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Author record · 2009 to 2017

Alice Oswald: Awards and Best-of Lists

Alice Oswald has won 3 awards, including the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry (2009) for Weeds and Wild Flowers, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Jessica Greenman

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2017Falling AwakeGriffin Poetry Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · International
2016Falling AwakeCosta Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2016Falling AwakeForward Prizes for Poetry source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Best Collection
2016Falling AwakeT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2016Falling AwakeThe Telegraph Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2016Falling AwakeThe Observer Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2011MemorialThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2011MemorialThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2009Weeds and Wild FlowersTed Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2009Weeds & Wild FlowersT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2009A Sleepwalk on the SevernThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2009Weeds and Wild FlowersThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry

Books

  1. Falling Awake6 sources · 2016 to 2017
  2. Weeds and Wild Flowers3 sources · 2009
  3. Memorial2 sources · 2011
  4. A Sleepwalk on the Severn1 source · 2009