WH Smith Literary Award

The WH Smith Literary Award is an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer WH Smith. It founding aim was stated to be to "encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth"; originally open to all residents of the U.K., the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland, it now admits foreign works in translation and works by U.S. authors, with Americans (Philip Roth, Donna Tartt and Richard Powers) dominating the awards recently.

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1959 - British - WH Smith - U.K. - Commonwealth - Republic of Ireland - Philip Roth - Donna Tartt - Richard Powers

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