Awarded Quote by Antonio Munoz Molina

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi

There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.

— Barry Marshall

“Literary award judges have the power to select a prize winner, granting them fame and potentially turning their book into a bestseller. However, determining…

— Mouloud Benzadi

As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only…

— Ernest Hemingway

I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit…

— Emma Donoghue

No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is no need…

— Ernest Hemingway

All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think…

— Kate Mosse

The European and the North American consider that a book that has been awarded any kind of prize must be good; the Argentine allows…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.”

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

“History teaches us that Literary Book Awards have always been the quickest and easiest way to achieve global fame. They have helped countless authors…

— Mouloud Benzadi

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be…

— Sally Rooney

Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.

— Ben Dolnick