Commonwealth Writers Prize

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The Commonwealth Writers Prize was established in 1987. It awards ?10,000 to the best book submitted, ?3,000 to the best first book, and ?1,000 each to the best book and best first book of an author in each of the four Commonwealth regions.

Best Books Winners:

• 2002 - Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
• 2001 - Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
• 2000 - John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace
• 1999 - Murray Bail, Eucalyptus
• 1998 - Peter Carey, Jack Maggs
• 1997 - Earl Lovelace, Salt
• 1996 - Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
• 1995 - Louis de Bernieres, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• 1994 - Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
• 1993 - Alex Miller, The Ancestor Game
• 1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
• 1991 - David Malouf, The Great World
• 1990 - Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
• 1989 - Janet Frame, The Carpathians
• 1988 - Festus Iyayi, Heroes
• 1987 - Olive Senior, Summer Lightning

Best First Book Winners:

• 2002 - Many Herbstein. Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
• 2001 - Zadie Smith, White Teeth
• 2000 - Jeffrey Moore, Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
• 1999 - Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field
• 1998 - Tim Wynveen, Angel Falls
• 1997 - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on your Knees
• 1996 - Vikram Chandra, Red Earth, Pouring Rain
• 1995 - Adib Khan, Seasonal Adjustments
• 1994 - Keith Oatley, The Case of Emily V
• 1993 - Gita Hariharan, The Thousand Faces of Night
• 1992 - Robert Antoni, Divina Trace
• 1991 - Pauline Melville, Shape-Shifter
• 1990 - John Cranna, Visitors
• 1989 - Bonnie Burnard, Women of Influence