The David Cohen Prize for Literature 2007

Set up by David and Veronica Cohen in 1980 to support music and the arts, the David Cohen Prize for Literature, is worth 40,000 pounds for the winner. It is run every two years and was won previously by the Irish writer William Trevor in 1999. The biographer Michael Holroyd won the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2005. The idea behind the prize is to recognise the lifetime achievement of english-speaking writers.