2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Prime Minister's Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life.
The awards, held annually, recognise literature's importance to our national identity, community and economy. A tax free prize of $100,000 is awarded to the works judged to be of the highest literary merit in each of two categories: fiction and non-fiction.
2009 winners announced
Winners of the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction category, Henry Reynolds, Evelyn Juers and Marilyn Lake at the awards ceremony on Monday 2 November.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts announced the Fiction and Non-Fiction winners of the 2009 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
2009 Fiction winner
The Boat by Nam Le
2009 Non-Fiction winners
Two books share the 2009 Non-Fiction award:
House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann by Evelyn Juers
Drawing the Global Colour Line by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds
More information about the 2009 winners.
More information
More information about the 2009 judging panel and the 2009 Shortlist.
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Contacts
For further information please contact the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, at the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts:
Phone: 1800 707 889
Email: pmliteraryawards
@environment.gov.au
For media inquiries phone:
(02) 6275 9590
0488 490 987
