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1981 Whitbread Awards

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The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1981.

Contents

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Maurice Leitch, Silver's City

    • Biography

    Winner:

  • Nigel Hamilton, Monty: The Making of a General

    • References

    1981 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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