The 2009 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 6 October 2009.[1] The Man Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 2 August,[2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 8 September.[3][4] The Man Booker Prize was awarded to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall.[5][6]
Judging panel
edit- James Naughtie (Chair)
- Lucasta Miller
- Michael Prodger
- Professor John Mullan
- Sue Perkins
Nominees (Shortlist)
edit| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. S. Byatt | The Children's Book | Novel | UK | Random House, Chatto and Windus |
| J. M. Coetzee | Summertime | Novel | South Africa, Australia | Random House, Harvill Secker |
| Adam Foulds | The Quickening Maze | Novel | UK | Random House, Jonathan Cape |
| Hilary Mantel | Wolf Hall | Novel | UK | HarperCollins, Fourth Estate |
| Simon Mawer | The Glass Room | Novel | UK | Little, Brown |
| Sarah Waters | The Little Stranger | Novel | UK | Little, Brown, Virago |
Nominees (Longlist)
edit| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. S. Byatt | The Children's Book | Novel | UK | Random House, Chatto and Windus |
| William Trevor | Love and Summer | Novel | Ireland | Viking |
| J. M. Coetzee | Summertime | Novel | South Africa, Australia | Random House, Harvill Secker |
| James Lever | Me Cheeta | Novel | 4th Estate | |
| Adam Foulds | The Quickening Maze | Novel | UK | Random House, Jonathan Cape |
| Sarah Hall | How to Paint a Dead Man | Novel | UK | Faber |
| Samantha Harvey | The Wilderness | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| James Scudamore | Heliopolis | Novel | UK | Harvill Secker |
| Hilary Mantel | Wolf Hall | Novel | UK | HarperCollins, Fourth Estate |
| Colm Tóibín | Brooklyn | Novel | Ireland | Viking |
| Simon Mawer | The Glass Room | Novel | UK | Little, Brown |
| Ed O'Loughlin | Not Untrue and Not Unkind | Novel | Ireland, Canada | Penguin |
| Sarah Waters | The Little Stranger | Novel | UK | Little, Brown, Virago |
References
edit- ^ "Mantel named Booker Prize winner". BBC News. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ "Eyes on the prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ "Shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction". Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "The 2009 Man Booker shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Booker prize 2011: Julian Barnes triumphs at last". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "The Man Booker Prize 2011- The Winner". Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-04-12.