Sir Israel Gollancz Prize
The Sir Israel Gollancz Prize, worth £400, is awarded biennially for work connected with Anglo-Saxon, Early English Language and Literature, English Philology, or the History of English Language.
The prize, together with a lecture, was established through a bequest from Mrs Frida Mond in 1924. It was her intention to associate both prize and lecture with Sir Israel Gollancz, the first Secretary of the British Academy, ‘in token of a highly valued old friendship and his effort to further these studies’. During Sir Israel’s lifetime, at his own request, the award was known as the Biennial Prize for English Literature, but after his death in 1930 it became the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize. The Prize was first awarded in 1925.
Eligibility
Eligible nominations can be for any published work of sufficient value on subjects connected with Anglo-Saxon, Early English Language and Literature, English Philology, or the History of English Language; or for original investigations connected with the history of English Literature or the works of English writers, with preference for the earlier period.
How to nominate
Nominations may only be made by Fellows of the British Academy. Nominations for teh 2019 Prize have now closed.
Nominating body: Medieval Studies Section
Previous Winners
2017 Dr Helmut Gneuss FBA, Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich
2015 Professor Ralph Hanna, University of Oxford
2013 Professor Leslie Lockett, Ohio State University
2011 Professor Jill Mann FBA, Honorary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford
2009 Professor Michael Lapidge FBA, Emeritus Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge
2007 Professor James Simpson
2005 Professor Patrick P O'Neill
2003 Professor Robert Lewis
2001 Professor Malcolm Godden and the late Professor Peter Clemoes