International Booker Prize: International literary award
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.
It was sponsored by the Man Group, from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a piece of writing published in English or available in English translation.
Winners
2005–2015
| Year | Author | Country | Translator | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ismail Kadare | Albania | N/A | Albanian |
| 2007 | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria | N/A | English |
| 2009 | Alice Munro | Canada | N/A | English |
| 2011 | Philip Roth | USA | N/A | English |
| 2013 | Lydia Davis | USA | N/A | English |
| 2015 | László Krasznahorkai | Hungary | George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet | Hungarian |
2016–present
| Year | Author | Country | Translator | Country | Work | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Han Kang | South Korea | Deborah Smith | United Kingdom | The Vegetarian (채식주의자) | Korean |
| 2017 | David Grossman | Israel | Jessica Cohen | Israel/UK/US | A Horse Walks Into a Bar (סוס אחד נכנס לבר) | Hebrew |
| 2018 | Olga Tokarczuk | Poland | Jennifer Croft | United States | Flights (Bieguni) | Polish |
| 2019 | Jokha al-Harthi | Oman | Marilyn Booth | United States | Celestial Bodies (سـيّـدات الـقـمـر، روايـة) | Arabic |
| 2020 | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld | Netherlands | Michele Hutchison | United Kingdom | The Discomfort of Evening (De avond is ongemak) | Dutch |
| 2021 | David Diop | France | Anna Moschovakis | United States | At Night All Blood Is Black (Frère d'âme) | French |
| 2022 | Geetanjali Shree | India | Daisy Rockwell | United States | Tomb of Sand (रेत समाधि) | Hindi |
References
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