Booker Prize for Fiction

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Booker_Prize_for_Fiction

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:literary_award
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Booker gptkb:Emmy_Award gptkb:Man_Booker_Prize
gptkbp:award	£50,000
gptkbp:awardedFor	best original novel written in the English language novel published in the UK or Ireland
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:eligibility	authors of any nationality novel must be published in the UK or Ireland novel must be written in English
gptkbp:firstAwarded	1969
gptkbp:frequency	gptkb:annual
gptkbp:genre	fiction
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:London
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:BBC gptkb:The_Guardian gptkb:The_Times gptkb:The_Telegraph
gptkbp:notableEvent	2019 prize was jointly awarded to Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Douglas Stuart won in 2020 for 'Shuggie Bain' Hilary Mantel won twice for the same trilogy Paul Lynch won in 2023 for 'Prophet Song' first double winner: J. M. Coetzee first non-British winner: Nadine Gordimer (1974, South Africa) Shehan Karunatilaka won in 2022 for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' first winner: P. H. Newby for 'Something to Answer For' (1969)
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Paul_Lynch gptkb:Hilary_Mantel gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro gptkb:Margaret_Atwood gptkb:Salman_Rushdie gptkb:Ben_Okri gptkb:Bernardine_Evaristo gptkb:Damon_Galgut gptkb:Douglas_Stuart gptkb:J._M._Coetzee gptkb:Shehan_Karunatilaka gptkb:Arundhati_Roy gptkb:Ian_McEwan
gptkbp:presentedBy	gptkb:Booker_Prize_Foundation
gptkbp:relatedAward	gptkb:Booker_Prize_for_Russian_Fiction gptkb:International_Booker_Prize
gptkbp:selectionProcess	judged by a panel of literary critics, writers, and academics
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Booker_McConnell_Ltd gptkb:Crankstart gptkb:Man_Group
gptkbp:website	https://thebookerprizes.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Man_Booker_Prize gptkb:Booker_Prize_(longlisted) gptkb:Sebastian_Barry
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Booker Prize for Fiction