AustLit
Ondaatje Prize
(2004-)
or
Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
Subcategory of
Awards
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International Awards
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History
Named for benefactor Sir Christopher Ondaatje (older brother of novelist Michael Ondaatje), the Ondaatje Prize is awarded for fiction, non-fiction, or poetry embodying 'the spirit of a place', written by someone resident in the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
