Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

The Thomas Cook Travel Book Award originated as an initiative of Thomas Cook AG in 1980, with the aim of encouraging and rewarding the art of literary travel writing. The awards stopped in 2005 (2004 being the last year an award was given). As of 2008, the only other travel book award in Britain is the Dolman Best Travel Book Award, begun in 2006. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/2267936/Dolman-Best-Travel-Book-Award-2008.html "Dolman Best Travel Book Award 2008"] , Michael Kerr, via "The Telegraph", July 7, 2008]

*2004, Richard Grant, "Ghost Riders"
*2003, Jenny Diski, "Stranger on a Train"
*2002, Ma Jian, "Red Dust"
*2001, Stanley Stewart, "In the Empire of Genghis Khan"
*2000, Jason Elliot, "An Unexpected Light"
*1999, Philip Marsden, "The Spirit-Wrestlers"
*1998, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, "Yemen:Travels in Dictionary Land"
*1997, Nicholas Crane, "Clear Waters Rising"
*1996, Stanley Stewart, "Frontiers of Heaven"
*1995, Gavin Bell, "In Search of Tusitala"
*1994, William Dalrymple, "City of Djinns"
*1993, Nick Cohn, "The Heart of the World"
*1992, Norman Lewis, "A Goddess in the Stones"
*1991, Gavin Young, "In Search of Conrad", jointly with Jonathan Raban, "Hunting Mister Heartbreak"
*1990, Mark Hudson, "Our Grandmothers’ Drums"
*1989, Paul Theroux, "Riding the Iron Rooster"
*1988, Colin Thubron, "Behind the Wall"
*1986/87, Patrick Leigh Fermor, "Between the Woods & the Water"
*1985, Patrick Marnham, "So Far From God"
*1984, Geoffrey Moorhouse, "To The Frontier"
*1983, Vikram Seth, "From Heaven Lake"
*1982, Tim Severin, "The Sinbad Voyage"
*1981, Jonathan Raban, "Old Glory"
*1980, Robyn Davidson, "Tracks"

References

External links

* [http://www.thomascookpublishing.com/travelbookawards.htm Thomas Cook Travel Book Award- Homepage]


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