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The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, [4] [5] [6] annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English ...
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–2012), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes.
As of 2023, 65 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 64 women. [1] [3] Unique Nobel Prize laureates include 894 men, 64 women, and 27 organizations. [4] The distribution of Nobel prizes awarded to women is as follows: nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize (16.3% of 110 awarded); [5]
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation: University of Warwick: Translated work by a female author published in English United Kingdom: Women's Prize for Fiction: Women's Prize for Fiction: Best original full-length novel written in English [38] United Kingdom: Women's Prize for Non-Fiction: Women's Prize for Non-Fiction: Launching in 2023 for ...
This list of awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. It excludes media , science and technology and sports awards, which are covered by separate lists, and it excludes orders of chivalry for women .
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
T. S. Eliot Prize; Waverton Good Read Award; Women's Prize for Fiction; Costa Book Awards (discontinued in 2021) Marsh Biography Award – awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author first published in the UK during the two preceding years.