Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Whitread Book Awards are on of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. Currently each year winners are chosen in five categories, novel, first novel, children's, poetry, and biography. Each category winner receives 5000 pounds. One of the category winenrs is selected as the "Book of the Year" winner and they are given a further 25 000 pounds. The awards are named after and funded by Whitbread PLC a leading British leisure and brewing company. The awards are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading. Book of the Year Award Winners 2002 - Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self 2001 - Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass 2000 - Matthew Kneale, English Passengers 1999 - Seamus Heaney, Beowulf 1998 - Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters 1997 - Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid 1996 - Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level 1995 - Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum 1994 - William Trevor, Felicia’s Journey 1993 - Joan Brady, Theory of War 1992 - Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! 1991 - John Richardson, A Life of Picasso 1990 - Nicholas Mosley, Hopeful Monsters 1989 - Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Early Visions 1988 - Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness 1987 - Christopher Nolan, Under the eye of the clock 1986 - Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World 1985 - Douglas Dunn, Elegies 1984 - James Buchan, A Parish of Rich Women 1983 - John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere 1982 - Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill 1981 - William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa 1980 - David Lodge, How Far Can You Go? Complete Winners and Nominees: 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.