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The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

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Post subject: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:31 am

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Did The Persian Boy by Mary Renault win any awards? I have some vague memory of this and I can't find it on the internet.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 10:20 am

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I could not find any evidence of her having won an award for that book.
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Renault/ ... .biog.html
http://www.calamusbooks.com/newsletters/v1_41/
In 1947, she won the MGM award of $150,000 (over £37,000 at the time) for her novel Return to Night. The MGM award was given to successful novels in hopes that they would make successful movies. The only drawback was that none of the winning books was ever filmed and the awards were abandoned shortly after Mary won her prize.
http://www.mouthshut.com/readreview/15921-1.html

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Dave-fragments

Post subject: thanks

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:55 am

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