2018 Man Booker Prize
The 2018 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 16 October 2018.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on the 24th of July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on the 20th of September. The longlist included Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, the first in Booker Prize history to nominate a graphic novel.
Anna Burns was awarded the 2018 Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman, receiving £50,000;[2] she became the first Northern Irish author to win the prize.[3]
Judging panel
Nominees (shortlist)
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Burns | Milkman | Novel | UK | Faber & Faber |
Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Novel | Canada | Serpent's Tail |
Daisy Johnson | Everything Under | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
Rachel Kushner | The Mars Room | Novel | USA | Jonathan Cape |
Richard Powers | The Overstory | Novel | USA | William Heinemann |
Robin Robertson | The Long Take | Verse Novel | UK | Picador |
Nominees (longlist)
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belinda Bauer | Snap | Crime | UK | Bantam Press |
Anna Burns | Milkman | Novel | UK | Faber & Faber |
Nick Drnaso | Sabrina | Graphic Novel | USA | Granta |
Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Novel | Canada | Serpent's Tail |
Guy Gunaratne | In Our Mad and Furious City | Novel | UK | Tinder Press |
Daisy Johnson | Everything Under | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
Rachel Kushner | The Mars Room | Novel | USA | Jonathan Cape |
Sophie Mackintosh | The Water Cure | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
Michael Ondaatje | Warlight | Novel | Canada | Jonathan Cape |
Richard Powers | The Overstory | Novel | USA | William Heinemann |
Robin Robertson | The Long Take | Verse Novel | UK | Picador |
Sally Rooney | Normal People | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Donal Ryan | From A Low and Quiet Sea | Novel | Ireland | Doubleday Ireland |
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See also
- List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction
References
- "The Man Booker Prize - Key Dates". The Man Booker Prizes.
- "Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize with Milkman! | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- Flood, Alison; Armitstead, Claire (2018-10-16). "Anna Burns wins Man Booker prize for 'incredibly original' Milkman". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
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