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The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize was presented from 1967 until 2003 by the Royal Society of Literature for the best regional novel of the year.[1] It is named after the novelist Winifred Holtby who was noted for her novels set in the rural scenes of her childhood. In 2003 it was superseded by the Ondaatje Prize. | Year | Recipient | Title | | 2002 | Alexandra Fuller | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight | | 2001 | Anna Burns | No Bones | | 2000 | Donna Morrissey | Kit's Law | | 1999 | Andrew O'Hagan | Our Fathers | | 1998 | Giles Foden | The Last King of Scotland | | 1997 | Eden Robinson | Traplines | | 1996 | Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance | | 1995 | Paul Watkins | Archangel | | 1994 | Jim Crace | Signals of Distress | | 1993 | Carl McDougall | The Lights Below | | 1992 | Adam Thorpe | Ulverton | | 1991 | Elspeth Barker | O Caledonia | | 1990 | Nino Ricci | Lives of the Saints | | 1989 | Hilary Mantel | Fludd | | 1988 | Shusha Guppy | The Blindfold Horse | | 1986 | Maggie Hemingway | The Bridge | | 1984 | Balraj Khanna | A Nation of Fools | | 1983 | Graham Swift | Waterland | | 1982 | Kazuo Ishiguro | A Pale View of Hills | | 1981 | Alan Judd | A Breed of Heroes | | 1980 | Elsa Joubert | Poppie | | 1978 | Richard Herley | The Stone Arrow | | 1977 | Anita Desai | Fire on the Mountain | | 1976 | Eugene McCabe | Victims | | 1975 | Jane Gardam | Black Faces, White Faces | | 1974 | Graham King | The Pandora Valley | | 1973 | Ronald Harwood | Articles of Faith | | 1973 | Peter Tinniswood | I Didn't Know You Cared | | 1971 | John Stewart | Last Cool Days | | 1970 | Shiva Naipaul | Fireflies | | 1969 | Ian McDonald | The Humming-Bird Tree | | 1968 | Catherine Cookson | The Round Tower | | 1967 | David Bean | The Big Meeting |
References1. ^{{cite web|title=The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize|url=http://www.rslit.org/content/holtby|publisher=The Royal Society of Literature|accessdate=2010-01-13}}
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