Encyclopedia > J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography
The J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography is awarded annually by the English Centre for International PEN to an author resident in Britain who has written an outstanding autobiography in English. The winner receives £1,000 and a silver pen. The winner is announced on PEN Writers' Day in June. The award was established by English author and editor J. R. Ackerley, who willed his royalties to a fund to provide the award.
Recent winners
2004: Bryan Magee, Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood
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