List of Booker Prize Winners 2020 - Man Booker Prize

The list of Booker Prize Winners 2020 is imperative for competitive exams. Questions on Booker Prizes and its winners form an important part of the current affairs and general awareness section.

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Booker Prize Winner 2020

Booker Prize – Key facts

1. The Booker Prize for Fiction was formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019). It was first awarded in 1969.
2. Its aim was to stimulate the reading and discussion of contemporary fiction
3. In 1970, Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize, for The Elected Member.
4. The younger sibling of the Booker Prize is the International Booker Prize which is given for fiction in translation.

What is the Booker Prize?

The Booker Prize is a leading literary award in the English speaking world. The prize has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. It is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

The winner receives £50,000 as well as the £2,500 awarded to each of the six shortlisted authors. Both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a global readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales.

The Nominees for Shortlist Authors are as follows-

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The International Booker Prize Winner 2020

International Booker Prize – Key facts

1. The International Booker Prize was previously known as The Man Booker International Prize. It was established in 2005.
2. The Booker prize is honoured for finest in fiction while the International Booker Prize is honoured for finest fiction translated in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
3. It honours fiction on a global basis to encourage more reading of quality fiction from all over the world.

What is the International Booker Prize?

The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated.

The prize money of £50,000 for the International Booker prize is divided equally between the author and translator. Each shortlisted author and translator also receives £1,000.

The Nominees for Shortlist Authors for International Booker Prize 2020 are as follows-

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List of Booker Prize Winners 2010 to 2020

The table below highlights the winners of the Booker Prize award for previous years from 2010 to 2019.

List of International Booker Prize Winners [2019-2016]

This table highlights the previous year’s winners of the International Booker prize. It will give the name of the author, their work and, translators (who translated in English) and publisher.

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List of Indians Who Won the Booker Prize

The booker prize is honoured not to any author but to a specific work of fiction. The table below highlights the list of Indians or persons from Indian descent who have been honoured with the Booker prize award.

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