Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize
The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize was created in 1977, in memory of Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to Ireland, who was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1976.
Founded by his Widow Jane Ewart-Biggs (following her death, the literary prize is currently administered jointly by their 3 children) following the death of her husband, its stated goal is to promote peace and reconciliation in Ireland, a greater understanding between the peoples of the United Kingdom and Ireland, or closer co-operation between partners of the European Community now known as the EU.
It is awarded to a book, a play or a piece of journalism that best fulfills this aim, published during a two-year period up to December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the prize is awarded. The value of the biennially awarded literary prize is currently set at £7,500, an increase on the original £5,000 award of 1977.
Past winners
The years of publication/broadcast for which the prize was awarded is given. In earlier years the Prize was identified by the year of award, but the official website now gives year of publication/broadcast.
1978: A. T. Q. Stewart, The Narrow Ground: Aspects of Ulster 1609-1969
1978: Mícheál Mac Gréil, Prejudice and Tolerance in Ireland
1979: Stewart Parker, I'm A Dreamer, Montreal
1979: Dervla Murphy, A Place Apart
1980: Robert Kee, Ireland: A Television History
1981: F. S. L. Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939
1982: Fortnight magazine
1983: John Bowman, De Valera and the Ulster Question, 1917-1973
1984: Oliver MacDonagh, States of Mind: A Study of Anglo-Irish Conflict, 1780-1980
1984: Padraig O'Malley, The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today
1985: Brian Friel, Translations
1986: Frank McGuinness, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
1986 Special Award: Hubert Butler
1987–88: David McKittrick and Mary Holland, newspaper columns
1989–90: John H. Whyte, Interpreting Northern Ireland
1989–90 special citation: Blackstaff Press
1991–92: Brian Keenan, An Evil Cradling
1993–94: Fionnuala O'Connor, In Search of a State: Catholics in Northern Ireland
1995–96: Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland
1995–96: Sebastian Barry, The Steward of Christendom
1997–98: Peter Hart, The IRA and its Enemies; Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923
1999–2000: David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton, Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles
2001–02: Linen Hall Library, Troubled Images Project
2003–04: Tom Dunne, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798
2003–04 Special Award: Garret FitzGerald
2005–06: Richard English, Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland
2005–06 Special Award: Michael Longley
2007–08: David Park, The Truth Commissioner
2007–08 Special Award: Fergus D'Arcy, Remembering the War Dead
2009–10: Timothy Knatchbull, From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb
2009–10: Guy Hibbert and Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
2011–12: Julieann Campbell, Setting the Truth Free: The Inside Story of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign
2011–12: Douglas Murray, Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry
2011–12: Special Award: Peter Taylor (for his work covering Northern Ireland over many years)
2013–14: Charles Townshend, The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923
2013–14: Special Award, Colette Bryce, The Whole & Rain-domed Universe (in memory of Seamus Heaney)
2015–17: Fergal Keane, Wounds: A Memoir of Love and War
2015–17: Special Award, Marianne Elliott (for her achievement in advancing the understanding of Irish history in Britain)
2018–19: Anna Burns, Milkman
2018–19: Special Award, Katy Hayward, for her Twitter account
2020-21: Gail McConnell, book of poetry, The Sun is Open, published by Penned in the Margins.
References
External links
Official website
Awards established in 1977
1977 establishments in the United Kingdom
British literary awards
Political book awards