International Booker Prize

For the related prize given to an author writing in English, see The Booker Prize.

International Booker Prize
Inaugural winner Ismail Kadare
Awarded forBest work of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBooker Prize Foundation
Reward(s)£50,000
First awarded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Websitethebookerprizes.com/the-international-booker-prize

The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Booker Prize was then known, was announced in June 2004.[1] Sponsored by the Man Group, from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.[2] It rewarded one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage",[3] and was a recognition of the writer's body of work rather than any one title.

Since 2016, the award has been given annually to a single work of fiction or collection of short stories, translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator.[4][5]

Crankstart, the charitable foundation of Sir Michael Moritz and his wife, Harriet Heyman began supporting The Booker Prizes on 1 June 2019. From this date, the prizes were known as The Booker Prize and The International Booker Prize. Of their support for The Booker Prize Foundation and the prizes, Moritz commented: "Neither of us can imagine a day where we don’t spend time reading a book. The Booker Prizes are ways of spreading the word about the insights, discoveries, pleasures and joy that spring from great fiction".

  1. ^ "Readers debate world Booker prize". BBC News. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ Crerar, Simon (27 May 2009). "Alice Munro announced as Man Booker International Prize winner". The Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Spark heads world Booker nominees". BBC News. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. ^ Sarah Shaffi (7 July 2015). "'Reconfiguration' of Man Booker International Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ^ "The International Booker Prize and its History | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.