Commonwealth Writers Prize

Commonwealth Writers Prize

The Commonwealth Writers Prize was established in 1987. It awards �10,000 to the best book submitted, �3,000 to the best first book, and �1,000 each to the best book and best first book of an author in each of the four Commonwealth regions.

Best Books Winners:

2002 - Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
2001 - Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
2000 - John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace
1999 - Murray Bail, Eucalyptus
1998 - Peter Carey, Jack Maggs
1997 - Earl Lovelace, Salt
1996 - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
1995 - Louis de Bernieres, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
1994 - Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
1993 - Alex Miller, The Ancestor Game
1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
1991 - David Malouf, The Great World
1990 - Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
1989 - Janet Frame, The Carpathians
1988 - Festus Iyayi, Heroes
1987 - Olive Senior, Summer Lightning

Best First Book Winners:

2002 - Many Herbstein. Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

2001 - Zadie Smith, White Teeth

2000 - Jeffrey Moore, Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain

1999 - Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field

1998 - Tim Wynveen, Angel Falls

1997 - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on your Knees

1996 - Vikram Chandra, Red Earth, Pouring Rain

1995 - Adib Khan, Seasonal Adjustments

1994 - Keith Oatley, The Case of Emily V

1993 - Gita Hariharan, The Thousand Faces of Night

1992 - Robert Antoni, Divina Trace

1991 - Pauline Melville, Shape-Shifter

1990 - John Cranna, Visitors

1989 - Bonnie Burnard, Women of Influence