James Tait Black Memorial Prize

James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
Awarded for	Awarded for literature written in the English language
First awarded	1919
Website	https://www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black

The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards.^[1] Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, the prizes were founded in 1919 by Janet Coats Black in memory of her late husband,^[2] James Tait Black, a partner in the publishing house of A & C Black Ltd.^[3] Prizes are awarded in three categories: Fiction, Biography and Drama (since 2013).

^ Brian W. Shaffer (2008). A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945 – 2000. John Wiley & Sons. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4051-5616-5. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "In memory of Janet Coats – 90th Anniversary of Scotland's oldest Literary Prize". wordpress.com. 19 August 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference award2013tele was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Shaffer2008-1] Brian W. Shaffer (2008). A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945 – 2000. John Wiley & Sons. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4051-5616-5. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[2] "In memory of Janet Coats – 90th Anniversary of Scotland's oldest Literary Prize". wordpress.com. 19 August 2009.

[award2013tele-3] Cite error: The named reference award2013tele was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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