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Booker Prize
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Atwood started the millennium winning the Booker Prize with “The Blind Assassin,” a nested novel of historical fiction.
Burns’ chilling Booker Prize winner, inspired partly by growing up during the Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland, centers a teenage narrator who is stalked by a 40-something paramilitary trailing her in his white van.
When BBC News NI searched the database a number of authors from Northern Ireland appeared on the list, including Jan Carson, Lynne Graham, Deric Henderson, and Booker prize winner Anna Burns.
For readers familiar with Sir Salman's Midnight's Children, for which he won the Booker Prize, this upcoming work revisits the Bombay neighbourhood of that book, where "a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire".
The British-Indian author has released as many as 16 novels, including Midnight's Children, for which he won the Booker Prize.
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is theBooker Prize?
The Booker Prize is an annual award given to the author of the fiction book (novel or short story collection) considered the best of the year among those written in English and published in the U.K. or Ireland.
The award was originally known as the Booker Prize, and then as the Man Booker Prize from 2002 until 2019, when the name reverted to the Booker Prize.
The Booker Prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in English language literature. The award also includes a large cash prize.
Originally, it was open only to authors from the UK or Ireland, but it is now open to authors of any nationality.
There is also an International Booker Prize for authors of fiction books translated into English and published in the U.K. or Ireland.
When is the Booker Prize given out?
The Booker Prize is usually given out each year in October.
The International Booker Prize is usually awarded in May or June.
More information and context on the Booker Prize
The Booker Prize was established in 1969 by publishing industry professionals as an effort to increase discussion of modern English language literature. It was modeled after the Prix Goncourt, a similar award for French fiction.
The Booker Prize was named after its original sponsor, the Booker McConnell Company. From 2002 to 2019, the name of the award was changed to the Man Booker Prize after a new sponsor, the Man Group. The name was changed back to the Booker Prize in 2019 when sponsorship changed again. The award now known as the International Booker Prize was established in 2005.
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How is theBooker Prizediscussed in real life?
The Booker Prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in English language literature.
So, I'm only the fourth Black British female writer shortlisted for the Booker Prize? Wow, I thought there had been many more but it's Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy and Bernardine Evaristo.
— Nadifa Mohamed (@thesailorsgirl)
This is the most beautiful book exploring the psychological impact of the Sri Lankan civil war and the plight of the Tamils. My guess for the winner of the Booker prize this year.
— Jack Wallington (@jackwallington)
I've read 4 Booker Prize winners in the past few weeks, The Blind Assassin by being far & away the best.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney)
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The Booker Prize comes with a cash prize.
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