2015 Man Booker Prize
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The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015.[1] A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.[2]
Judging panel
Nominees (shortlist)
| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon James | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Novel | Jamaica | Riverhead Books |
| Hanya Yanagihara | A Little Life | Novel | US | Doubleday Books |
| Anne Tyler | A Spool of Blue Thread | Novel | US | Knopf Publishing Group |
| Tom McCarthy | Satin Island | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Chigozie Obioma | The Fishermen | Novel | Nigeria | Little, Brown and Company |
| Sunjeev Sahota | The Year of the Runaways | Novel | UK | Picador |
Nominees (longlist)
| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon James | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Novel | Jamaica | Riverhead Books |
| Hanya Yanagihara | A Little Life | Novel | US | Doubleday Books |
| Anne Tyler | A Spool of Blue Thread | Novel | US | Knopf Publishing Group |
| Bill Clegg | Did You Ever Have a Family | Novel | US | Gallery/Scout |
| Marilynne Robinson | Lila | Novel | US | Virago Press |
| Tom McCarthy | Satin Island | Novel | UK | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Anuradha Roy | Sleeping on Jupiter | Novel | India | Quercus |
| Anna Smaill | The Chimes | Novel | New Zealand | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Chigozie Obioma | The Fishermen | Novel | Nigeria | Little, Brown and Company |
| Anne Enright | The Green Road | Novel | Ireland | McClelland & Stewart |
| Andrew O'Hagan | The Illuminations | Novel | UK | Macmillan Publishers |
| Laila Lalami | The Moor's Account | Novel | US | Pantheon Books |
| Sunjeev Sahota | The Year of the Runaways | Novel | UK | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Winner
On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Man Booker 2015". Man Booker Prize. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Pulitzer winner makes Booker Prize shortlist". BBC News. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ Brown, Mark (29 July 2015). "Man Booker prize 2015: US literary agent among 13 writers on longlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Man Booker Prize 2015: Marlon James wins for A Brief History of Seven Killings". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Marlon James wins the Man Booker prize 2015". Guardian. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "A Brief History of Seven Killings is violent, shocking - and a worthy winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize". Daily Telegraph. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.