17 September 2006
Man Booker Prizes
Six writers have been shortlisted for this year's 2006 Man Booker Prize. They were chosen from a longlist of 19 and are:
Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Kate Grenville, The Secret River
M.J. Hyland, Carry Me Down
Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men
Edward St Aubyn, Mother’s Milk
Sarah Waters, The Night Watch
One of the best-known book awards, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is for the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland, and is selected by a panel of judges. The prize, due to be announced on 10 October, is worth £50,000. See http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
The Man Booker International Prize seeks to recognise a living author who has contributed significantly to world literature and to highlight the author's continuing creativity and development on a global scale.
Awarded every two years the Man Booker International Prize is unique in the world of literature in that it can be won by an author of any nationality, providing that his or her work is available in the English language. In 2005 it was won by Ismail Kadaré from Albania, and the shortlist for the 2007 award will be announced in April 2007. See http://www.manbookerinternational.com/
Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Kate Grenville, The Secret River
M.J. Hyland, Carry Me Down
Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men
Edward St Aubyn, Mother’s Milk
Sarah Waters, The Night Watch
One of the best-known book awards, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is for the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland, and is selected by a panel of judges. The prize, due to be announced on 10 October, is worth £50,000. See http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
The Man Booker International Prize seeks to recognise a living author who has contributed significantly to world literature and to highlight the author's continuing creativity and development on a global scale.
Awarded every two years the Man Booker International Prize is unique in the world of literature in that it can be won by an author of any nationality, providing that his or her work is available in the English language. In 2005 it was won by Ismail Kadaré from Albania, and the shortlist for the 2007 award will be announced in April 2007. See http://www.manbookerinternational.com/
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