Kathleen Mitchell Award
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The Kathleen Mitchell Award is a bi-annual Australian literature prize for young authors. It was established in 1996 and is awarded every second year with a sum of A$15,000 (2012). The Australian called it a "leading literary award".[1]
The prize was established in the will of Kathleen Mitchell with the following aim: "the advancement, improvement and betterment of Australian literature, to improve the educational style of the authors, and to provide them with additional amounts and thus enable them to improve their literary efforts". The price is managed by The Trust Company and a committee of 3 jurors is awarding the price every 2 years. Only Australian authors under the age of 30 are eligible to participate.
Winners
- 2012 Melanie Joosten, Berlin Syndrome [2][3]
- 2010 Nam Le, The Boat [4][5]
- 2008 Randa Abdel-Fattah, Ten Things I Hate About Me[6]
- 2006 Markus Zusak, The Book Thief [7]
- 2004 Lucy Lehmann, The Showgirl and the Brumby [8]
- 2002 No award
- 2000 Julia Leigh, The Hunter
- 1998 James Bradley, Wrack
- 1996 Sonya Hartnett, Sleeping Dogs
References
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External links
- Kathleen Mitchell Award, official website
