2017 Man Booker Prize
The 2017 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 17 October 2017.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.[2] George Saunders was awarded the 2017 Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo, receiving £50,000 (~$65,000), and becoming the second American author in a row to be awarded the prize.[3][4]
Judging panel
- Lola, Baroness Young
- Lila Azam Zanganeh
- Sarah Hall
- Colin Thubron
- Tom Phillips
Nominees
indicates the winner
Shortlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
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George Saunders | Lincoln in the Bardo | Historical/Experimental | US | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Paul Auster | 4 3 2 1 | Novel | US | Faber & Faber |
Emily Fridlund | History of Wolves | Novel | US | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Mohsin Hamid | Exit West | Novel | UK-Pakistan | Hamish Hamilton |
Fiona Mozley | Elmet | Novel | UK | JM Originals, John Murray |
Ali Smith | Autumn | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
Longlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Saunders | Lincoln in the Bardo | Historical/Experimental | US | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Paul Auster | 4 3 2 1 | Novel | US | Faber & Faber |
Emily Fridlund | History of Wolves | Novel | US | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Mohsin Hamid | Exit West | Novel | UK-Pakistan | Hamish Hamilton |
Fiona Mozley | Elmet | Novel | UK | JM Originals, John Murray |
Ali Smith | Autumn | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
Sebastian Barry | Days Without End | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Mike McCormack | Solar Bones | Novel | Ireland | Canongate |
Jon McGregor | Reservoir 13 | Novel | US | Viking Press |
Arundhati Roy | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | Novel | India | Hamish Hamilton |
Kamila Shamsie | Home Fire | Novel | UK-Pakistan | Bloomsbury Circus |
Zadie Smith | Swing Time | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
Colson Whitehead | The Underground Railroad | Novel | US | Fleet Publishing |
See also
References
- ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2017 shortlist - The Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2017 longlist - The Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ "Lincoln in the Bardo wins 2017 Man Booker Prize". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ "Man Booker prize goes to second American author in a row". Guardian. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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Recipients of the Booker Prize
- 1969: P. H. Newby (Something to Answer For)
- 1970: Bernice Rubens (The Elected Member)
- 1970 Lost Prize: J. G. Farrell (Troubles)
- 1971: V. S. Naipaul (In a Free State)
- 1972: John Berger (G.)
- 1973: J. G. Farrell (The Siege of Krishnapur)
- 1974: Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist) and Stanley Middleton (Holiday)
- 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust)
- 1976: David Storey (Saville)
- 1977: Paul Scott (Staying On)
- 1978: Iris Murdoch (The Sea, The Sea)
- 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald (Offshore)
- 1980: William Golding (Rites of Passage)
- 1981: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children)
- 1982: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Ark)
- 1983: J. M. Coetzee (Life & Times of Michael K)
- 1984: Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac)
- 1985: Keri Hulme (The Bone People)
- 1986: Kingsley Amis (The Old Devils)
- 1987: Penelope Lively (Moon Tiger)
- 1988: Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda)
- 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)
- 1990: A. S. Byatt (Possession)
- 1991: Ben Okri (The Famished Road)
- 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Barry Unsworth (Sacred Hunger)
- 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha)
- 1994: James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late)
- 1995: Pat Barker (The Ghost Road)
- 1996: Graham Swift (Last Orders)
- 1997: Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things)
- 1998: Ian McEwan (Amsterdam)
- 1999: J. M. Coetzee (Disgrace)
- 2000: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin)
- 2001: Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang)
- 2002: Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
- 2003: DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little)
- 2004: Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty)
- 2005: John Banville (The Sea)
- 2006: Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss)
- 2007: Anne Enright (The Gathering)
- 2008: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger)
- 2009: Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall)
- 2010: Howard Jacobson (The Finkler Question)
- 2011: Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending)
- 2012: Hilary Mantel (Bring Up the Bodies)
- 2013: Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
- 2014: Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- 2015: Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings)
- 2016: Paul Beatty (The Sellout)
- 2017: George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo)
- 2018: Anna Burns (Milkman)
- 2019: Margaret Atwood (The Testaments) and Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other)
- 2020: Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain)
- 2021: Damon Galgut (The Promise)
- 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
- 2023: Paul Lynch (Prophet Song)