Orange Prize for Fiction
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Launched in 1996 for female writers, the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction is the United Kingdom's largest annual literary award for a single novel. The prize is open to any full-length novel published in the UK in the preceding year, by a woman of any nationality writing in English. The winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction receives £30,000, along with a bronze sculpture called the "Bessie" created by artist Grizel Niven.
Previous winners:
- 1996: Helen Dunmore - A Spell of Winter
- 1997: Anne Michaels - Fugitive Pieces
- 1998: Carol Shields - Larry's Party
- 1999: Suzanne Berne - A Crime in the Neighborhood
- 2000: Linda Grant - When I Lived in Modern Times
- 2001: Kate Grenville Picador - The Idea of Perfection
- 2002: Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
- 2003: Valerie Martin - Property
- 2004: Andrea Levy - Small Island
- 2005: Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk about Kevin
External link
- Official Orange Prize website (http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/)
- Most honored Orange Prize shortlist books (http://book.awardannals.com/award/orange/book/topbooks)de:Orange Prize for Fiction