2022 Booker Prize
British literary award given in 2022
The 2022 Booker Prize was a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. It was announced on 17 October 2022, during a ceremony hosted by Sophie Duker at the Roundhouse in London. [1] [2] [3] [4] The longlist was announced on 26 July 2022. [5] The shortlist was announced on 6 September. [6] Leila Mottley , at 20, was the youngest longlisted writer to date, and Alan Garner , at 87, the oldest. [7] The majority of the 13 titles were from independent publishers. [8] The prize was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida , receiving £50,000. He is the second Sri Lankan to win the prize, after Michael Ondaatje . [9]
Judging panel
Nominees
Shortlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Shehan Karunatilaka | The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Novel | Sri Lanka | Sort of Books |
NoViolet Bulawayo | Glory | Novel | Zimbabwe/USA | Vintage Publishing |
Percival Everett | The Trees | Novel | USA | Influx Press |
Alan Garner | Treacle Walker | Novel | England | HarperCollins |
Claire Keegan | Small Things Like These | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Elizabeth Strout | Oh William! | Novel | USA | Penguin Books |
Longlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Audrey Magee | The Colony | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Selby Wynn Schwartz | After Sappho | Novel | USA | Galley Beggar Press |
NoViolet Bulawayo | Glory | Novel | Zimbabwe/USA | Vintage Publishing |
Claire Keegan | Small Things Like These | Novel | Ireland | Faber & Faber |
Leila Mottley | Nightcrawling | Novel | USA | Bloomsbury |
Maddie Mortimer | Maps of our Spectacular Bodies | Novel | England | Pan Macmillan |
Graeme Macrae Burnet | Case Study | Novel | Scotland | Saraband |
Alan Garner | Treacle Walker | Novel | England | HarperCollins |
Percival Everett | The Trees | Novel | USA | Influx Press |
Hernan Diaz | Trust | Novel | USA | Pan Macmillan |
Shehan Karunatilaka | The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Novel | Sri Lanka | Sort of Books |
Elizabeth Strout | Oh William! | Novel | USA | Penguin Books |
Karen Joy Fowler | Booth | Novel | USA | Profile Books |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" . thebookerprizes.com . The Booker Prizes . Retrieved 17 October 2022 .
- ↑ Bayley, Sian (17 October 2022). "Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize with 'audacious' The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" . The Bookseller . Retrieved 18 October 2022 .
- ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" . The Guardian .
- ↑ Chilton, Martin (17 October 2022). "Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is compelling about conflict – but not a simple read" . The Independent .
- ↑ "The Booker Prize 2022 longlist" . bookshop.org . The Booker Prizes . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
- ↑ Bari, Shahidha (6 September 2022). " 'I've no idea how we'll pick a winner': the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2022 .
- ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (26 July 2022). "Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced" . The Guardian . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
- ↑ Bayley, Sian (26 July 2022). "Booker Prize longlist dominated by indies as judges pick youngest and oldest ever nominees" . The Bookseller . Retrieved 27 July 2022 .
- ↑ Alter, Alexandra (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' " . The New York Times .