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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, 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.
The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Booker Prize was then known, was announced in June 2004. [1] Sponsored by the Man Group , from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English ...
The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016. [1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. [2] Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American ...
The 2018 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 16 October 2018. [1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 24 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 20 September. The longlist included Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, the first in Booker Prize history to nominate a graphic novel.
The International Booker is award each year to a single fiction book – either a novel or short story collection – and, according to the prize, “aims to encourage more publishing and reading ...
The 2014 Man Booker Prize for fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. Until 2014, only novels written in English and from authors in the Commonwealth, including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible for consideration; however from 2014 rules were changed to extend eligibility to any novel written in English. [1]
The Booker Prize 2022 longlist features the oldest and youngest authors ever to be nominated for the prestigious literary award. British author Alan Garner, who will celebrate his 88th birthday on ...