Aga Khan Prize for Fiction
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The Aga Khan Prize for Fiction is awarded by the editors of The Paris Review for what they deem to be the best short story published in the magazine in a given year. No applications are accepted. The winner gets $1,000. The prize was established by Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III
, and was first awarded in 1956.
Although the money awarded is the same as many other literary awards in the United States, since the magazine itself attracts some of the most highly regarded authors, the winners of the prize are often highly esteemed writers, most of whom previously won other major literary awards or go on to do so, or both.
Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. He was nominated to represent India to...
, and was first awarded in 1956.
Although the money awarded is the same as many other literary awards in the United States, since the magazine itself attracts some of the most highly regarded authors, the winners of the prize are often highly esteemed writers, most of whom previously won other major literary awards or go on to do so, or both.
Winners
- 2004: Annie Proulx, Issue 171, “The Wamsutter Wolf”
- 2003: Michael ChabonMichael ChabonMichael Chabon born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation", according to The Virginia Quarterly Review....
, Issue 166, for "The Final Solution"
- 2002: Denis JohnsonDenis JohnsonDenis Hale Johnson is an American author who is known for his short-story collection Jesus' Son and his novel Tree of Smoke , which won the National Book Award. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction.- Biography :...
, Issue 162, for “Train Dreams”
- 2001: Maile MeloyMaile MeloyMaile Meloy is an American author of fiction. She was born in Helena, Montana, where she was also raised.Meloy graduated from the University of California, Irvine with an M.F.A...
, Issue 158, “Aqua Boulevard”
- 2000: Marcel MoringMarcel MöringMarcel Möring is a Dutch writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2007 for his novel Dis.-Reference:* at the Digital library for Dutch literature...
, Issue 155, “East Bergholt”
- 1999: Robert AntoniRobert AntoniRobert Antoni is a West Indian writer who was awarded the 1999 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction by The Paris Review for "My Grandmother's Tale of How Crab-o Lost His Head".- Background :...
, Issue 152, “My Grandmother's Tale of How Crab-o Lost His Head”
- 1998: Will SelfWill SelfWilliam Woodard "Will" Self is an English novelist and short story writer. His fictional style is known for being satirical, grotesque, and fantastical. He is a prolific commentator on contemporary British life, with regular appearances on Newsnight and Question Time...
, Issue 146, “Tough Tough Toys for Tough Tough Boys”
- 1997: David Foster WallaceDavid Foster WallaceDavid Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
, Issue 144, “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men #6”
- 1996: Patricia Eakins, Issue 140, “The Garden of Fishes”
- 1995: A. S. ByattA. S. ByattDame Antonia Susan Duffy, DBE is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner...
, Issue 133, “The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye”
- 1994: Rick MoodyRick MoodyRick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of...
, Issue 131, “The Ring of Brightest Angels around Heaven”
- 1993: Charles D'AmbrosioCharles D'Ambrosio-Life:D'Ambrosio grew up in Seattle, Washington, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. He attended Oberlin College and graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he has been a visiting faculty member...
, Issue 126, “Her Real Name”
- 1992: Joanna ScottJoanna ScottJoanna Scott is an American author and Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at the University of Rochester.Scott has received critical acclaim for her novels...
, Issue 123, “A Borderline Case”
- 1991: Jeffrey EugenidesJeffrey EugenidesJeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Eugenides is most known for his first two novels, The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex . His novel The Marriage Plot was published in October, 2011.-Life and career:Eugenides was born in Detroit, Michigan,...
, Issue 117, “The Virgin Suicides”
- 1990: Larry WoiwodeLarry WoiwodeLarry Alfred Woiwode is an American writer who lives in North Dakota, where he has been the state's Poet Laureate since 1995. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Gentleman's Quarterly, The Partisan Review and The Paris Review...
, Issue 114, “Summer Storms”
- 1989: John BanvilleJohn BanvilleJohn Banville is an Irish novelist and screenwriter.Banville's breakthrough novel The Book of Evidence was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Guinness Peat Aviation award. His eighteenth novel, The Sea, won the Man Booker Prize in 2005. He was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2011...
, Issue 113, “The Book of Evidence”
- 1987: Ben OkriBen OkriBen Okri OBE FRSL is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri has become the leading figure of his generation of Nigerian writers who have largely abandoned the social and historical themes of Chinua Achebe, and brought together modernist narrative strategies and Nigerian oral and literary...
, Issue 105, “The Dream-Vendor's August”
- 1985: Michael Covino, Issue 94, “Monologue of the Movie Mogul”
- 1984: Norman RushNorman RushNorman Rush is an American novelist whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He is the son of Roger and Leslie Rush...
, Issue 93, “Instruments of Seduction”
- 1983: Charlie Smith, Issue 88, “Crystal River”
- 1982: T. Coraghessan BoyleT. Coraghessan BoyleTom Coraghessan Boyle is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. Since the mid 1970s, he has published twelve novels and more than 100 short stories...
, Issue 84, “Greasy Lake”
- 1979: Norman Lock, Issue 76, “The Love of Stanley Marvel & Claire Moon”
- 1978: Dallas Wiebe, Issue 73, “Night Flight to Stockholm”
- 1977: C.W. Gusewelle, Issue 70, “Horst Wessel”
- 1976: Bart Midwood, Issue 66, “John O'Neill versus the Crown”
- 1975: David Evanier, Issue 61, “Cancer of the Testicles”
- 1974: Lamar Herrin, Issue 59, “The Rio Loja Ringmaster”
- 1973: Paul WestPaul WestPaul West may refer to:*Paul West , English soccer player*Paul West , British-born American writer*Paul West, pseudonym of Stephen Clarke...
, Issue 57, “Tan Salaam”
- 1967: Christina SteadChristina SteadChristina Stead was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations.-Biography:...
, Issue 40, “George”
- 1965: Jeremy LarnerJeremy LarnerJeremy Larner is an author, poet, journalist and speechwriter. He won an Academy Award in 1972 for Best Original Screenplay, for writing The Candidate.-Childhood:...
, Issue 33, “Oh, the Wonder!”
- 1962: Albert J. GuerardAlbert J. GuerardAlbert Joseph Guerard was an American critic, novelist, and professor. He was born in Houston, Texas, and educated at Stanford University, , and Harvard University, .-Life:...
, Issue 28, “The Lusts & Gratification of Andrada”
- 1961: Thomas WhitbreadThomas WhitbreadBlessed Thomas Whitbread was an English Jesuit missionary, wrongly convicted of conspiracy to murder Charles II of England. He was beatified in 1929.-Life:...
, Issue 24, “The Rememberer”
- 1958: Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
, Issue 19, “Epstein”
- 1956: Gina BerriaultGina BerriaultGina Berriault , was an American novelist and short story writer.Berriault was born in Long Beach, California, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents...
, Issue 12, “Around the Dear Ruin”
- 1956: John LangdonJohn LangdonJohn Langdon was a politician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and one of the first two United States senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the Revolutionary War and later served in the Continental Congress...
, Issue 12, “The Blue Serge Suit”
- 1956: Owen DodsonOwen DodsonOwen Vincent Dodson was an American poet, novelist, and playwright. He was one of the leading African American poets of his time, associated with the generation of black poets following the Harlem Renaissance....
, Issue 12, “The Summer Fire” (2nd Prize:)
External links
- http://www.theparisreview.com/page.php/prmID/49 Paris Review Web page listing Aga Khan Prize winners