Somerset Maugham Award

Somerset Maugham Award

The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to who they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus bears his name: the award is currently £6000 per winner, to be spent on foreign travel. The total fund for each year is £12000 [http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/page_id_sub.php4?pid=8&par_nm=Prizes,+grants+and+awards&parentid=7] .

Since 1964, multiple winners have usually been chosen in the same year. In 1975, the award was not given. The Award has twice been won by the son of a previous winner: Kingsley Amis (winner in 1955) was the father of Martin Amis (1974), and Nigel Kneale (1950) the father of Matthew Kneale (1988).

Full list of winners

External links

* [http://facstaff.unca.edu/moseley/maugham.html The Somerset Maugham Award] - a list of winners
* [http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/docs/maugham.pdf Somerset Maugham award (PDF)]


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