Author record · 2009 to 2019

George Szirtes: Awards and Best-of Lists

George Szirtes has won 1 award, the James Tait Black Prizes (2019) for The Photographer at Sixteen: The Death and Life of a Fighter, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2019The Photographer at Sixteen: The Death and Life of a FighterJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Biography
2013Bad MachineT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2009The Burning of the BooksT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2009The Burning of the BooksThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry

Books

  1. The Burning of the Books2 sources · 2009
  2. Bad Machine1 source · 2013
  3. The Photographer at Sixteen: The Death and Life of a Fighter1 source · 2019