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).
The prize is worth £1500.
The prize jury, comprising three reviewers, is selected by literary editors of journals and newspapers that regularly publish reviews of poetry and fiction.
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.
Winners Year Author Title Section Jury Reference 1964 Christopher Middleton Torse 3 Poems 1949–1961 Poetry International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1070. 1964 George MacBeth The Broken Places: Poems Poetry 1965 Frank Tuohy The Ice Saints Fiction 1966 Jon Silkin Nature Within Man Poetry 1967 William McIlvanney Remedy is None Fiction 1967 John Noone The Man with the Chocolate Egg Fiction 1968 Seamus Heaney Death of a Naturalist Poetry 1969 Piers Paul Read The JunkersFiction Head 2006, p. 922. 1970 Geoffrey Hill King Log Poetry 1971 J. G. Farrell TroublesFiction International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 720. 1972 Tony Harrison The Loiners Poetry Ray 2007, p. 232. 1973 David Storey Pasmore Fiction 1974 John Fuller Cannibals and Missionaries and Epistles to Several Persons Poetry International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 557 1975 Richard B. Wright In the Middle of a Life Fiction 1976 Douglas Dunn Love or Nothing Poetry 1977 Carolyn Slaughter The Story of the Weasel Fiction 1978 David Harsent Dreams of the Dead Poetry International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 684. 1978 Kit Wright The Bear Looked Over the Mountain Poetry 1979 Timothy Mo The Monkey King Fiction Ray 2007, p. 373. 1980 Hugo Williams Love-LifePoetry International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1666. 1980 George Szirtes The Slant Door Poetry 1981 J. M. Coetzee Waiting for the Barbarians Fiction 1982 Paul Muldoon Why Brownlee Left Poetry 1982 Tom Paulin The Strange Museum Poetry 1983 Graham Swift Shuttlecock Fiction 1984 James FentonIn Memory of War: Poems 1968-83 Poetry 1985 Julian Barnes Flaubert's Parrot Fiction Ray 2007, p. 35. 1986 David Scott A Quiet Gathering Poetry 1987 Guy Vanderhaeghe Man Descending Fiction 1988 Michael Hofmann Acrimony: Poems Poetry International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 732. 1989 David Profumo Sea Music Fiction 1990 Michael Donaghy Shibboleth Poetry 1991 Carol Birch The Fog Line Fiction Head 2006, p. 104. 1992 Paul Muldoon Madoc: A Mystery Poetry 1993 Will Self The Quantity Theory of Insanity Fiction 1994 John Burnside Feast Days Poetry Helen Dunmore Nicolas Tredell Hugo Williams International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 242. 1995 Livi Michael Their Angel ReachFiction Head 2006, p. 739. 1996 Kathleen Jamie The Queen of Sheba Poetry 1997 Emily Perkins Not Her Real Name Fiction 1998 Don Paterson God's Gift to Women Poetry Robert Potts International Who's Who in Poetry 2005, p. 1223. 1999 Gavin Kramer Shopping Fiction 2000 Kathleen Jamie Jizzen Poetry Christina Patterson 2001 Trezza Azzopardi The Hiding Place Fiction 2002 Greta Stoddart At Home in the Dark Poetry 2003 Justin Hill The Drink and Dream Teahouse Fiction 2004 Glyn Maxwell The Nerve: Poems Poetry Ray 2007, p. 351. 2005 David Mitchell Cloud Atlas Fiction 2006 Alice Oswald Woods Etc. Poetry Neil Corcoran, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ciaran Carson 2007 Edward Docx Self Help Fiction 2008 Nick Laird On PurposePoetry Jo Shapcott, Sam Leith, Michael Longley 2009 David Szalay London and the South-East Fiction Kate Summerscale, Andrew Miller, Boyd Tonkin 2010 Kona Macphee Perfect Blue Poetry Kate Kellaway, Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Romer 2011 Belinda McKeon SolaceFiction Rachel Cusk, Jonathan Ruppin, Leo Robson 2012 Jacob Polley The Havocs Poetry Jean Sprackland, Sarah Crown, Maurice Riordan 2013 Eimear McBride A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Fiction Deirdre Madden, Patrick Neale, Gaby Wood 2014 Fiona Benson Bright Travellers Poetry Julia Copus, Ruth Padel, Max Porter Liz Berry Black Country 2015 Sara Baume Spill Simmer Falter Wither Fiction "Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize ". booksirelandmagazine.com. Retrieved January 6, 2017. 2016 Kim Moore The Art of Falling Poetry Gillian Clarke, Tom Gatti, Katharine Towers 2017 Gwendoline Riley First Love Fiction Lorien Kite, Susie Nicklin, Evie Wyld
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External links The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize website