科斯塔奖
Costa Book Award
中文译名:科斯塔奖(年度最佳小说)
costa book award是英国最富盛名的文学奖项之一。其前身设立于1971年、是一年一颁的惠特布莱德奖。主营旅游业的惠特布莱德公司于五年前终止赞助,由科斯塔连锁咖啡店接手并重新冠名。该奖由五个单独的评判委员会(judging panels)从以下五个奖项分类:包括 1.小说(Best novel)、2.小说处女作(Best first novel)、3.诗歌(Poetry)、4.传记(Biography)5.童书(Children''s book)五个分类的候选名单(shortlists)中分别选出单项奖(winner)授予2.5万英镑奖金。最后,在五个单项奖中选出一个授以“年度图书”(Costa Book of the Year)称号,同时授予£30,000奖金。
近年获奖名单
2010
First Novel Award — Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night
Novel Award — Maggie O''Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
Children''s Book Award — Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows
Poetry Award — Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability
Biography Award — Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
2009
First Novel Award — Kishwar Desai, Witness the Night
Novel Award — Maggie O''Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
Children''s Book Award — Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows
Poetry Award — Jo Shapcott, Of Mutability
Biography Award — Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
2008
First Novel Award — Raphael Selbourne, Beauty
Novel Award — Colm Tóibin, Brooklyn
Children''s Book Award — Patrick Ness,The Ask and the Answer
Poetry Award — Christopher Reid, A Scattering
Biography Award — Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
2007
First Novel Award — Sadie Jones, The Outcast
Novel Award — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
Children''s Book Award — Michelle Magorian, Just Henry
Poetry Award — Adam Foulds, The Broken Word
Biography Award — Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End
2007
First Novel Award – Catherine O''Flynn, What Was Lost
Novel Award — A.L. Kennedy, Day
Children''s Book Award — Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird
Poetry Award — Jean Sprackland, Tilt
Biography Award — Simon Sebag Montefiore, Young Stalin