P. H. Newby Author, friend and colleague Anthony Thwaite in his obituary states: "P. H. Newby was one of the best English novelists of the second half of the century." P. H. Newby Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel "Something to Answer For" having received the inaugural award in 1969. P.H. Newby, known as Howard Newby, was born in Crowborough, Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire, and St Paul's College of
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book The Prix Révélation (Prize of Revelation or Debut Prize) is one of the prizes awarded by the Angoulême International Comics Festival. This prize honors cartoonists who are early in their career. Some version of the prize has been awarded almost every year since the first festival in 1974. At first it was called the Prize of Best Hope ("prix du meilleur espoir"), then in 1985 it was reborn as the Prize for Best First Album ("prix du meilleur premier album"). In 1989, as the whole award ceremony was renamed after Hergé's