Somerset Maugham Award

The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to who they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a work of fiction published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus bears his name: the award is currently £3500, to be spent on foreign travel.

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British - Society of Authors - 1947 - William Somerset Maugham

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Since 1964, multiple winners have usually been chosen in the same year. In 1975, the award was not given. The Award has twice been won by the son of a previous winner: Kingsley Amis (winner in 1955) was the father of Martin Amis (1974), and Nigel Kneale (1950) the father of Matthew Kneale (1988).

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1964 - 1975 - Kingsley Amis - 1955 - Martin Amis - 1974 - Nigel Kneale - 1950 - Matthew Kneale - 1988

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