J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography

The J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography is awarded annually by the English Centre for International PEN[?] to an author resident in Britain who has written an outstanding autobiography in English. The winner receives £1,000 and a silver pen. The winner is announced on PEN Writers' Day in June. The award was established by English author and editor J. R. Ackerley, who willed his royalties to a fund to provide the award.

Recent winners

• 2002: Michael Foss[?], Out of India: A Raj Childhood
• 2001: Lorna Sage[?], Bad Blood
• 2000: Mark Frankland[?], Child of My Time
• 1999: Margaret Forster[?], Precious Lives