International Booker Prize
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.[1] It was 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 piece of writing published in English or available in English translation.[2]
Winners
2005–2015
| Year | Author | Country | Translator | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ismail Kadare | Albania | N/A | Albanian |
| 2007 | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria | N/A | English |
| 2009 | Alice Munro | Canada | N/A | English |
| 2011 | Philip Roth | USA | N/A | English |
| 2013 | Lydia Davis | USA | N/A | English |
| 2015 | László Krasznahorkai | Hungary | George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet | Hungarian |
2016–present
| Year | Author | Country | Translator | Country | Work | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Han Kang | South Korea | Deborah Smith | United Kingdom | The Vegetarian (채식주의자) |
Korean |
| 2017 | David Grossman | Israel | Jessica Cohen | Israel/UK/US | A Horse Walks Into a Bar (סוס אחד נכנס לבר) |
Hebrew |
| 2018 | Olga Tokarczuk | Poland | Jennifer Croft | United States | Flights (Bieguni) |
Polish |
| 2019 | Jokha al-Harthi | Oman | Marilyn Booth | United States | Celestial Bodies (سـيّـدات الـقـمـر، روايـة) |
Arabic |
| 2020 | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld | Netherlands | Michele Hutchison | United Kingdom | The Discomfort of Evening (De avond is ongemak) |
Dutch |
| 2021 | David Diop | France | Anna Moschovakis | United States | At Night All Blood Is Black (Frère d'âme) |
French |
| 2022[3] | Geetanjali Shree | India | Daisy Rockwell | United States | Tomb of Sand (रेत समाधि) |
Hindi |
References
- ↑ Readers debate world Booker prize. BBC News. 20 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4112179.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ Crerar, Simon (27 May 2009). "Alice Munro announced as Man Booker International Prize winner". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6371639.ece. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "The 2022 International Booker Prize". Booker Prize Foundation. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
