Booker prize Publishers call on Man Booker prize to drop American authors A letter from 30 industry figures is urging the award to reverse 2014’s inclusion of US authors, in order to avoid a ‘homogenised literary future’ Guests at the 2012 Man Booker prize ceremony at the Guildhall in London. They should welcome the challenge Alastair Niven, 2014 Man Booker judgeBut others have been supportive. Facebook Twitter Pinterest American author George Saunders, who won the 2017 Man Booker prize. The Man Booker Foundation responded to the draft letter with a statement disputing the letter’s focus on US authors. “The Man Booker prize expanded in 2014 to allow writers of any nationality, regardless of geography, to enter the prize providing that they are writing in English and published in the UK.

Source: The Guardian February 02, 2018 17:33 UTC