Man Booker International Prize

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Man Booker International Prize
Ismail Kadare.jpg
Inaugural winner Ismail Kadare
Awarded for Best book in English translation
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Man Group
Reward £50,000 FROM 2016
First awarded 2005
Official website http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/man-booker-international

The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted in Britain. From 2005 until 2015, the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.[1] Beginning in 2016, the award was significantly reconfigured.[2] It is given annually to a book in English translation, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, to be shared equally between author and translator.[2]

The introduction of the International Prize was announced in June 2004.[3] The award, which is sponsored by the Man Group, complements the Man Booker Prize and rewards one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage."[4] Therefore, the award is a recognition of the writer's body of work, rather than any one title.[1] The judges for the year compile their own lists of authors and submissions are not invited.[1]

Prizes

Pre-2016

While the Man Booker Prize was, from its beginning, only open to writers from the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe (but later opened to authors from all over the world), the International Prize was open to all nationalities.[5] The award is worth £60,000 and an author can only win once.[4] The Man Booker International prize also allows for a separate award for translation. The winning author can choose a translator of their work into English to receive a prize sum of £15,000.[6] A similar prize to the Man Booker International Prize is the Neustadt International Prize for Literature which is like the Man Booker International Prize awarded biennially. In contrast, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Franz Kafka Prize are each awarded annually.

Post-2016

On Tuesday 7 July 2015, the Booker Prize Foundation announced that the Man Booker International Prize is to evolve from 2016 to a prize for fiction in translation. Its aim is to encourage more publishing and reading of quality works in translation.the award is given annually to a book in English translation, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, to be shared equally between author and translator. Each shortlisted author and translator will receive £1,000. This brings the total prize fund to £62,000 per year, compared to the previous £37,500 for the Man Booker International Prize and £10,000 for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.The new Man Booker International Prize will complement the Man Booker Prize in that the judges will select a longlist of 12 or 13 books next March, followed by a shortlist of six in April, with the winner announced in May 2016

History

The inaugural winner was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. He was followed by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in 2007 and two years later, Canadian writer Alice Munro, was named the winner of the award. In 2011 the prize was awarded to American Philip Roth. Praising its concerted judgement, the journalist Hephzibah Anderson has noted that the Man Booker International Prize "is fast becoming the more significant award, appearing an ever more competent alternative to the Nobel".[7]

In 2015 it was announced that the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize would be disbanded.[2] The prize money from that award would be folded into the Man Booker International Prize, and the later would become what the Independent prize used to be: a yearly book award for English translations with the prize split between author and translator.[8]

Award winners (2016–)

Award winners (2005–15)

Year Name Country Language(s) Literary tradition
2005 Ismail Kadare  Albania Albanian Albanian literature
2007 Chinua Achebe  Nigeria English Nigerian literature
2009 Alice Munro  Canada English Canadian literature
2011 Philip Roth  United States English American literature
2013 Lydia Davis  United States English American literature
2015 László Krasznahorkai  Hungary Hungarian Hungarian literature

Nominations

2005

Winner

Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare was named the inaugural International Prize winner in 2005.[9] Head judge, Professor John Carey said Kadare is "a universal writer in the tradition of storytelling that goes back to Homer."[9] Kadare said he was "deeply honoured" at being awarded the prize.[9] Kadare was also able to select a translator to receive an additional prize of £15,000.[9] The writer received his award in Edinburgh on 27 June.[9]

Judging panel
Nominees

The nominees for the inaugural Man Booker International Prize were announced on 2 June 2005 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[4]

2007

Winner

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe was awarded the International Prize for his literary career in 2007.[10] Judge Nadine Gordimer said Achebe was "the father of modern African literature" and that he was "integral" to world literature.[10] Achebe received his award on 28 June in Oxford.[10]

Judging panel
Nominees

The nominees for the second Man Booker International Prize were announced on 12 April 2007 at Massey College in Toronto.[5]

2009

Winner

Canadian short story writer Munro was named the winner of the prize in 2009 for her lifetime body of work.[11] Judge Jane Smiley said picking a winner had been "a challenge", but Munro had won the panel over.[11] On Munro's work, Smiley said "Her work is practically perfect. Any writer has to gawk when reading her because her work is very subtle and precise. Her thoughtfulness about every subject is so concentrated."[11] Munro, who said she was "totally amazed and delighted" at her win, received the award at Trinity College, Dublin on 25 June.[1][11]

Judging panel
Nominees

The nominees for the third Man Booker International Prize were announced on 18 March 2009 at The New York Public Library.[12]

2011

Winner

American novelist Roth was announced as the winner on 18 May 2011 at the Sydney Writers' Festival.[13] Of his win, Roth said "This is a great honour and I'm delighted to receive it."[13] The writer said he hoped the prize would bring him to the attention of readers around the world who are not currently familiar with his body of work.[13] Roth received his award in London on 28 June; however, he was unable to attend in person due to ill health, so he sent a short video instead.[13][14]

Judging panel

After Roth was announced as the winner, Carmen Callil withdrew from the judging panel, saying "I don't rate him as a writer at all... in 20 years' time will anyone read him?" Callil later wrote an editorial in The Guardian explaining her position and why she chose to leave the panel.[6][16]

Nominees

The nominees for the fourth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 30 March 2011 at a ceremony in Sydney, Australia.[17] John le Carré asked to be removed from consideration, saying he was "flattered", but that he does not compete for literary prizes.[18] However, judge Dr Rick Gekoski said although he was disappointed that le Carré wanted to withdraw, his name would remain on the list.[18]

2013

Winner

Lydia Davis, best known as a short story writer, was announced as the winner of the 2013 prize on 22 May at a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[19] The official announcement of Davis' award on the Man Booker Prize website described her work as having "the brevity and precision of poetry." Judging panel chair Christopher Ricks commented that "There is vigilance to her stories, and great imaginative attention. Vigilance as how to realise things down to the very word or syllable; vigilance as to everybody's impure motives and illusions of feeling."[20]

Judging Panel
Nominees

The nominees for the fifth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 24 January 2013.[20] Marilynne Robinson was the only writer out of the ten nominees who had been nominated for the prize before.[20]

2015

Winner

László Krasznahorkai became the first author from Hungary to receive the Man Booker award in 2015. The prize was given to recognise his "achievement in fiction on the world stage". British author Marina Warner, who chaired the panel of judges that selected Krasznahorkai for the award, compared his writing to Kafka and Beckett. Krasnahorkai's translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet, shared the £15,000 translators' prize.[23]

Judging Panel
Nominees

The nominees for the sixth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 24 March 2015.[24]

See also

For a more comprehensive overview a list of literary awards is available.

References

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