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1984 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 first given in 1971. The selections are made both for high literary merit and 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 1984.

Contents

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Barbara Willard, The Queen of the Pharisees' Children

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • James Buchan, A Parish of Rich Women

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Christopher Hope, Kruger's Alp

    • Biography

    Winners:

  • Peter Ackroyd, T S Eliot

    • Short Story

    Winners:

  • Diane Rowe, Tomorrow is our Permanent Address

    • References

    1984 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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