Man Booker Prize

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:literary_award
gptkbp:award	£50,000
gptkbp:awardedFor	best original novel written in English
gptkbp:controversy	2011 shortlist controversy 2013 eligibility rule change 2019 joint award to Atwood and Evaristo debates over literary merit joint winners in 2019 sponsorship changes
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentName	gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:eligibility	authors of any nationality novel published in the UK or Ireland
gptkbp:established	1969
gptkbp:firstChampion	gptkb:P.H._Newby
gptkbp:firstWinningNovel	gptkb:Something_to_Answer_For
gptkbp:formerName	gptkb:Emmy_Award gptkb:Man_Booker_Prize
gptkbp:frequency	gptkb:annual
gptkbp:genre	fiction
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:author gptkb:public_figure academics critics
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:London
gptkbp:longlist	typically 12-13 books
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:BBC gptkb:The_Guardian gptkb:The_New_York_Times gptkb:The_Times gptkb:The_Telegraph
gptkbp:notableEvent	2013 eligibility expanded to all English-language authors 2019 joint winners: Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood
gptkbp:notableFor	Eleanor Catton is the youngest winner (2013) Hilary Mantel won twice for the same trilogy J.M. Coetzee won twice Margaret Atwood is the oldest winner (2019) Peter Carey won twice first awarded in 1969 renamed Booker Prize in 2019 Hilary Mantel won for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Bernice_Rubens gptkb:D.B.C._Pierre gptkb:J.M._Coetzee gptkb:Keri_Hulme gptkb:P.H._Newby gptkb:Richard_Flanagan gptkb:George_Saunders gptkb:Hilary_Mantel gptkb:John_Banville gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro gptkb:Margaret_Atwood gptkb:Marlon_James gptkb:Michael_Ondaatje gptkb:Penelope_Lively gptkb:Salman_Rushdie gptkb:Anna_Burns gptkb:Ben_Okri gptkb:Bernardine_Evaristo gptkb:Damon_Galgut gptkb:Douglas_Stuart gptkb:Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala gptkb:Shehan_Karunatilaka gptkb:Yann_Martel gptkb:J.G._Farrell gptkb:Arundhati_Roy gptkb:Ian_McEwan gptkb:Julian_Barnes gptkb:Kiran_Desai gptkb:Roddy_Doyle gptkb:V.S._Naipaul gptkb:A.S._Byatt gptkb:Anita_Brookner gptkb:Howard_Jacobson gptkb:Iris_Murdoch gptkb:John_Berger gptkb:Kingsley_Amis gptkb:Paul_Beatty gptkb:Peter_Carey gptkb:Eleanor_Catton gptkb:Anne_Enright
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://thebookerprizes.com/
gptkbp:presentedBy	gptkb:Booker_Prize_Foundation
gptkbp:relatedAward	gptkb:Booker_Prize_for_Fiction gptkb:International_Booker_Prize
gptkbp:shortlistedFor	typically 6 books
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Booker_McConnell gptkb:Crankstart gptkb:Man_Group
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:George_Saunders gptkb:Riverhead_Books gptkb:Jeet_Thayil gptkb:Eleanor_Catton
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
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