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.[1] 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.[2]

Winners

2005–2015

YearAuthorCountryTranslatorLanguage
2005Ismail KadareAlbaniaN/AAlbanian
2007Chinua AchebeNigeriaN/AEnglish
2009Alice MunroCanadaN/AEnglish
2011Philip RothUSAN/AEnglish
2013Lydia DavisUSAN/AEnglish
2015László KrasznahorkaiHungaryGeorge Szirtes and Ottilie MulzetHungarian

2016–present

YearAuthorCountryTranslatorCountryWorkLanguage
2016Han KangSouth KoreaDeborah SmithUnited KingdomThe Vegetarian
(채식주의자)
Korean
2017David GrossmanIsraelJessica CohenIsrael/UK/USA Horse Walks Into a Bar
(סוס אחד נכנס לבר‎)
Hebrew
2018Olga TokarczukPolandJennifer CroftUnited StatesFlights
(Bieguni)
Polish
2019Jokha al-HarthiOmanMarilyn BoothUnited StatesCelestial Bodies
(سـيّـدات الـقـمـر، روايـة)
Arabic
2020Marieke Lucas RijneveldNetherlandsMichele HutchisonUnited KingdomThe Discomfort of Evening
(De avond is ongemak)
Dutch
2021David DiopFranceAnna MoschovakisUnited StatesAt Night All Blood Is Black
(Frère d'âme)
French
2022[3]Geetanjali ShreeIndiaDaisy RockwellUnited StatesTomb of Sand
(रेत समाधि)
Hindi

References