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Man Booker Prize
Man 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 was originally known as the Booker Prize and in 1969 was underwritten 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 renamed. Recipients of the award have included V. S. Naipaul , Nadine Gordimer , Iris Murdoch , Salman Rushdie , A. S. Byatt , J. M. Coetzee , Margaret Atwood , Peter Carey , and Ian McEwan . 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 and was subsequently awarded to Nigerian Chinua Achebe (2007), Canadian Alice Munro (2009), and American Philip Roth . In 2007 yet another award was announced, the Man Asian Literary Prize. Initiated by the Hong Kong International Literary Festival Ltd. with the financial support of the Man Group, it aims to bring exciting new Asian writers to the attention of the world literary community, to encourage the translation and publication in English of such writers' works, and to emphasize Asia's increasing role in world literature. The prize awards $10,000 to the winning writer and $3,000 to the translator. |
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"Man Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Man Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ManBkrPrz.html "Man Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ManBkrPrz.html |
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Booker Prize
Booker Prize British literary prize. The Booker is the most prestigious award for new English-language novels published by UK, Commonwealth or Irish writers. The annual award generates much media attention, controversy and increased sales for short-listed writers. Recipients of the prize, first presented in 1969, have included Kazuo Ishiguro, Iris Murdoch, V. S. Naipaul and Pat Barker. In 1993 Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children won the ‘Booker of Bookers’.
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"Booker Prize." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Booker Prize." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BookerPrize.html "Booker Prize." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BookerPrize.html |
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Booker Prize for Fiction
Booker Prize for Fiction, a prize founded in 1969 and financed by Booker McConnell, awarded annually to the best full-length novel by a British or Commonwealth citizen published in the previous 12 months. In 2002 the prize became known as the Man Booker Prize (under new sponsorship by the Man Group).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Booker Prize for Fiction." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Booker Prize for Fiction." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BookerPrizeforFiction.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Booker Prize for Fiction." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BookerPrizeforFiction.html |
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Booker Prize
Booker Prize a literary prize awarded annually for a novel published by a British or Commonwealth citizen during the previous year, financed by the multinational company Booker McConnell. Now known as the Man Booker Prize.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Booker Prize." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Booker Prize." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-BookerPrize.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Booker Prize." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-BookerPrize.html |
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Booker Prize
Booker Prize see Man Booker Prize . |
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"Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-BookerPr.html "Booker Prize." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-BookerPr.html |
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