The Tom Stoppard Prize () is a

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

given annually for outstanding primarily non-fiction work by a writer of

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origin. It was established in 1983 and first awarded in 1984, to

Eva Kantůrková Eva Kantůrková (born 1930) is a Czech author and screenwriter. A communist in her early years, she joined the Czech dissident movement after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and was one of the signato ...

for ''

My Companions in the Bleak House ''My Companions in the Bleak House'' ( cz, Přítelkyně z domu smutku) is a novel by Czech author Eva Kantůrková, first published in 1984, and was the first recipient of the Tom Stoppard Prize. It is a fictionalised account of Kantůrková's t ...

''. The award is named for and funded by the Czech-born British playwright

Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard (born , 3 July 1937) is a Czech born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and politi ...

. In recent years, the award has been made at the Mayor's residence in

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. The award was organised by the

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Foundation until 2017; since 2021 it has been awarded by the Václav Havel Library.

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