Man Booker Prize

The Man-Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Booker Prize, is one of the world's most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth, or the Republic of Ireland in the English language. A separate prize for which any living author in the world may qualify, the Man Booker International Prize, was inaugurated in 2005. A Russian version of the Booker Prize, the Russian Booker Prize, was created in 1992.

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Literary prizes - Novel - Commonwealth - Republic of Ireland - English language - Author - Man Booker International Prize - 2005 - Russian Booker Prize - 1992

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The winner of the Man Booker will generally be assured of international fame and success. It is also a mark of distinction for an author's work to be selected for inclusion on the Booker "longlist" or "shortlist".

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When the Man Booker was originally sponsored by the company Booker-McConnell plc in 1968, the prize was commonly known as the "Booker", or more correctly, the Booker-McConnell Prize. However, when administration of the prize was transferred to the Booker Prize Foundation in 2002 and the title sponsor became the investment company Man Group plc, the prize became known as the "Man Booker".

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Booker-McConnell - 1968 - 2002

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The prize money of the Booker was originally £21,000, but was subsequently raised to £50,000 in 2002.

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