Booker Prize semifinalists include 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists
1 year, 5 months ago

Booker Prize semifinalists include 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists

Associated Press  

LONDON — Author Sebastian Barry, who has received four previous nominations for the Booker Prize and twice been shortlisted for it, was one of four Irish writers Tuesday to make the long list of semifinalists for the prestigious award. Barry is up this year for his novel “Old God’s Time,” about a retired police detective who gets dragged back into a cold case investigation of a murdered priest suspected of sexually abusing children. Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow’s debut novel, “All The Little Bird-Hearts,” is about a rule-bound mother whose carefully ordered life is upended when a charming couple moves next door with darker designs on her 16-year-old daughter. Shehan Karunatilaka, one of Sri Lanka’s most prestigious writers, won the 2022 Booker Prize for “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” a satirical “afterlife noir” set during Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war.

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Booker Prize to be announced today, here’s a short story of 6 shortlisted contenders
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize to be announced today, here’s a short story of 6 shortlisted contenders

Firstpost  

The UK Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, is set to announce its 2024 winner tonight. This year, the competition has been fierce, with a diverse slate of six outstanding books shortlisted The Booker Prize is the world’s one of the most prestigious literary awards for a single work of fiction in English and …

A Diverse and Intriguing Lineup of Shortlisted Books for the 2024 Booker Prize
2 months ago

A Diverse and Intriguing Lineup of Shortlisted Books for the 2024 Booker Prize

The Hindu  

The Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features a diverse range of stories that explore themes of belonging, displacement, and return. The list includes five women and one man, the first Dutch and Australian authors to be nominated in 10 years, and a novel that tackles the aftermath of World War II in the Netherlands.

Booker Prize 2024: Women dominate shortlist as all six authors tackle ‘fault lines of our times’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Booker Prize 2024: Women dominate shortlist as all six authors tackle ‘fault lines of our times’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Booker Prize Shortlist was …

Here's The Longlist For This Year's Booker Prize
5 months, 1 week ago

Here's The Longlist For This Year's Booker Prize

Deccan Chronicle  

The nominees for this year’s class of Booker Prize were announced on Tuesday. The Prestigious award is conferred every year for the best fiction in English language published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland. American writers including Pulitzer prize winner Hisham Matar, Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among the 13 semifinalists. The Booker Prize was founded in …

Booker Prize Fiction longlist 2024: U.S. authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists
5 months, 1 week ago

Booker Prize Fiction longlist 2024: U.S. authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists

The Hindu  

Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for the 50,000 pound award with his centuries-spanning saga “Wandering Stars.” Everett is nominated for “James,” which reimagines Mark Twain's “Huckleberry Finn” …

Read our reviews of the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted titles
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Read our reviews of the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted titles

The Hindu  

The winner of the International Booker Prize 2024 will be announced late on May 21. The ceremony, which will be livestreamed on The Booker Prizes’ channels, will be held for the first time at London’s Tate Modern. This year’s shortlist of six books was selected from a longlist of 13 titles by a panel that included writer and broadcaster Eleanor …

International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed, check full list
8 months, 4 weeks ago

International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed, check full list

India TV News  

The International Booker Prize, celebrating the best-translated fiction from around the world, has revealed its 2024 shortlist. South Korea: Veteran author Hwang Sok-yong's "Mater 2-10," translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, celebrates Korean resilience in the face of adversity. Brazil: Itamar Vieira Junior's debut novel, "Crooked Plow," translated by Johnny Lorenz, sheds light on the significance of land …

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’
1 year, 1 month ago

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’

LA Times  

Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, celebrates shortly after the announcement in London on Sunday. Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, who chaired the judging panel, called …

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'
1 year, 1 month ago

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'

The Hindu  

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, who chaired the judging panel, said the book is “a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave” in which Mr. Lynch “pulls …

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’
1 year, 1 month ago

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’

Associated Press  

LONDON — Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war. Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, who chaired the judging panel, said the book is “a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave” in which Lynch …

Booker Prize 2023: Two debuts appear on the shortlist
1 year, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2023: Two debuts appear on the shortlist

Deccan Chronicle  

The group of six writers who have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 award include a British, two Americans, a Canadian, and two Irish. Here are the interesting facts about the six authors shortlisted this year, according to the Booker Prize Foundation: Two debuts appear on the shortlist – Western Lane and If I Survive You Two Americans appear …

Booker Prize 2023 shortlist addresses climate change, persecution and political extremism
1 year, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2023 shortlist addresses climate change, persecution and political extremism

ABC  

The Booker Prize shortlist for 2023 has been announced, and contains a few surprises. Listen: ABC RN's The Book Show Photo shows The Book Show While none of the authors had previously been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, they are not without substantial literary accolades. Harding won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, Tinkers, while Lynch's …

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan is longlisted for the International Booker Prize
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan is longlisted for the International Booker Prize

Live Mint  

In 2015 when he came under fire for his book Madhorubagan, Tamil writer Perumal Murugan had announced his exile from writing – he'd declared that his writing was “dead”. Fast forward to today, and Murugan, 56, finds himself on the longlist for the International Booker Prize 2023 for his book Pyre, translated from the Tamil original Pukkuli by Aniruddhan Vasudevan. …

Booker Prize winner lets ghosts of Sri Lanka's past speak
2 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize winner lets ghosts of Sri Lanka's past speak

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shehan Karunatilaka wrote his Booker …

Novel by Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
2 years, 2 months ago

Novel by Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

Associated Press  

LONDON — Writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” a satirical “afterlife noir” set during Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war. The 47-year-old, who has also written journalism, children’s books, screenplays and rock songs, is the second Sri Lanka-born Booker Prize winner, after Michael Ondaatje, who took the trophy …

The Hindu on Books Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka’s hopes for Seven Moons, Pamuk’s pandemic novel, a new Shivaji biography and more
2 years, 2 months ago

The Hindu on Books Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka’s hopes for Seven Moons, Pamuk’s pandemic novel, a new Shivaji biography and more

The Hindu  

This article forms a part of The Hindu on Books newsletter which brings you book reviews, reading recommendations, interviews with authors and more. it is read in a Sri Lanka that learns from its stories and that Seven Moons will be in the fantasy section, next to the dragons and unicorns, and not to be mistaken for realism or political …

Explained: The Booker Prize, the 2022 winner Shehan Karunatilaka, and his work – Firstpost
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: The Booker Prize, the 2022 winner Shehan Karunatilaka, and his work – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Founded in 1969, the Booker Prize initially rewarded authors who belonged to the Commonwealth. That’s the plot of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, the book that won the prestigious Booker Prize this year. And once there, the reader also discovers the tenderness and beauty, the love and loyalty and the pursuit of an ideal that justify every human life.” …

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
2 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 18, 2022 11:54 IST Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on October 17 won Britain’s Booker Prize for fiction for his work The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a journalist murdered amid the country’s sectarian strife. The 47-year-old, who has also written journalism, children’s books, screenplays, and rock songs, is the second Sri Lanka-born Booker Prize winner, …

Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka is compelling about conflict – but not a simple read
2 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka is compelling about conflict – but not a simple read

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, began planning how …

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize
2 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife. Set in 1990 Sri Lanka during the country's civil war, Mr. Karunatilaka's story follows gay war photographer and gambler Maali Almeida, who wakes up dead. This year's shortlist …

Booker Prize winner 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka takes the crown
2 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize winner 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka takes the crown

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Writer of rock songs, screenplays and travel stories Shehan …

One of these six novels is set to be crowned winner of Booker Prize 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

One of these six novels is set to be crowned winner of Booker Prize 2022

Live Mint  

The winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction will be chosen Monday from among six novels that explore the impact of personal and historical traumas on individual lives. Two books by American authors are on the shortlist for the 50,000 pound award: Elizabeth Strout’s symphony of everyday lives “Oh William!” and Percival Everett’s novel about racism and police violence, …

Booker Prize 2022 | The six shortlists: NoViolet Bulawayo, Claire Keegan, Alan Garner, Shehan Karunatilaka, Percival Everett, and Elizabeth Strout
2 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 | The six shortlists: NoViolet Bulawayo, Claire Keegan, Alan Garner, Shehan Karunatilaka, Percival Everett, and Elizabeth Strout

The Hindu  

Watch | Booker Prize 2022 contenders From a longlist of 13 books, six novels made it to the 2022 Booker Prize shortlist. And it includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated, besides “writers from five countries and a wealth of fabulous fiction”, as the Booker website states. “I thought a ghost story would be an interesting …

Booker Prize 2022: Shortlist includes oldest finalist ever
2 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2022: Shortlist includes oldest finalist ever

Live Mint  

Britain's Booker Prize for fiction unveiled its final contenders for this year's award Tuesday, featuring the oldest author and the shortest book ever to make the prestigious six-strong literary shortlist. Octogenarian Englishman Alan Garner, who will turn 88 when the winner is announced on October 17, was shortlisted for "Treacle Walker", which is the shortest finalist novel by word count. …

U.S. authors Elizabeth Strout, Percival Everett among Booker Prize finalists
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. authors Elizabeth Strout, Percival Everett among Booker Prize finalists

The Hindu  

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up against writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka as finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Ms. Strout’s symphony of everyday lives “Oh William!” and Mr. Everett’s powerful novel about racism and police violence, “The Trees,” are on a shortlist announced on September 6 for the 50,000 pound prize. …

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: All the nominees
2 years, 4 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: All the nominees

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy This year’s Booker Prize shortlist, described by the chair …

Booker Prize 2022 longlist announced: Read the novels now
2 years, 5 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 longlist announced: Read the novels now

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Literary awards provide us with a means to discover …

Booker Prize 2022 longlist dominated by American authors
2 years, 5 months ago

Booker Prize 2022 longlist dominated by American authors

The Hindu  

The 2022 Booker Prize longlist of 13 books, referred to as the “Booker dozen” and released in London on July 26, is dominated by American authors, including previously longlisted writer Elizabeth Strout. The Booker 13 is completed by Irish writers Audrey Magee for the book ‘The Colony’ and Claire Keegan for ‘Small Things Like These’ and Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo …

1st International Booker for Hindi novel by Indian
2 years, 7 months ago

1st International Booker for Hindi novel by Indian

Hindustan Times  

“I feel a sense of wonderment about my own work, that so many people, sitting so far away, have read the book and liked it,” Geetanjali Shree told HT when her Hindi novel, Ret Samadhi, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in March. What a huge recognition, I’m honoured and humbled.” The book, Shree’s fifth and translated into English …

Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins top honours for ‘The Promise’
3 years, 2 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins top honours for ‘The Promise’

The Hindu  

South African author Damon Galgut has won the £50,000 Booker Prize for The Promise, beating out a quality field that included one other previously shortlisted author, Richard Powers. 'The legacies of the past' During the ceremony at BBC’s Radio Theatre in London, the chair of the Booker Prize judges, historian Maya Jasanoff, said all six shortlisted novels "share a sense …

Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced
3 years, 3 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Whether it’s David Diop’s International Booker Prize-winning novel At Night All Blood Is …

Booker Prize 2021: Longlist announced
3 years, 5 months ago

Booker Prize 2021: Longlist announced

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Whether it’s David Dop’s International Booker Prize-winning novel At Night All Blood Is …

Booker Prize 2020: The longlist books to add to your reading pile
3 years, 7 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: The longlist books to add to your reading pile

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 'The New Wilderness' by Diane Cook, published by Oneworld Publications: £11.61, Amazon open …

International Booker Prize 2021: Argentina's Mariana Enriquez, France's Eric Vuillard among shortlisted authors
3 years, 8 months ago

International Booker Prize 2021: Argentina's Mariana Enriquez, France's Eric Vuillard among shortlisted authors

Firstpost  

British author Lucy Hughes-Hallett, who is chairing the panel of judges, said the list showed that some of the most exciting new writing is going on “in the borderlands” between fiction and other genres, such as history and memoir. London: Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders …

International Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced
3 years, 8 months ago

International Booker Prize 2021: Shortlist announced

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With the past year meaning we’ve spent more time …

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read
3 years, 11 months ago

Booker Prize 2020: The shortlisted novels you need to read

The Independent  

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Booker Prize 2020: A guide to the shortlisted authors, from Douglas Stuart to Avni Doshi
4 years, 1 month ago

Booker Prize 2020: A guide to the shortlisted authors, from Douglas Stuart to Avni Doshi

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The 2020 Booker Prize for …

Zimbabwean writer, Americans on diverse Booker Prize list
4 years, 3 months ago

Zimbabwean writer, Americans on diverse Booker Prize list

Associated Press  

LONDON — A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Reform Our Institutions.” The Booker list this year is dominated by books from American or U.S.-based authors, including “The Shadow King” by Ethiopia-born Maaza Mengiste, Diane Cook’s dystopian tale “The …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ on Booker Prize 2019 shortlist
5 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ on Booker Prize 2019 shortlist

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie’s tragicomic novel Quichotte is among six titles from around the world to be named on the shortlist of the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction released in London on Tuesday. “Like all great literature, these books teem with life, with a profound and celebratory humanity,” said Peter Florence, founder and director of the Hay Festival and chair of the …

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