1985 Whitbread Awards

1985 Whitbread Awards

Book of the Year

:Douglas Dunn, "Elegies"

Children's Book

Winner:
*Janni Howker, "The Nature of the Beast"

First Novel

Winner:
*Jeanette Winterson, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"

Novel

Winner:
*Peter Ackroyd, "Hawksmoor"

Biography

Winners:
*Ben Pimlott, "Hugh Dalton"

Poetry

Winners:
*Douglas Dunn, "Elegies"


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