Difference between revisions of "Somerset Maugham Award"
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| − | Created and endowed in 1947 by Somerset Maugham to enable British authors under the age of 35 to enrich their writing by spending time abroad | + | *Created and endowed in 1947 by Somerset Maugham to enable British authors under the age of 35 to enrich their writing by spending time abroad |
| − | + | *the Somerset Maugham Award may be best known for its being given to Kingsley Amis--who famously disliked foreign travel and used the money to write a book called I Like It Here--in 1955, for Lucky Jim, which Maugham had reviewed, pronouncing its author "scum." | |
| − | Zadie Smith was awarded in 2006 for '''On Beauty''' | + | *It is administered by the Society of Authors |
| + | *recently there have been several winners each year, each of whom receives £3500. | ||
| + | *The awards are not limited to fiction, though dramatic works are excluded from consideration. | ||
| + | *Zadie Smith was awarded in 2006 for '''On Beauty''' | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 1 December 2007
- Created and endowed in 1947 by Somerset Maugham to enable British authors under the age of 35 to enrich their writing by spending time abroad
- the Somerset Maugham Award may be best known for its being given to Kingsley Amis--who famously disliked foreign travel and used the money to write a book called I Like It Here--in 1955, for Lucky Jim, which Maugham had reviewed, pronouncing its author "scum."
- It is administered by the Society of Authors
- recently there have been several winners each year, each of whom receives £3500.
- The awards are not limited to fiction, though dramatic works are excluded from consideration.
- Zadie Smith was awarded in 2006 for On Beauty
