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25/04/2005
Peace awarded James Tait Memorial Prize
David Peace has been awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction for his political thriller, titled GB84, which is written from the point of view of a striking miner.
He will receive his prize tonight at the University of Edinburgh.
Jonathan Bate has won the Biography prize for his work on the contentious 19th-century peasant poet John Clare.
The James Tait Black prizes are the oldest literary awards in the UK and have been handed out annually since 1919.
Previous winners include DH Lawrence, EM Forster, Evelyn Waugh and William Golding and each prize is worth £3000.
The event, chaired by James Naughtie, is open to the public and takes place at St Cecilia's Hall on Niddry Street at 6pm.
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