International Booker Prize
26-08-2023
12:01 PM
1 min read
Overview:
Recently, Kairos’ by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, has won the International Booker Prize 2024.
About International Booker Prize:
- It is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English.
- This prize began life in 2005 as the Man Booker International Prize.
- It was initially a biennial prize for a body of work, and there was no stipulation that the work should be written in a language other than English.
- This prize aims to encourage more reading of quality fiction from all over the world,and has already had an impact on those statistics in the UK.
- Eligibility: Eligible work of long-form fiction, written originally in English by an author of any nationality, and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
- Prize money
- The prize celebrates the vital work of translators, with the £50,000 prize money divided equally between the author and the translator.
- In addition, the shortlisted authors and translators each receive £2,500.
Q1: What is Fictional literature?
It was created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction genre include the novel, short story, and novella.
Source: Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ wins the International Booker Prize 2024