James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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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).
| 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  |