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History
The International Booker Prize was established in 2005 to acknowledge the contribution of translations to fiction, and to complement The Booker Prize.
From 2005 to 2015 was awarded every two years, and awarded to acknowledge a writer's contribution to global writing. In 2015, the award became an annual award for fiction in translation.
Novels and short fiction are eligible.
Notes
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'The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction. 2005 saw the awarding of the inaugural prize. The prize [is] awarded once every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or generally available in translation in the English language.'
Source: Man Booker International Prize website, http://www.manbookerinternational.com/home
Sighted: 16/04/2007
Latest Winners / Recipients
Works About this Award
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Man Booker Prize Judges Reveal 2016 Longlist 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 July 2016; 'Two-time winner JM Coetzee’s latest book is on list along with little-reviewed crime thriller by Graeme Macrae Burnet ...' -
The Flanagan Effect : Tasmanian Literature in the Limelight 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 7 April 2015; -
Australian Writer Richard Flanagan Wins the Man Booker Prize 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 October 2014; -
Australia’s Booker Prize Record Suggests Others Will Come in Flanagan’s Wake 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 October 2014; -
Open Booker 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 October 2014; (p. 16-17)
