Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

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The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish or Commonwealth author under 40 years of age on the date of publication, and is in alternating years awarded to poetry and fiction (including short stories).[1]

The prize is worth £1500.[2]

The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.[3]

In its first year, the prize was awarded to Christopher Middleton and George MacBeth for poetry. The first win by a short-story collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self, was in 1993.[3]

Winners

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YearAuthorTitleSectionJuryReference
1964Christopher MiddletonTorse 3 Poems 1949–1961Poetry[4]
1964George MacBethThe Broken Places: PoemsPoetry[5]
1965Frank TuohyThe Ice SaintsFiction[6]
1966Jon SilkinNature Within ManPoetry[7]
1967William McIlvanneyRemedy is NoneFiction[1]
1967John NooneThe Man with the Chocolate EggFiction
1968Seamus HeaneyDeath of a NaturalistPoetry[8]
1969Piers Paul ReadThe JunkersFiction[9]
1970Geoffrey HillKing LogPoetry[10]
1971J. G. FarrellTroublesFiction[11]
1972Tony HarrisonThe LoinersPoetry[12]
1973David StoreyPasmoreFiction[13]
1974John FullerCannibals and Missionaries and Epistles to Several PersonsPoetry[14]
1975Richard B. WrightIn the Middle of a LifeFiction
1976Douglas DunnLove or NothingPoetry[15]
1977Carolyn SlaughterThe Story of the WeaselFiction
1978David HarsentDreams of the DeadPoetry[16]
1978Kit WrightThe Bear Looked Over the MountainPoetry
1979Timothy MoThe Monkey KingFiction[17]
1980Hugo WilliamsLove-LifePoetry[18]
1980George SzirtesThe Slant DoorPoetry[19]
1981J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the BarbariansFiction[20]
1982Paul MuldoonWhy Brownlee LeftPoetry[21]
1982Tom PaulinThe Strange MuseumPoetry[22]
1983Graham SwiftShuttlecockFiction[23]
1984James FentonIn Memory of War: Poems 1968-83Poetry
1985Julian BarnesFlaubert's ParrotFiction[24]
1986David ScottA Quiet GatheringPoetry
1987Guy VanderhaegheMan DescendingFiction[25]
1988Michael HofmannAcrimony: PoemsPoetry[26]
1989David ProfumoSea MusicFiction
1990Michael DonaghyShibbolethPoetry[27]
1991Carol BirchThe Fog LineFiction[28]
1992Paul MuldoonMadoc: A MysteryPoetry[21]
1993Will SelfThe Quantity Theory of InsanityFiction[29]
1994John BurnsideFeast DaysPoetryHelen Dunmore Nicolas Tredell Hugo Williams[30][31]
1995Livi MichaelTheir Angel ReachFiction[32]
1996Kathleen JamieThe Queen of ShebaPoetry[33]
1997Emily PerkinsNot Her Real NameFiction[34]
1998Don PatersonGod's Gift to WomenPoetryRobert Potts[35]
1999Gavin KramerShoppingFiction[36]
2000Kathleen JamieJizzenPoetryChristina Patterson[37]
2001Trezza AzzopardiThe Hiding PlaceFiction[38]
2002Greta StoddartAt Home in the DarkPoetry[39]
2003Justin HillThe Drink and Dream TeahouseFiction
2004Glyn MaxwellThe Nerve: PoemsPoetry[40]
2005David MitchellCloud AtlasFiction
2006Alice OswaldWoods Etc.PoetryNeil Corcoran, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ciaran Carson[41][42]
2007Edward DocxSelf HelpFiction[43]
2008Nick LairdOn PurposePoetryJo Shapcott, Sam Leith, Michael Longley[8]
2009David SzalayLondon and the South-EastFictionKate Summerscale, Andrew Miller, Boyd Tonkin[44][45]
2010Kona MacpheePerfect BluePoetryKate Kellaway, Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Romer[1][46]
2011Belinda McKeonSolaceFictionRachel Cusk, Jonathan Ruppin, Leo Robson[47]
2012Jacob PolleyThe HavocsPoetryJean Sprackland, Sarah Crown, Maurice Riordan[48]
2013Eimear McBrideA Girl Is a Half-formed ThingFictionDeirdre Madden, Patrick Neale, Gaby Wood[49][50]
2014Fiona BensonBright TravellersPoetryJulia Copus, Ruth Padel, Max Porter[51]
Liz BerryBlack Country
2015Sara BaumeSpill Simmer Falter WitherFiction[52]
2016Kim MooreThe Art of FallingPoetryGillian Clarke, Tom Gatti, Katharine Towers[53]
2017Gwendoline RileyFirst LoveFictionLorien Kite, Susie Nicklin, Evie Wyld[54]
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