2016 Man Booker Prize
The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.[2] Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.[3]
Judging panel
[edit]Nominees
[edit] indicates the winner
Shortlist
[edit]| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Beatty | The Sellout | Novel | US | Oneworld Publications |
| Deborah Levy | Hot Milk | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
| Graeme Macrae Burnet | His Bloody Project | Novel | UK | Contraband |
| Ottessa Moshfegh | Eileen | Novel | US | Jonathan Cape |
| David Szalay | All That Man Is | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Madeleine Thien | Do Not Say We Have Nothing | Novel | Canada | Granta Books |
Longlist
[edit]| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Beatty | The Sellout | Novel | US | Oneworld Publications |
| Deborah Levy | Hot Milk | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
| Graeme Macrae Burnet | His Bloody Project | Novel | UK | Contraband |
| Ottessa Moshfegh | Eileen | Novel | US | Jonathan Cape |
| David Szalay | All That Man Is | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Madeleine Thien | Do Not Say We Have Nothing | Novel | Canada | Granta Books |
| J. M. Coetzee | The Schooldays of Jesus | Novel | South Africa-Australia | Harvill Secker |
| A. L. Kennedy | Serious Sweet | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Elizabeth Strout | My Name Is Lucy Barton | Novel | US | Viking |
| Ian McGuire | The North Water | Novel | UK | Scribner UK |
| David Means | Hystopia | Novel | US | Faber & Faber |
| Wyl Menmuir | The Many | Novel | Uk | Salt |
| Virginia Reeves | Work Like Any Other | Novel | UK | Scribner UK |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist - The Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 longlist - The Man Booker Prizes".
- ^ "Paul Beatty becomes first American author to win the Man Booker Prize". Retrieved 2016-10-28.