2016 Man Booker Prize

Paul Beatty, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize

The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.[2] Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.[3]

  1. ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist - The Man Booker Prizes". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  2. ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 longlist - The Man Booker Prizes".
  3. ^ "Paul Beatty becomes first American author to win the Man Booker Prize". Retrieved 2016-10-28.