The 2018 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 16 October 2018.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 24 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 20 September. The longlist included Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, the first in Booker Prize history to nominate a graphic novel.
Anna Burns was awarded the 2018 Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman, receiving £50,000;[2] she became the first Northern Irish author to win the prize.[3]
Judging panel
editNominees
edit indicates the winner
Shortlist
edit| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Burns | Milkman | Novel | UK | Faber & Faber |
| Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Novel | Canada | Serpent's Tail |
| Daisy Johnson | Everything Under | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Rachel Kushner | The Mars Room | Novel | USA | Jonathan Cape |
| Richard Powers | The Overstory | Novel | USA | William Heinemann |
| Robin Robertson | The Long Take | Verse Novel | UK | Picador |
Longlist
edit| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Bauer | Snap | Crime | UK | Bantam Press |
| Anna Burns | Milkman | Novel | UK | Faber & Faber |
| Nick Drnaso | Sabrina | Graphic Novel | USA | Granta |
| Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Novel | Canada | Serpent's Tail |
| Guy Gunaratne | In Our Mad and Furious City | Novel | UK | Tinder Press |
| Daisy Johnson | Everything Under | Novel | UK | Jonathan Cape |
| Rachel Kushner | The Mars Room | Novel | USA | Jonathan Cape |
| Sophie Mackintosh | The Water Cure | Novel | UK | Hamish Hamilton |
| Michael Ondaatje | Warlight | Novel | Canada | Jonathan Cape |
| Richard Powers | The Overstory | Novel | USA | William Heinemann |
| Robin Robertson | The Long Take | Verse Novel | UK | Picador |
| Sally Rooney | Normal People | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
| Donal Ryan | From a Low and Quiet Sea | Novel | Ireland | Doubleday Ireland |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Man Booker Prize - Key Dates". The Man Booker Prizes.
- ^ "Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize with Milkman! | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ Flood, Alison; Armitstead, Claire (2018-10-16). "Anna Burns wins Man Booker prize for 'incredibly original' Milkman". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-17.