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1992 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 1992.

Contents

Book of the Year

Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!

Children's Book

Winner:

  • Gillian Cross, The Great Elephant Chase

    • First Novel

    Winner:

  • Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!

    • Novel

    Winner:

  • Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

    • Biography

    Winners:

  • Victoria Glendinning, Trollope

    • Poetry

    Winners:

  • Tony Harrison, The Gaze of the Gorgon

    • References

    1992 Whitbread Awards Wikipedia
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