The Golden Man Booker
The Golden Man Booker was a special one-off prize awarded in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Booker Prize. All of the previous 51 winning titles since the Booker's inception in 1969 were eligible.[1]
Five judges read the books from each relevant decade and chose a title which to be pitted against the judges' other choices. The judges' shortlist of five titles was announced on 26 May 2018, with voting also commencing that day. The winner was announced at a ceremony on 8 July 2018, at London's Southbank Centre, with the award going to Michael Ondaatje for his 1992 novel The English Patient.[2]
The judges were (chosen decade in parentheses):
- Robert McCrum (1970s)
- Lemn Sissay (1980s)
- Kamila Shamsie (1990s)
- Simon Mayo (2000s)
- Hollie McNish (2010s)
The shortlisted works were:[3]
- In a Free State (1971) — V.S. Naipaul
- Moon Tiger (1987) — Penelope Lively
- The English Patient (1992) — Michael Ondaatje
- Wolf Hall (2009) — Hilary Mantel
- Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) — George Saunders
References
- ^ "The Golden Man Booker". The Golden Man Booker. Man Booker Prizes. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje wins the Golden Man Booker Prize | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Golden Man Booker Prize shortlist | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Further reading
- Shepherd, Jack (26 May 2018). "The Golden Man Booker prize shortlist has been announced, revealing the five books fighting to be crowned best work of fiction released over the last 50 years". The Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Libbey, Peter (26 May 2018). "5 Novels Selected To Vie as Best of the Booker Prize Winners". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Codrea-Rado, Anna (8 July 2018). "'The English Patient' Wins Best of Man Booker Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Reid, Calvin (9 July 2018). "Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' Wins Golden Man Booker Prize". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Ondaatje, Michael (13 July 2018). "Read winner Michael Ondaatje's Golden Man Booker Prize speech". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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Recipients of the Booker Prize
- List of winners and nominated authors
- The Best of the Booker
- The Golden Man Booker
- International Booker Prize
- 1969: P. H. Newby (Something to Answer For)
- 1970: Bernice Rubens (The Elected Member)
- 1970 Lost Prize: J. G. Farrell (Troubles)
- 1971: V. S. Naipaul (In a Free State)
- 1972: John Berger (G.)
- 1973: J. G. Farrell (The Siege of Krishnapur)
- 1974: Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist) and Stanley Middleton (Holiday)
- 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust)
- 1976: David Storey (Saville)
- 1977: Paul Scott (Staying On)
- 1978: Iris Murdoch (The Sea, The Sea)
- 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald (Offshore)
- 1980: William Golding (Rites of Passage)
- 1981: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children)
- 1982: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Ark)
- 1983: J. M. Coetzee (Life & Times of Michael K)
- 1984: Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac)
- 1985: Keri Hulme (The Bone People)
- 1986: Kingsley Amis (The Old Devils)
- 1987: Penelope Lively (Moon Tiger)
- 1988: Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda)
- 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)
- 1990: A. S. Byatt (Possession)
- 1991: Ben Okri (The Famished Road)
- 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Barry Unsworth (Sacred Hunger)
- 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha)
- 1994: James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late)
- 1995: Pat Barker (The Ghost Road)
- 1996: Graham Swift (Last Orders)
- 1997: Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things)
- 1998: Ian McEwan (Amsterdam)
- 1999: J. M. Coetzee (Disgrace)
- 2000: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin)
- 2001: Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang)
- 2002: Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
- 2003: DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little)
- 2004: Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty)
- 2005: John Banville (The Sea)
- 2006: Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss)
- 2007: Anne Enright (The Gathering)
- 2008: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger)
- 2009: Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall)
- 2010: Howard Jacobson (The Finkler Question)
- 2011: Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending)
- 2012: Hilary Mantel (Bring Up the Bodies)
- 2013: Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
- 2014: Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- 2015: Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings)
- 2016: Paul Beatty (The Sellout)
- 2017: George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo)
- 2018: Anna Burns (Milkman)
- 2019: Margaret Atwood (The Testaments) and Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other)
- 2020: Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain)
- 2021: Damon Galgut (The Promise)
- 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
- 2023: Paul Lynch (Prophet Song)