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Index of Prize-winning Fiction
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This Index lists works of fiction under review at the complete review that have won selected major literary prizes.
(See also our separate Index of Books by Nobel laureates under review.) The prizes indexed here are the:
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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize /
International Booker Prize
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize through 2015; now the: International Booker Prize - UK-based; international/available in English (not held 1996 to 2001)
- 1992: The Death of Napoleon (A-), Simon LEYS
- 2003: The Royal Physician's Visit (A-), Per Olov ENQUIST (UK title: The Visit of the Royal Physician)
- 2004: Soldiers of Salamis (B+), Javier CERCAS
- 2005: Windows on the World (B), Frédéric BEIGBEDER
- 2006: Out Stealing Horses (A-), Per PETTERSON
- 2007: The Book of Chameleons (B+), José Eduardo AGUALUSA
- 2008: Omega Minor (A-), Paul VERHAEGHEN
- 2010: Brodeck's Report (B), Philippe CLAUDEL (US title: Brodek)
- 2011: Red April (B), Santiago RONCAGLIOLO
- 2013: The Detour (B), Gerbrand BAKKER (US title: Ten White Geese )
- 2016: The Vegetarian (B+), HAN Kang
- 2021: At Night All Blood Is Black (B), David DIOP
- 2022: Tomb of Sand (A-), Geetanjali SHREE
- 2023: Time Shelter (B+), Georgi GOSPODINOV
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International Dublin Literary Award
International Dublin Literary Award - Ireland-based; international/available in English
- 2002: Atomised (A-), Michel HOUELLEBECQ (US title: The Elementary Particles)
- 2003: My Name is Red (A-), Orhan PAMUK
- 2007: Out Stealing Horses (A-), Per PETTERSON
- 2008: De Niro's Game (B-), Rawi HAGE
- 2010: The Twin (A-), Gerbrand BAKKER
- 2017: A General Theory of Oblivion (B+), José Eduardo AGUALUSA
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Booker Prize for Fiction - UK-based; Commonwealth (from 2014 onwards: all UK-published English-language fiction eligible); previously Man Booker Prize for Fiction
- 1978: The Sea, the Sea (B+), Iris MURDOCH
- 1983: Life & Times of Michael K (B), J.M.COETZEE
- [1990: Possession, A.S.BYATT]
- 1998: Amsterdam (B-), Ian McEWAN
- 1999: Disgrace (A-), J.M.COETZEE
- 2001: True History of the Kelly Gang (B), Peter CAREY
- 2003: Vernon God Little (C+), DBC PIERRE
- 2005: The Sea (A-), John BANVILLE
- 2008: The White Tiger (B-), Aravind ADIGA
- [2009: Wolf Hall, Hilary MANTEL]
- 2011: The Sense of an Ending (B+), Julian BARNES
- 2022: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (B), Shehan KARUNATILAKA
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Prix Goncourt - France-based; French
- 1973: The Tyrant (B+), Jacques CHESSEX
- 1994: One-Way (B), Didier van CAUWELAERT
- 1999: I'm Gone (B+), Jean ECHENOZ (UK title: I'm Off)
- 2002: The Roving Shadows (B+), Pascal QUIGNARD
- 2003: Brecht's Mistress (B+), Jacques-Pierre AMETTE (UK title: Brecht's Lover)
- 2006: The Kindly Ones (C-), Jonathan LITTELL
- 2008: The Patience Stone (B+), Atiq RAHIMI
- 2010: The Map and the Territory (B+), Michel HOUELLEBECQ
- 2013: The Great Swindle (B), Pierre LEMAITRE
- 2015: Compass (A-), Mathias ÉNARD
- 2016: The Perfect Nanny (B), Leïla SLIMANI (UK title: Lullaby)
- 2017: The Order of the Day (B+), Éric VUILLARD
- 2020: The Anomaly (B+), Hervé LE TELLIER
- 2021: The Most Secret Memory of Men (B+), Mohamed Mbougar SARR
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Prix Renaudot - France-based; French
- 1963: The Interrogation (B), Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
- 1965: Things (A-), Georges PEREC
- 1968: Bound to Violence (B+), Yambo OUOLOGUEM
- 1984: A Man's Place (A-), Annie ERNAUX
- 2000: Allah n'est pas obligé (B+), Ahmadou KOUROUMA
- 2003: Grey Souls (US title: By a Slow River) (A-), Philippe CLAUDEL
- 2004: Suite française (A), Irène NÉMIROVSKY
- 2006: Memoirs of a Porcupine (B+), Alain MABANCKOU
- 2008: The King of Kahel (B), Tierno MONÉNEMBO
- 2010: Apocalypse Baby (B), Virginie DESPENTES
- 2011: Limonov (B+), Emmanuel CARRÈRE
- 2012: Our Lady of the Nile (B), Scholastique MUKASONGA
- 2014: Charlotte (C-), David FOENKINOS
- 2016: Babylon (B), Yasmina REZA
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Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française - France-based; French
- 1919: Queen of Atlantis (B), Pierre BENOÎT
- 1972: Ring Roads (B), Patrick MODIANO
- 1990: White Spirit (A-), Paule CONSTANT
- 1999: Fear and Trembling (A-), Amélie NOTHOMB
- 2000: A Terrace in Rome (B+), Pascal QUIGNARD
- 2004: The Voyage of the Short Serpent (C), Bernard du BOUCHERON
- 2006: The Kindly Ones (C-), Jonathan LITTELL
- 2010: Nagasaki (B), Éric FAYE
- 2012: The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair (B), Joël DICKER
- 2014: Constellation (B), Adrien BOSC
- 2015: 2084 (B), Boualem SANSAL
- 2022: The Wizard of the Kremlin (B), Giuliano DA EMPOLI
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Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize) - Germany; German-language
- 2005: We Are Doing Fine (B+), Arno GEIGER
- 2008: The Tower (B+), Uwe TELLKAMP
- 2011: In Times of Fading Light (B), Eugen RUGE
- 2014: Kruso (B+), Lutz SEILER
- 2015: Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 (B+), Frank WITZEL
- 2017: The Capital (B), Robert MENASSE
- 2019: Where You Come From (B), Saša STANIŠIĆ
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Akutagawa Prize - Japan; Japanese, for new and rising authors; awarded biannually (January (I) and July (II))
- 1942 (II): Bullfight (A-), INOUE Yasushi
- 1960 (II): Shame in the Blood (B+), MIURA Tetsuo
- 1990 (I): 'Pregnancy Diary', in The Diving Pool (B+), OGAWA Yoko
- 1996 (I): 'A Snake Stepped On', in Record of a Night too Brief (B), KAWAKAMI Hiromi
- 2000 (II): The Bear and the Paving Stone (B+), HORIE Toshiyuki
- 2003 (II): Snakes and Earrings (B-), KANEHARA Hitomi
- 2005 (I) : The Boy in the Earth (B), NAKAMURA Fuminori
- 2007 (II): Breasts and Eggs (B+), KAWAKAMI Mieko
- 2012 (I): Touring the Land of the Dead (B+), KASHIMADA Maki
- 2013 (I): Nails and Eyes (B), FUJINO Kaori
- 2013 (II): The Hole (B), OYAMADA Hiroko
- 2014 (I): Spring Garden (B), SHIBASAKI Tomoka
- 2015 (I): Spark (B), MATAYOSHI Naoki
- 2015 (II): 'An Exotic Marriage', in The Lonesome Bodybuilder (B), MOTOYA Yukiko
- 2016 (I): Convenience Store Woman (B+), MURATA Sayaka
- 2019 (I): The Woman in the Purple Skirt (B), IMAMURA Natsuko
- 2020 (II): Idol, Burning (B+), USAMI Rin
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Nordic Council Literature Prize
Nordic Council Literature Prize - Scandinavia; Scandinavian
- 1964: The Ice Palace (A), Tarjei VESAAS
- 2001: The Discoverer (A), Jan KJÆRSTAD
- 2002: The Half Brother (A-), Lars Saabye CHRISTENSEN
- 2005: The Blue Fox (B+), SJÓN
- 2009: I Curse the River of Time (A-), Per PETTERSON
- 2010: Purge (B), Sofi OKSANEN
- 2012: Days in the History of Silence (B+), Merethe LINDSTRØM
- 2015: Trilogy (B+), Jon FOSSE
- 2018: Hotel Silence (B+), AUÐUR Ava Ólafsdóttir
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National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle Award - fiction; US-based; international/available in English
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National Book Award - fiction; US
- 1976: J R (A-), WIlliam GADDIS
- 1991: Mating (B), Norman RUSH
- 2001: The Corrections (A), Jonathan FRANZEN
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Pulitzer Prize - fiction; US
- 1998: American Pastoral (B+), Philip ROTH
- 2003: Middlesex (B+), Jeffrey EUGENIDES
- 2014: The Goldfinch (B), Donna TARTT
- 2022: The Netanyahus (A-), Joshua COHEN
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