Premio Somerset Maugham

El Premio Somerset Maugham es un premio literario británico entregado cada año en mayo por la Sociedad de Autores (Society of Authors). Es entregado al mejor escritor o a los mejores escritores menores de 35 años que hayan publicado un libro en el año anterior. El premio fue creado en 1947 por William Somerset Maugham, por lo que lleva su nombre. Los ganadores reciben £12.000, los cuales deben ser gastados viajando internacionalmente.

Premio Somerset Maugham
Premio aal mejor escritor o escritores menor de 35 años que haya publicada un libro en el año anterior.
Otorgado porSociedad de Autores (Society of Authors)
UbicaciónReino UnidoBandera del Reino Unido Reino Unido
Historia
Primera entrega1947
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Lista de ganadores

AñoAutorLibro
1947A. L. BarkerInnocents
1948P. H. NewbyJourney to the Interior
1949Hamish HendersonElegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica
1950Nigel KnealeTomato Cain & Other Stories
1951Roland CambertonScamp
1952Francis KingThe Dividing Stream
1953Emyr HumphreysHear and Forgive
1954Doris LessingFive Short Novels
1955Kingsley AmisLucky Jim
1956Elizabeth JenningsA Way of Looking
1957George LammingIn the Castle of My Skin
1958John WainPreliminary Essays
1959Thom GunnA Sense Of Movement
1960Ted HughesThe Hawk in the Rain
1961V. S. NaipaulMiguel Street
1962Hugh ThomasThe Spanish Civil War
1963David StoreyFlight Into Camden
1964Dan JacobsonTime of Arrival
John le CarréEl espía que surgió del frío
1965Peter EverettNegatives
1966Michael FraynThe Tin Men
Julian MitchellThe White Father
1967B. S. JohnsonTrawl
Andrew SinclairThe Better Half
1968Paul BaileyAt The Jerusalem
Seamus HeaneyDeath of a Naturalist
1969Angela CarterSeveral Perceptions
1970Jane GaskellA Sweet Sweet Summer
Piers Paul ReadMonk Dawson
1971Susan HillI'm the King of the Castle
Richard BarberThe Knight and Chivalry
Michael HastingsTussy Is Me
1972Douglas DunnTerry Street
Gillian TindallFly Away Home
1973Peter PrincePlay Things
Paul StrathernA Season in Abyssinia
Jonathan StreetPrudence Dictates
1974Martin AmisThe Rachel Papers
1975Vacante
1976Dominic CooperThe Dead of Winter
Ian McEwanFirst Love, Last Rites
1977Richard HolmesShelley: The Pursuit
1978Tom PaulinA State of Justice
Nigel WilliamsMy Life Closed Twice
1979Helen HodgmanJack & Jill
Sara MaitlandDaughter of Jerusalem
1980Max HastingsBomber Command
Christopher ReidArcadia
Humphrey CarpenterThe Inklings
1981Julian BarnesMetroland
Clive SinclairHearts of Gold
A. N. WilsonThe Healing Art
1982William BoydA Good Man in Africa
Adam Mars-JonesLantern Lecture
1983Lisa Saint Aubin de TeránKeepers of the House
1984Peter AckroydThe Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
Timothy Garton AshThe Polish Revolution: Solidarity
Sean O'BrienThe Indoor Park
1985Blake MorrisonDark Glasses
Jeremy ReedBy the Fisheries
Jane RogersHer Living Image
1986Patricia FergusonFamily Myths and Legends
Adam NicolsonFrontiers
Tim ParksTongues of Flame
1987Stephen GregoryThe Cormorant
Janni HowkerIsaac Campion
Andrew MotionThe Lamberts
1988Jimmy BurnsThe Land That Lost Its Heroes
Carol Ann DuffySelling Manhattan
Matthew KnealeWhore Banquets
1989Rupert ChristiansenRomantic Affinities
Alan HollinghurstThe Swimming Pool Library
Deirdre MaddenThe Birds of the Innocent Wood
1990Mark HudsonOur Grandmothers' Drums
Sam NorthThe Automatic Man
Nicholas ShakespeareThe Vision of Elena Silves
1991Peter BensonThe Other Occupant
Lesley GlaisterHonour Thy Father
Helen SimpsonFour Bare Legs in a Bed
1992Geoff DyerBut Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
Lawrence NorfolkLemprière's Dictionary
Gerard WoodwardHouseholder
1993Dea BirkettJella
Duncan McLeanBucket of Tongues
Glyn MaxwellOut of the Rain
1994Jackie KayOther Lovers
A. L. KennedyLooking For the Possible Dance
Philip MarsdenCrossing Place
1995Patrick FrenchYounghusband
Simon GarfieldThe End of Innocence
Kathleen JamieThe Queen of Sheba
Laura ThompsonThe Dogs
1996Katherine PierpointTruffle Beds
Alan WarnerMorvern Callar
1997Rhidian BrookThe Testimony of Taliesin Jones
Kate ClanchySlattern
Philip HensherKitchen Venom
Francis SpuffordI May Be Some Time
1998Rachel CuskThe Country Life
Jonathan RendallThis Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own
Kate SummerscaleThe Queen of Whale Cay
Robert TwiggerAngry White Pyjamas
1999Andrea AshworthOnce in a House on Fire
Paul FarleyThe Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You
Giles FodenThe Last King of Scotland
Jonathan FreedlandBring Home the Revolution
2000Bella BathurstThe Lighthouse Stevensons
Sarah WatersAffinity
2001Edward PlattLeadville—A Biography of the A40
Ben RicePobby And Dingan
2002Charlotte HobsonBlack Earth City
Marcel TherouxThe Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: a paper chase
2003William FiennesThe Snow Geese
Hari KunzruThe Impressionist
Jon McGregorIf Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
2004Charlotte MendelsonDaughters of Jerusalem
Mark BlayneyTwo Kinds of Silence
Robert MacfarlaneMountains of the Mind
2005Justin HillPassing Under Heaven
Maggie O'FarrellThe Distance Between Us
2006Chris CleaveIncendiary
Zadie SmithOn Beauty
Owen SheersSkirrid Hill
2007Horatio ClareRunning For The Hills
James ScudamoreThe Amnesia Clinic
2008Steven HallThe Raw Shark Texts
Nick LairdOn Purpose
Gwendoline RileyJoshua Spassky
Adam ThirlwellMiss Herbert
2009Adam FouldsThe Broken Word
Alice AlbiniaEmpires of the Indus
Rodge GlassAlasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography
Henry HitchingsThe Secret Life of Words
Thomas LeverittThe Exchange-Rate Between Love and Money
Helen WalshOnce Upon a Time in England
2010Jacob PolleyTalk of the Town
Helen OyeyemiWhite is for Witching
Ben WilsonWhat Price Liberty?
2011Mirian GambleThe Squirrels Are Dead
Alexandra HarrisRomantic Moderns
Adam O’RiordanIn the Flesh
2012Vacante
2013Ned BeaumanThe Teleportation Accident
Abi CurtisThe Glass Delusion
Joe StretchThe Adult
Lucy WoodDiving Belles
2014Nadifa MohamedThe Orchard of Lost Souls
Daisy HildyardHunters in the Snow Grass
Amy SackvilleOrkney
2015Jonathan BeckmanHow to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
Liz BerryBlack Country
Ben BrooksLolito
Zoe PilgerEat My Heart Out
2016Jessie GreengrassAn Account Of The Decline Of The Great Auk, According To One Who Saw It
Daisy HayMr & Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance
Andrew McMillanPhysical
Thomas MorrisWe Don't Know What We're Doing
Jack UnderwoodHappiness
2017Edmund GordonThe Invention of Angela Carter
Melissa Lee-HoughtonSunshine
Martin MacInnesInfinite Ground
2018Kayo ChingonyiKumukanda
Fiona MozleyElmet
Miriam NashAll The Prayers in the House
2019Raymond AntrobusThe Perseverance
Damian Le BasThe Stopping Places
Phoebe PowerShrines of Upper Austria
Nell StevensMrs Gaskell and Me

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