Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2025

Winner

Heart, Be at Peace

Doubleday Ireland

Orwell Prize · 2025 · Winner

For its lyrical and deeply human portrait of an Irish farming family — fiction that illuminates how communities sustain and betray each other across generations.

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Judges

Orwell Foundation panel

Event Details

Announcement Date: July 1, 2025