M John Harrison wins the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize with The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
The “genre contrarian” wins this year’s prize for “fiction at its most novel” with an uncanny tale of Brexit Britain.
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Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize for fiction is a literary award established in 2013 in association with the New Statesman. The annual prize of £10,000 is awarded for “fiction at its most novel”. The winner for the 2024 prize will be announced on 6 November.
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