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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 Booker Prize Shortlist was announced at Somerset House on Monday (16 September), with religion, climate change, and race among the key themes tackled by the selected titles.. Judges had the ...
The shortlist of six finalists was announced on 16 September 2024, with five of the six books being by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the 55-year history of the prize. [7] [8] Harvey had previously been nominated for a Booker Prize when her 2009 debut novel The Wilderness was longlisted for the award. [8]
The shortlist, announced on 21 September, [3] consisted of six books from six different authors, one British, one Canadian, two Irish, and two American. For all six authors, this marked the first time that they had appeared in a Booker Prize shortlist. [4] For two writers, Escoffery and Maroo, the shortlist honour was given for their debut ...
The Booker Prize 2023 ceremony takes place on Sunday 26 November at Old Billingsgate, London, and will be broadcast in a special 30-minute edition of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row at 9.30pm. Show comments
This year’s Booker Prize shortlist will feature the biggest number of women authors in its 55-year history. Five women and one man will feature on the shortlist for the prestigious literary prize.
Harvey, who was one of five women among the six authors on the Booker Prize short list, is the first woman to win the award since 2019. And her book, at 136 pages, is the second-shortest ever to ...
The shortlist was announced on 6 September. [6] Leila Mottley, at 20, was the youngest longlisted writer to date, and Alan Garner, at 87, the oldest. [7] The majority of the 13 titles were from independent publishers. [8] The prize was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, receiving £50,000. He is the ...