E. M. Forster Award

The E. M. Forster Award is a $20,000 award given annually to an Irish or British writer to fund a period of travel in the United States. The award, named after the English novelist E. M. Forster, is administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Academy members nominate authors and winners are selected by a rotating committee.^[1]

Past winners

• Stephen Sexton 2020^[2]
• Sally Rooney 2019^[3]
• Jon McGregor 2018^[4]
• Robert MacFarlane 2017
• Sinéad Morrissey 2016
• Adam Thirlwell 2015
• Sarah Hall 2014
• Adam Foulds 2013
• David Mitchell 2012
• Rachel Seiffert 2011
• Dan Rhodes 2010
• Paul Farley 2009
• John Lanchester 2008
• Jez Butterworth 2007
• Geoff Dyer 2006
• Dennis O'Driscoll 2005
• Robin Robertson 2004
• Andrew O'Hagan 2003
• Helen Simpson 2002
• Marina Carr 2001
• Carol Ann Duffy 2000
• Nick Hornby 1999
• Kate Atkinson 1998
• Glyn Maxwell 1997
• Jim Crace 1996
• Colm Tóibín 1995
• Janice Galloway 1994
• Sean O'Brien 1993
• Timothy Mo 1992
• Alan Hollinghurst 1991
• Jeanette Winterson 1990
• A. N. Wilson 1989
• Blake Morrison 1988
• Julian Barnes 1986
• Humphrey Carpenter 1984
• F.T. Prince 1982
• Bruce Chatwin 1979
• David Cook 1977
• Jon Stallworthy 1976
• Seamus Heaney 1975
• Paul Bailey 1974
• Margaret Drabble 1973
• Frank Tuohy 1972

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
2. "2020 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
3. "2019 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
4. "2018 Literature Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters.

External links

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