1991 Whitbread Awards
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The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1991.
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[edit] Book of the Year
- John Richardson, A Life of Picasso
[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Diana Hendry, Harvey Angell
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- Gordon Burn, Alma Cogan
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- Jane Gardam, The Queen of the Tambourine
[edit] Biography
Winners:
- John Richardson, A Life of Picasso
[edit] Poetry
Winners:
- Michael Longley, Gorse Fires
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
