To recognise the best author of the year, the Man Group sponsors the Man Booker Prize for Fiction with £1000 to the shortlisted six and £50,000 to the winner.
The prize is declared to books written in English language and the judges who selected this year’s entries are Daniel Hahn, Elif Shafak, Chika Unigwe and Helen Mort. The panel of judges will be chaired by Nick Barley. The awarded literature of Man Booker Prize for 2017 will be declared on 14th June at Victoria and Albert Museum, London. And the Entries for this year are as follows. (The list mentions the author, translator, and the book’s name)
- Mathias Enard (France), Charlotte Mandell (US), Compass (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
2. David Grossman (Israel), Jessica Cohen (US), A Horse Walks Into a Bar (Jonathan Cape)
3. Roy Jacobsen (Norway), Don Bartlett (UK), Don Shaw (UK), The Unseen (Maclehose)
4. Dorthe Nors (Denmark), Misha Hoekstra (US), Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (Pushkin Press)
5.Amos Oz(Israel), Nicholas de Lange (UK), Judas (Chatto & Windus)
6. Samanta Schweblin (Argentina), Megan McDowell (US), Fever Dream (Oneworld)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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