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1990 prize papers

Catalogue reference: BP/1/22

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This record is about the 1990 prize papers dating from 1989-1991.

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BP/1/22
Title
1990 prize papers
Date
1989-1991
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Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Physical description
10 boxes
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Administrative / biographical background

The award ceremony was held on 16 Oct 1990.The shortlisted authors were:A. S. Byatt with the winning novel 'Possession', published by Chatto & Windus,Beryl Bainbridge with 'An Awfully Big Adventure', published by Duckworth,Penelope Fitzgerald with 'The Gate of Angels', published by Collins,John McGahern with 'Amongst Women', published by Faber & Faber,Brian Moore with 'Lies of Silence', published by Bloomsbury, andMordecai Richler with 'Solomon Gursky Was Here', published by Chatto & Windus.The Judges were Sir Denis Forman (Chair), Susannah Clapp, A. Walton Litz, Hilary Mantel, and Kate Saunders.

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1990 prize papers