Tag: Man Booker Prize
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Chigozie Obioma makes the Man Booker Prize 2015 shortlist
The Fishermen by Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma and published by One/Pushkin Press has made the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize 2015. Also on the shortlist is A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. The Man Booker Prize is one of the richest in the world at US$50,000 with the winner being…
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Nigeria’s Chigozie Obioma makes Man Booker Prize 2015
The judges of the Man Booker Prize 2015, one of the richest in the world at US$50,000, have announced those who are in the running. We have one of our own that list of thirteen; Nigerian Chigozie Obioma is in the running for his debut novel The Fishermen which was published by ONE, Pushkin Press.…
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A letter to the Man Booker Prize 2014 judging panel
AC Grayling,Chair of Judges,Man Booker Prize 2014,England Re: Lack of African Authors on Man Booker Prize I am happy to note that you have earlier today announced the Man Booker Prize longlist earlier today and the names on the list are quite impressive and are listed here; There is no African author on this esteemed…
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No Man Booker for Noviolet: Man Booker 2013 announced
The Man Booker Prize committee last night announced the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013: Eleanor Catton for her 832 page book The Luminaries. The New Zealand native is also the youngest winner of the award at 28. The book she wrote according to the website of the prize is “set in 1866 during…
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Noviolet Bulawayo on Man Booker Prize shortlist
The Man Booker Prize is one of the biggest in the literary business with the winner going home with £50,000. That’s UK pounds. Launched in 1969, the prize aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, or the Republic of Ireland. Judges…