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The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020. [1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July, [2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September. [3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000. [4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the ...
The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
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It is the fourth time in five years that an Argentine writer is up for the prize.
Also featured on this year’s six-strong shortlist is Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, which, at 116 pages, is the shortest book in terms of pages in the prize’s history.
It's not a list of all the hundreds of eligible novels published that year, but a short list of outstanding novels that have been chosen for judging. The longlist announcement is more significant for the publishing industry than the shortlist, and attracts a lot of media coverage and discussion; here are some examples and it's easy to find many ...
The 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 3 November 2021, during a ceremony at the BBC Radio Theatre. [1] The longlist was announced on 27 July 2021. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The shortlist was announced on 14 September 2021. [ 4 ]