According to the wiki, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize is organized and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation, an intergovernmental organization working in 53 countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. It covers the four Commonwealth regions of: (1) Africa, (2) Europe and South Asia, (3) the Caribbean and Canada, and (4) South East Asia and the South Pacific.
Selection process and prizes
In each Commonwealth region, the books are assessed by a regional panel of judges. There are two winners: one for the Best Book and one for the Best First Book, each winner awarded with £1,000.
A pan-Commonwealth panel will then select the overall winners from the eight regional winners' books. The author of the overall Best Book wins £10,000 while the winner of overall Best First Book gets £5,000. The list below is only for the winners of the overall Best Book.
Winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best Book)
2010 Solo Rana Dasgupta
2009 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas
2008 The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill
2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
2006 The Secret River Kate Grenville
2005 Small Island Andrea Levy
2004 A Distant Shore Caryl Phillips
2003 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke
2002 Gould's Book of Fish Richard Flanagan
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey
2000 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee
1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail
1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey
1997 Salt Earl Lovelace
1996 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
1995 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernières
1994 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller
1992 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
1991 The Great World David Malouf
1990 Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler
1989 The Carpathians Janet Frame
1988 Heroes Festus Iyayi
1987 Summer Lightning Olive Senior
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