Man Booker Prize Longlist Nominations 2023
Every year, several prestigious awards are given to deserving authors who have shown incredible talent and touched millions of hearts through their work. Awards like the Nobel Prize for Literature, Man Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Awards are four of the most prestigious literary awards in the world.
Earlier, the Man Booker Prize was called the Booker Prize for Fiction. It was named after the company Booker McConnell Ltd which sponsored the first awarding event in 1969. Every year, the Man Booker Prize has been awarded to the best novel written in English and published in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Along with a cash prize of £50,000, the winner of the prize receives international publicity. The Booker Prize Foundation selects a panel of five people to decide which book receives the award. The panel comprises literary agents, publishers, librarians, and authors. The Man Booker Prize has a similar prize called the International Booker Prize. This award is given to a book translated into English and published in Ireland or the United Kingdom. The prize money is the same and is split between the author and translator.
The 2023 Man Booker Prize longlist nominations have recently been released. It includes a list of 13 books which have a unique storytelling quality. The titles of the books are as follows:
- The House of Doors
- The Bee Sting
- Western Lane
- In Ascension
- Prophet Song
- All the Little Bird-Hearts
- Pearl
- This Other Eden
- How to Build a Boat
- If I Survive You
- Study for Obedience
- Old God’s Time
- A Spell of Good Things
The winner of the Man Booker Prize Award 2023 will be announced on November 26.
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