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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 ...
Gurnah at the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer, June 2022. Literary critics and societies were stunned when the Swedish Academy awarded the prize to Gurnah who they described was quite unknown and whose novels are unheard or little read. [6] His announcement came as an "obscure event."
Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize. The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. The 2022 award was announced on 17 October 2022, during a ceremony hosted by Sophie Duker at the Roundhouse in London.
National Book Award for Translated Literature – awarded annually for a fiction or non-fiction translation from any language into English by the National Book Award National Translation Award – annual prize awarded by the American Literary Translators Association [ 2 ]
A novel which “stood out for its sparkling writing and poignancy” has been named winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. American-Canadian author Ruth Ozeki, 66, scooped the prestigious ...
The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, [1] is an annual literary award presented by British bookseller Waterstones to the best debut fiction published in the previous 12 months. The award is intended to "celebrate[] the very best fresh voices in fiction and share[] the joy and magic of discovering new authors."
The fifth category, the National Book Award for Translated Literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. [12] At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards.
The council agreed to step in and continue funding the award under the same brand name of the now-defunct company while seeking a new sponsor. [7] It was reported that the council paid €100,000 for the prize plus €80,250 in administration costs in 2015. [7] The award was subsequently renamed the International DUBLIN Literary Award in ...