Man Booker Prize winner announced
Three times shortlisted author Julian Barnes is the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 for his novel, The Sense of an Ending. The Sense of an Ending is his first novel since 2005. His previously shortlisted novels are Arthur and George (2005), England, England (1998) and Flaubert’s Parrot(1984). Barnes has won several [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hot off the press from the UK – the six shortlisted novels for the 2011 Man Booker Prize are : Julian Barnes : The Sense of an Ending Carol Birch : Jamrach’s Menagerie Patrick DeWitt : The Sisters Brothers Esi Edugyan : Half Blood Blues Stephen Kelman : Pigeon English AD Miller : Snowdrops [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man Booker Longlist
The thirteen books on the Man Booker Prize 2011 longlist were announced last night. The longlisted titles were chosen by a panel of five judges chaired by author and former Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington from a whopping 138 books. The so-called ‘Man Booker Dozen’ include : one former Man Booker Prize winner (Alan [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man Booker Prize 2010
Congratulations must go to British author Howard Jacobson who was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Finkler Question. Jacobson has been on the Man Booker longlist twice before – for Kalooki Nights in 2006 and for Who’s Sorry Now in 2002. “The Finkler Question is a novel about [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man Booker Prize 2010 Longlist
The Man Booker Dozen, the longlist for the Man Booker Prize, was announced last night from a total of 138 entries. The prize winner, to be announced in October, receives £50,000 as well as greatly increased sales and worldwide recognition while each of the six shortlisted authors, to be announced in September, will receive £2,500 [...]
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