Yesterday I read about both the Man-Booker Prize for Fiction, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize (for children’s and young adult literature). It put me in mind of some of the awards Rosemary Sutcliff won or was commended for (nearly won!).

• Commended for The Carnegie Medal in the UK for The Eagle of the Ninth in 1954
• Commended for The Carnegie Medal(UK) for The Shield Ring in 1956
• Commended for The Carnegie Medal (UK) for The Silver Branch in 1957
• Awarded The Carnegie Medal (UK) for The Lantern Bearers in 1959
• Highly commended for The Carnegie Medal (UK) for Tristan and Iseult in 1971
• Awarded a Zilveren Griffel book award in Holland for The Chronicles of Robin Hood in 1971
• Awarded Boston-Globe Horn Book Award in the USA for Tristan and Iseult in 1972
• Highly commended by the International Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1974
• Awarded The Other Award for Song for a Dark Queen (UK) in 1978
• Awarded The Phoenix Children’s Book Award (USA) for The Mark of the Horse Lord in 1985
• Awarded The Phoenix Children’s Book Award (USA) for The Shining Company in 2010 (posthumously)