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The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize . It is presented for the best work of literature from Britain or the Commonwealth written by an author under 35. Since 1987 it has been funded by the Mail on Sunday. The winner receives 5000 pounds, while the runners up each receive 500. The prize was inititated in 1942 by Jane Oliver to commemorate her husband John Llewellyn Rhys , a young author who had been killed in the Second World War.Winners:
- 1942 - Michael Richey , Sunk by a Mine
- 1943 - Morwenna Donelly , Beauty for Ashes
- 1944 - Alun Lewis, The Last Inspection
- 1945 - James Aldridge , The Sea Eagle
- 1946 - Oriel Malet , My Bird Sings
- 1947 - Anne-Marie Walters , Moondrop to Gascony
- 1948 - Richard Mason, The Wind Cannot Read
- 1949 - Emma Smith, Maiden's Trip
- 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with - Kenneth Allsop , Adventure Lit Their Star
- 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We - Elizabeth Jane Howard , The Beautiful Visit
- 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. - No Award
- 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl - Rachel Trickett , The Return Home
- 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati - Tom Stacey , The Hostile Sun
- 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal - John Wiles , The Moon to Play With
- 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in - John Hearne , Voices Under the Window
- 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t - Ruskin Bond, The Room on the Roof
- 1958 - V. S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur
- 1959 - Dan Jacobson , A Long Way from London
- 1960 - David Caute , At Fever Pitch
- 1961 - David Storey , Flight Into Camden
- 1962 - Robert Rhodes James An Introduction to the House of Commons and Edward Lucie-Smith , A Tropical Childhood and Other Poems
- 1963 - Peter Marshall, Two Lives
- 1964 - Nell Dunn , Up the Junction
- 1965 - Julian Mitchell , The White Father
- 1966 - Margaret Drabble, The Millstone
- 1967 - Anthony Masters , The Seahorse
- 1968 - Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
- 1969 - Melvyn Bragg, Without a City Wall
- 1970 - Angus Calder, The People's War
- 1971 - Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies
- 1972 - Susan Hill , The Albatross
- 1973 - Peter Smalley , A Warm Gun
- 1974 - Hugh Fleetwood , The Girl Who Passed for Normal
- 1975 - David Hare, Knuckle and Tim Jeal , Cushing's Crusade
- 1976 - No Award
- 1977 - Richard Cork , Vorticism & Abstract Art in the First Machine Age
- 1978 - A. N. Wilson, The Sweets of Pimlico
- 1979 - Peter Boardman, The Shining Mountain
- 1980 - Desmond Hogan , The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea
- 1981 - A. N. Wilson, The Laird of Abbotsford
- 1982 - William Boyd, An Ice-Cream War
- 1983 - Lisa St Aubin de Teran , The Slow Train to Milan
- 1984 - Andrew Motion, Dangerous Play
- 1985 - John Milne , Out of the Blue
- 1986 - Tim Parks , Loving Roger
- 1987 - Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
- 1988 - Matthew Yorke , The March Fence
- 1989 - Claire Harman , Sylvia Townsend Warner
- 1990 - Ray Monk , Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
- 1991 - A. L. Kennedy, Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
- 1992 - Matthew Kneale, Sweet Thames
- 1993 - Jason Goodwin , On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
- 1994 - Jonathan Coe, What a Carve Up!
- 1995 - Melanie McGrath , Motel Nirvana
- 1996 - Nicola Barker, Heading Inland
- 1997 - Phil Whitaker , Eclipse of the Sun
- 1998 - Peter Ho Davies , The Ugliest House in the World
- 1999 - David Mitchell , Ghostwritten
- 2000 - Edward Platt, Leadville
- Shortlist
- Julia Leigh , The Hunter
- Roddy Lumsden , The Book of Love
- Ben Rice , Pobby & Dingan
- Zadie Smith, White Teeth
- Cole Moreton , Hungry for Home Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
- 2001 - Susanna Jones , The Earthquake Bird
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