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1983 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 1983.

Contents

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Roald Dahl, The Witches
  • First Novel

    Winner:

  • John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
  • Novel

    Winner:

  • William Trevor, Fools of Fortune
  • Biography

    Winners:

  • Victoria Glendinning, Vita
  • Kenneth Rose, King George V
  • References

    1983 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia