dundurn. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-55488-270-0.
  26. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 732.
  27. ↑ Joshua Mehigan (April 2005). "The interior of a heron's egg: Michael Donaghy, 1954–2004". The New Criterion. 23. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  28. ↑ Head 2006, p. 104.
  29. ↑ "Readers suggest the 10 best short-story collections". The Observer. 22 October 2014.
  30. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 242.
  31. ↑ Colin Stanley (2011). Around the Outsider: Essays Presented to Colin Wilson on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday. John Hunt Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-84694-668-4.
  32. ↑ Head 2006, p. 739.
  33. ↑ Matt McGuire; Colin Nicholson (1 September 2009). The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7486-3626-6.
  34. ↑ Katy Guest (16 May 2008). "Emily Perkins: The benefit of distance". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  35. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1223.
  36. ↑ Leza Lowitz (19 December 2000). "Making mush of Meadowlark". The Japan Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  37. ↑ Fiona Sampson (1 January 2004). Creative Writing in Health and Social Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-84310-136-9.
  38. ↑ "Azzopardi wins writing prize". BBC News. 1 November 2001.
  39. ↑ "Deep purple: how a humble weed inspired a collection of poetry". BBC Devon. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  40. ↑ Ray 2007, p. 351.
  41. ↑ "Dartington poet Alice Oswald wins £25k prize". Torquay Herald Express. 25 September 2013.
  42. ↑ "Poetry in the News: 2007". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  43. ↑ Leyla Sanai (10 April 2011). "The Devil's Garden, By Edward Docx". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  44. ↑ David Szalay (11 July 2014). "Hampstead Heath". The Financial Times.
  45. ↑ Victoria Gallagher (1 June 2010). "Debut author Szalay wins Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  46. ↑ Charlotte Williams (24 June 2011). "Macphee wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  47. ↑ Joshua Farrington (19 July 2012). "McKeon wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  48. ↑ Joshua Farrington (21 June 2013). "Polley wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Bookseller.
  49. ↑ Beth Webb (21 November 2014). "Eimear McBride wins the 2013 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
  50. ↑ "Eimear McBride wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize". The Irish Times. 21 November 2014.
  51. ↑ "The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014 – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  52. ↑ "Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Archived 6 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine". booksirelandmagazine.com. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  53. ↑ Natasha Onwuemezi (30 November 2017). "Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize". The Bookseller.
  54. ↑ "Gwendoline Riley wins the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2017 for fiction – Faber & Faber Blog". Faber & Faber. Faber. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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