Booker Prize, an annual prize of £50,000 (originally £20,000) for a work of fiction by a living British, Irish, or Commonwealth writer. Great Britain's premier literary award, it has been underwritten since 1969 by the British food-distribution company Booker PLC, now part of The Big Food Group PLC. In 2002 the Man Group, a British hedge fund, became a co-sponsor of the award, which was officially renamed the Man Booker Prize. Recipients have included Nadine Gordimer Gordimer, Nadine (nādēn` gôr`dəmər), 1923–, South African writer, b. Springs.
..... Click the link for more information. , Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Dame Iris (Dame Jean Iris Murdoch) (mûr`dŏk), 1919–99, British novelist and philosopher, b. Dublin, Ireland.
..... Click the link for more information. , Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman (sälmän` r
..... Click the link for more information. , A. S. Byatt Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt) (bī`ət), 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble .
..... Click the link for more information. , and Peter Carey Carey, Peter, 1943–, Australian novelist, b. near Melbourne. Carey's combination of science fiction and fantasy motifs with a realistic style, displayed in such short-story volumes as The Fat Man in History (1974), War Crimes (1979), and
..... Click the link for more information. . In 2004 an additional award, the Man Booker International Prize, was introduced. An award of £60,000 given for overall achievement in fiction, it is presented every two years to a living author of any nationality whose fiction is either written in English or is generally available in English translation. It was first given (2005) to the Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare Kadare, Ismail, 1936–, Albanian novelist and poet, widely regarded as his country's most important contemporary writer, b. Gjirokastër, studied Univ. of Tiranë, Gorky Institute of World Literature, Moscow.
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Booker Prize

in full (2002– ) Man Booker Prize

Prestigious British award given annually to a full-length novel. It was established in 1968 by the multinational company Booker McConnell as a counterpart to the French Prix Goncourt. The Booker Prize Foundation administers the prize, aided by an advisory committee. Entries, which are nominated by publishers, must be written by an English-language author from the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth countries, Ireland, or South Africa. Its winners have included Kingsley Amis, A.S. Byatt, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Salman Rushdie. In 1992 a Booker Russian Novel Prize was introduced.