Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.
Tag: Man Booker Prize
A Novelist Who Finds Inspiration in Germany’s Tortured History
Jenny Erpenbeck became a writer when her childhood and her country, the German Democratic Republic, disappeared, swallowed by the materialist West.
On the International Booker Prize Shortlist, Heartbreak and Family Love
Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.
U.S. Authors Dominate Booker Prize Nominees
Six of the 13 writers in contention for the prestigious British literary award are from the United States, with novelists from Britain, Ireland and Zimbabwe also on the list.
‘Tomb of Sand’ Wins International Booker Prize, a First for a Hindi Novel
“Tomb of Sand,” written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, won despite getting little previous attention from reviewers.
Women Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize
Novels by Olga Tokarczuk, Mieko Kawakami and Claudia Piñeiro are in the running for the prestigious award for translated fiction.
Keri Hulme, New Zealand’s First Booker Prize Winner, Dies at 74
The power Ms. Hulme drew from her Maori heritage shone through in her work, especially in “The Bone People,” which won the literary prize in 1985.
Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’
The novelist, shortlisted for two of his previous books, received one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for his cutting depiction of a white family in post-apartheid South Africa.
Writing About a Past Injustice Helped Her See What Has and Hasn’t Changed
Nadifa Mohamed is a Booker Prize finalist for her novel “The Fortune Men,” a story about a false accusation and the tragedy that resulted.
Booker Prize Finalists Include ‘Great Circle’ and ‘Bewilderment’
This year’s shortlist includes novels by Nadifa Mohamed, Patricia Lockwood, Damon Galgut and Anuk Arudpragasam. A winner will be named in November.