Costa Award ( born Costa Book Award [1] ), until 2006 , the Whitbread Book Award [1] - one of the most respected literary awards in the UK .
Established in 1971 [1] and awarded by the Booksellers Association of Great Britain. Along with British writers, authors from Ireland can also claim the prize [1] . It was originally named after the sponsor of the Whitbread Group, operating primarily in the hotel and restaurant business; in 2006, Costa Coffee, part of the Whitbread Group, took over the duties of the main sponsor, owning 600 small wholesale coffee shops and 200 coffee houses in the UK, and the prize was renamed [1] .
The prize aims at promoting reading and encouraging works that can spread the pleasure of reading to a wider audience, and therefore is more “democratic” than the Booker Prize . The prize is awarded annually in five categories: “Roman”, “Best First Novel”, “Biography”, “Children's Literature”, “Poetry”; winners receive £ 5,000 each . Of the five laureates, the absolute winner is selected, who receives 25 thousand pounds. His work bears the title "Book of the Year" [1] .
Among the books of the year marked by the Whitbread Prize are the works of such famous authors as Bruce Chatwin , Seamus Heaney , Jeffrey Hill , Philip Pulman , Kazuo Ishiguro and others.
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- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Costa Award received a novel about schizophrenic . Tape.ru (January 29, 2014). Date of treatment January 28, 2014. Archived on January 28, 2014.