- Source: AWB Vincent Literary Award
The AWB Vincent Literary Award is a literary award presented annually by The Ireland Funds. It is named after Billy Vincent, the former director of the organisation, who established the award.
Recipients
2022 – Joseph O'Connor
2018 – Anne Enright
2017 – Conor McPherson
2016 – Emma Donoghue
2015 – Fergal Keane
2014 – Leontia Flynn
2013 – Roddy Doyle
2012 – Seamus Heaney (Lifetime Achievement)
2011 – Colum McCann
2010 – Colm Toibin
2008 – David Park
2007 – Cathal Ó Searcaigh
2006 – Eugene McCabe
2005 – William Trevor
2004 – Paul Muldoon
2003 – Marina Carr
2002 – Dermot Healy
2001 – Tom MacIntyre
2000 – Edna O’Brien
1999 – Brendan Kennelly
1998 – Medbh McGuckian
1997 – Sebastian Barry
1996 – Michael Longley
1995 – John Montague
1994 – Evan Boland
1993 – Bryan McMahon
1992 – Frank McGuinness
1991 – Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
1990 – Michael Hartnett
1989 – Seamus Deane
1988 – John B. Keane
1987 – Derek Mahon
1986 – Joint: Sean O’Faolain & Hubert Butler
1985 – John McGahern
1984 – Thomas McCarthy
1983 – Richard Murphy
1982 – Michael McLaverty
1981 – Brian Friel
1980 – Benedict Kiely
1979 – Mary Lavin
1978 – Paul Smith
1977 – Aidan Higgins
1976 – Dervla Murphy
1975 – John Banville
1974 – Thomas Kilroy
1973 – Seamus Heaney
1972 – Austin Clarke
