BOOK AWARDS
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes 2009
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Founded in memory of a partner at A & C Black Ltd, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are awarded annually for the best work of fiction and the best biography (or work of that nature) published during the previous year.
They are awarded on the recommendation of John Frow, the Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.
The value of each prize is £3,000, derived from the James Tait Black Memorial Fund. Previous winners include DH Lawrence, EM Forster, Graham Greene and Salman Rushdie.
Winners (announced end of August)
The prize for Fiction - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry published by Faber & Faber ISBN: 9780571215287
The prize for Biography - A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd published by Chatto & Windus ISBN: 9780701179878
Shortlist (announced August)
| FICTION — Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Sputnik Caledonia | Andrew Crumey | Picador | 9780330447027 |
| A Mercy | Toni Morrison | Chatto & Windus | 9780701180454 |
| The Secret Scripture | Sebastian Barry | Faber & Faber | 9780571215287 |
| A Case Of Exploding Mangoes | Mohammed Hanif | Jonathan Cape | 9780224082044 |
| Pilcrow | Adam Mars-Jones | Faber & Faber | 9780571217038 |
| BIOGRAPHY — Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Arthur Miller, 1915-1962 | Christopher Bigsby | Weidenfeld & Nicholson | 9780297854418 |
| A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families | Michael Holroyd | Chatto & Windus | 9780701179878 |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life | Gerald Martin | Bloomsbury | 9780747594765 |
| Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love | Sheila Rowbotham | Verso | 9781844672950 |
| Chagall: Love and Exile | Jackie Wullschlager | Allen Lane | 9780713996524 |
