1970

Year: 1969

Judges

David Farrer
Frank Kermode
Stephen Spender
W. L. Webb
Dame Rebecca West

Books

Figures in a Landscape

Shortlisted

'Figures in a Landscape' by Barry England

From Scenes Like These

Gordon Williams

Shortlisted

'From Scenes Like These' by Gordon Williams

The Impossible Object

Nicholas Mosley

Shortlisted

'The Impossible Object' by Nicholas Mosley

The Nice and the Good

Shortlisted

'The Nice and the Good' by Iris Murdoch

The Public Image

Shortlisted

'The Public Image' by Muriel Spark

Something to Answer For

Winner

'Something to Answer For' by P. H. Newby