2017 Man Booker Prize

The 2017 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 17 October 2017.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 28 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.[2] George Saunders was awarded the 2017 Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo, receiving 50,000 pounds (~$65,000), and becoming the second American author in a row to be awarded the prize.[3][4]

Judging panel

Nominees (shortlist)

Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Historical/Experimental US Bloomsbury Publishing
Paul Auster 4 3 2 1 Novel US Faber & Faber
Emily Fridlund History of Wolves Novel US Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Mohsin Hamid Exit West Novel UK-Pakistan Hamish Hamilton
Fiona Mozley Elmet Novel UK JM Originals, John Murray
Ali Smith Autumn Novel UK Hamish Hamilton

Nominees (longlist)

Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Historical/Experimental US Bloomsbury Publishing
Paul Auster 4 3 2 1 Novel US Faber & Faber
Emily Fridlund History of Wolves Novel US Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Mohsin Hamid Exit West Novel UK-Pakistan Hamish Hamilton
Fiona Mozley Elmet Novel UK JM Originals, John Murray
Ali Smith Autumn Novel UK Hamish Hamilton
Sebastian Barry Days Without End Novel Ireland Faber & Faber
Mike McCormack Solar Bones Novel Ireland Canongate
Jon McGregor Reservoir 13 Novel US Viking Press
Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Novel India Hamish Hamilton
Kamila Shamsie Home Fire Novel UK-Pakistan Bloomsbury Circus
Zadie Smith Swing Time Novel UK Hamish Hamilton
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Novel US Fleet Publishing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Man Booker Prize announces 2017 shortlist - The Man Booker Prizes".
  2. ↑ "Man Booker Prize announces 2017 longlist - The Man Booker Prizes".
  3. ↑ "Lincoln in the Bardo wins 2017 Man Booker Prize". Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Man Booker prize goes to second American author in a row". Guardian. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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