2023 Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is an annual literary award given for the best English-language novel of the year published in either the United Kingdom or Ireland.[1] The 2023 winner was Paul Lynch's Prophet Song.
The 2023 longlist was announced on 1 August.
The winner was announced on 26 November 2023, at the Old Billingsgate in London.[8] The £50,000 prize was won by Paul Lynch of Ireland for his novel Prophet Song.[9][3] Esi Edugyan stated that the work was a "triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave". Edugyan also stated that the book's depiction of war and the migrant crisis "captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment."[10]
The keynote speaker for the award ceremony was Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained in an Iranian prison for about six years and released in March 2022. Zaghari-Ratcliffe explained how books that were smuggled to her had helped her during her time in solitary confinement.[11]
Judging panel
Nominees
Shortlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Lynch | Prophet Song | Novel | Ireland | Oneworld Publications |
Paul Murray | The Bee Sting | Novel | Ireland | Hamish Hamilton |
Chetna Maroo | Western Lane
|
Novel | Kenya/England | Picador |
Paul Harding | This Other Eden | Novel | USA | Hutchinson Heinemann |
Jonathan Escoffery | If I Survive You | Novel | USA | 4th Estate |
Sarah Bernstein | Study for Obedience | Novel | Canada | Granta Books
|
Longlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tan Twan Eng | The House of Doors | Novel | Malaysia | Canongate
|
Martin MacInnes | In Ascension | Novel | Scotland | Atlantic Books |
Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow | All the Little Bird-Hearts | Novel | England | Tinder Press
|
Siân Hughes | Pearl | Novel | England | Indigo Press |
Elaine Feeney | How to Build a Boat
|
Novel | Ireland | Harvill Secker |
Sebastian Barry | Old God's Time | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
|
A Spell of Good Things | Novel | Nigeria/England | Canongate
|
Paul Murray | The Bee Sting | Novel | Ireland | Hamish Hamilton |
Chetna Maroo | Western Lane
|
Novel | Kenya/England | Picador |
Paul Lynch | Prophet Song | Novel | Ireland | Oneworld Publications |
Paul Harding | This Other Eden | Novel | USA | Hutchinson Heinemann |
Jonathan Escoffery | If I Survive You | Novel | USA | 4th Estate |
Sarah Bernstein | Study for Obedience | Novel | Canada | Granta Books
|
See also
References
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- ^ "The Booker Prize 2023 longlist". thebookerprizes.com. The Booker Prizes. August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b "The Booker Prize 2023". thebookerprizes.com. Booker Prizes. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Creamer, Ella (21 September 2023). "Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Razzall, Katie (26 November 2023). "Booker Prize 2023 shortlist: Who are the six authors hoping to win tonight?". Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow interview: 'I'd be happy for more autistic writers to be celebrated' | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Nguyen, Sophia (21 September 2023). "Here are the 6 finalists for the 2023 Booker Prize023 Booker Prize". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Your Guide to Reading the Booker Prize Shortlist". russh.com. Russh Media Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Marshall, Alex (26 November 2023). "Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023.
- ^ Marshall, Alex (26 November 2023). "Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Creamer, Ella (26 November 2023). "'Soul-shattering' Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.