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Man Booker 2015 To Be Announced Later (nigerian Nominated) by TopWinner(m): 8:39pm On Oct 13, 2015 |
The winner of the Man Booker Prize is
announced later with Hanya Yanagihara's
A Little Life the bookies' favourite to take
the £50,000 prize.
Yanagihara's novel, the story of four college
friends seeking fame and fortune in New
York, is tipped to win by bookmakers
William Hill and Coral.
It is the second year the prize is open to all
authors writing in English, regardless of
nationality.
The winner will be announced at London's
Guildhall later.
Man Booker Prize 2015: At a glance
This year's shortlist features two authors
from the UK, two from the US and one each
from Jamaica and Nigeria.
The shortlist of authors and titles is as
follows:
Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of
Seven Killings
Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The
Fishermen
Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the
Runaways
Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life
Victory for either Yanagihara or Tyler would
see the Man Booker have its first American
winner.
Marlon James is the first Jamaican-born
author to be shortlisted for the prize. William
Hill said his novel, which explores the
attempted assassination of Bob Marley in
the late 1970s, had moved up from fifth
favourite to second favourite.
This year's judges are Michael Wood (chair),
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, John Burnside, Sam
Leith and Frances Osborne. They considered
156 books for this year's prize.
McCarthy is the only shortlisted author to
have been nominated before, having been
shortlisted for C in 2010.
At 28 years old, Obioma is the youngest
nominee, the same age as 2013 winner
Eleanor Catton.
The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500
and a specially bound edition of their book.
The winner will receive a further cheque for
£50,000.
Australian author Richard Flanagan won last
year's prize for his wartime novel The
Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Coverage from this year's ceremony, where
the prize will be presented by the Duchess
of Cornwall, will be on the BBC News Channel
from 21:30 BST. |
Re: Man Booker 2015 To Be Announced Later (nigerian Nominated) by Nobody: 4:59am On Oct 14, 2015 |
Marlon James won. |
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