Bernice Rubens
The Elected Member
Eyre & Spottiswoode
The running of the Booker Prize transferred from the Publishers Association to the National Book League (later Book Trust).
The winner that year was The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens.
Shortlisted authors
A.L. Barker
Elizabeth Bowen
Iris Murdoch |
William Trevor
T.W. Wheeler Judges
David Holloway (Chair) |