What are the most prestigious literary awards for fiction?
I’m looking for the most prestigious literary awards for fiction that cover the entire world, as well as the most prestigious ones specific to different major countries, such as Britian, France, Germany, Australia, the U.S., etc.
- firefly
Tags: Australia, Entire World, France Germany, Prestigious Literary Awards
April 9th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Prize for Literature
Hans Christian Anderson Medal
April 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
In the U.S.
The Newbery Award for children’s literature
The Caldecott Award for children’s literature illustration
The Geisel Medal for children’s literature (Geisel was Dr. Seuss)
The Wilder Award for children’s literature
O’Henry Award for short fiction
Nobel Prize for Literature
The Pulitzer Prize
April 11th, 2009 at 9:53 am
There’s the Pulitzer Prize
The Hugo and the Nebula for science fiction
April 13th, 2009 at 10:45 am
In Britain it’s the Booker Prize
April 15th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Caldecott
Nobel
Putlitzer
Smarties
Newbury
April 17th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Worldwide it would have to be the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In Britain it would be the Booker Prize.
In the U.S. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, The Critic’s Circle Award for Fiction, and The PENFaulkner Award. There are also specific awards (The Edgar, for example for mystery writers).
I think there is a Goncourt prize in France, but am not sure.