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's first literary award for comic literature. Established in 2000 and named in honour of P. G. Wodehouse, past winners include Paul Torday in 2007 with ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' and

Marina Lewycka Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin. Early life Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire ...

with ''A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian'' 2005 and

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for ''The Well of Lost Plots'' in 2004.

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was the first American winner in 2011. The Prize is sponsored and organized by

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. The winner is announced at the annual

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in May and is presented with a

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of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée and 52 volumes of the Everyman Wodehouse edition; a

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pig is named after the winning novel.
official website.

Past winners and shortlists

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Howard Jacobson Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.Ragi, K. R., "Howard Jacobson's ''The Finkler Question'' a ...

- '' The Mighty Walzer'' (Jonathan Cape) ** Helen Fielding - '' The Edge of Reason'' (Viking) ** Tony Hawks - ''Playing the Moldovans at Tennis'' (

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Hugh Massingberd Hugh John Massingberd (30 December 1946 – 25 December 2007), originally Hugh John Montgomery and known from 1963 to 1992 as Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, was an English journalist and genealogist. He was chief editor of ''Burke's Peerage''/'' B ...

- ''The Book of Obituaries'' (

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Sue Townsend Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing ...

- '' Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'' ( Michael Joseph) *2001

Jonathan Coe Jonathan Coe (; born 19 August 1961) is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, '' What a ...

- '' The Rotters' Club'' (Viking) *2002

Michael Frayn Michael Frayn, FRSL (; born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce '' Noises Off'' and the dramas ''Copenhagen'' and ''Democracy''. His novels, such as ''Towards the End of the Mo ...

- '' Spies'' (Faber and Faber) **

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- ''The Gatekeeper'' ( St. Martin's Press) ** Lissa Evans - ''Spencer's List'' (Viking) **

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'' (Doubleday) *2003 DBC Pierre - '' Vernon God Little'' (Faber and Faber) ** Lucy Ellmann - ''Dot in the Universe'' (Bloomsbury) ** India Knight - ''Don't You Want Me'' (Penguin) **

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) ** Allison Pearson - ''I Don't Know How She Does It'' (Chatto & Windus) **

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- '' The Autograph Man'' (Hamish Hamilton) *2004

- '' The Well of Lost Plots'' (

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Andrey Kurkov Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov ( uk, Андрій Юрійович Курков; russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Курко́в; born 23 April 1961 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian. He is t ...

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- '' A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian'' (

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- ''Happy Accidents'' (

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- ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth'' (Bloomsbury) *2006

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- '' Thud!'' (Doubleday) **

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- ''Cupid's Dart'' ( Heinemann) *2008

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- '' The Butt'' (Bloomsbury) **

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- ''How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone'' (

) ** Steve Toltz - ''

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- ''Diamond Star Halo'' ( Portobello) ** David Nicholls - '' One Day'' (

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- ''From Aberystwyth with Love'' (Bloomsbury) *2011

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– ''The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year'' ( Michael Joseph) *2013

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* {{Official website, http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/wodehouse.aspx British fiction awards Awards established in 2000 2000 establishments in the United Kingdom Comedy and humor literary awards