1985 Whitbread Awards
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The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1985.
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[edit] Book of the Year
- Douglas Dunn, Elegies
[edit] Children's Book
Winner:
- Janni Howker, The Nature of the Beast
[edit] First Novel
Winner:
- Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are not the only Fruit
[edit] Novel
Winner:
- Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor
[edit] Biography
Winners:
- Ben Pimlott, Hugh Dalton
[edit] Poetry
Winners:
- Douglas Dunn, Elegies
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards)
