2020 Booker Prize
British literary award given in 2020
The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020.[1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July,[2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September.[3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000.[4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to James Kelman for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994.[5] The ceremony was hosted by John Wilson at the Roundhouse in Central London, and broadcast by the BBC.[6] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortlisted authors and guest speakers appeared virtually from their respective homes.[7]
Judging panel
- Margaret Busby
- Lee Child
- Lemn Sissay
- Sameer Rahim
- Emily Wilson
Nominees
indicates the winner
Shortlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
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Douglas Stuart | Shuggie Bain | Novel | United Kingdom/United States | Picador / Pan Macmillan |
Diane Cook | The New Wilderness | Novel | United States | Oneworld Publications |
Tsitsi Dangarembga | This Mournable Body | Novel | Zimbabwe | Faber & Faber |
Avni Doshi | Burnt Sugar | Novel | United States | Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House |
Maaza Mengiste | The Shadow King | Novel | Ethiopia / United States | Canongate Books |
Brandon Taylor | Real Life | Novel | United States | Originals / Daunt Books Publishing |
Longlist
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diane Cook | The New Wilderness | Novel | United States | Oneworld Publications |
Tsitsi Dangarembga | This Mournable Body | Novel | Zimbabwe | Faber & Faber |
Avni Doshi | Burnt Sugar | Novel | United States | Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House |
Gabriel Krauze | Who They Was | Novel | United Kingdom | 4th Estate / HarperCollins |
Hilary Mantel | The Mirror and the Light | Novel | United Kingdom | 4th Estate / HarperCollins |
Colum McCann | Apeirogon | Novel | Ireland / United States | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Maaza Mengiste | The Shadow King | Novel | Ethiopia / United States | Canongate Books |
Kiley Reid | Such a Fun Age | Novel | United States | Bloomsbury Circus / Bloomsbury Publishing |
Brandon Taylor | Real Life | Novel | United States | Originals / Daunt Books Publishing |
Anne Tyler | Redhead by the Side of the Road | Novel | United States | Chatto & Windus / Vintage |
Douglas Stuart | Shuggie Bain | Novel | United Kingdom/United States | Picador / Pan Macmillan |
Sophie Ward | Love and Other Thought Experiments | Novel | United Kingdom | Corsair, Little, Brown |
C Pam Zhang | How Much of These Hills Is Gold | Novel | United States | Virago, Little, Brown |
See also
- List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction
- The official home of the 2020 Booker Prize.
References
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Booker Prize 2020: Hilary Mantel makes longlist". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Booker Prize 2020: Four debuts make shortlist as Hilary Mantel misses out". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ Duffy, Judith (15 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain could be second Scottish book to win Booker prize". The National. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction Winner Ceremony". thebookerprizes.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Marsden, Stevie (20 November 2020). "Booker Prize – masterful Scottish working-class story Shuggie Bain wins in most diverse year yet". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ The 2020 Shortlist, The Booker Prize.
- ^ The 2020 Longlist, The Booker Prize.
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Recipients of the Booker Prize
- 1969: P. H. Newby (Something to Answer For)
- 1970: Bernice Rubens (The Elected Member)
- 1970 Lost Prize: J. G. Farrell (Troubles)
- 1971: V. S. Naipaul (In a Free State)
- 1972: John Berger (G.)
- 1973: J. G. Farrell (The Siege of Krishnapur)
- 1974: Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist) and Stanley Middleton (Holiday)
- 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust)
- 1976: David Storey (Saville)
- 1977: Paul Scott (Staying On)
- 1978: Iris Murdoch (The Sea, The Sea)
- 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald (Offshore)
- 1980: William Golding (Rites of Passage)
- 1981: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children)
- 1982: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Ark)
- 1983: J. M. Coetzee (Life & Times of Michael K)
- 1984: Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac)
- 1985: Keri Hulme (The Bone People)
- 1986: Kingsley Amis (The Old Devils)
- 1987: Penelope Lively (Moon Tiger)
- 1988: Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda)
- 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)
- 1990: A. S. Byatt (Possession)
- 1991: Ben Okri (The Famished Road)
- 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Barry Unsworth (Sacred Hunger)
- 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha)
- 1994: James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late)
- 1995: Pat Barker (The Ghost Road)
- 1996: Graham Swift (Last Orders)
- 1997: Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things)
- 1998: Ian McEwan (Amsterdam)
- 1999: J. M. Coetzee (Disgrace)
- 2000: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin)
- 2001: Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang)
- 2002: Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
- 2003: DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little)
- 2004: Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty)
- 2005: John Banville (The Sea)
- 2006: Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss)
- 2007: Anne Enright (The Gathering)
- 2008: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger)
- 2009: Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall)
- 2010: Howard Jacobson (The Finkler Question)
- 2011: Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending)
- 2012: Hilary Mantel (Bring Up the Bodies)
- 2013: Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries)
- 2014: Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- 2015: Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings)
- 2016: Paul Beatty (The Sellout)
- 2017: George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo)
- 2018: Anna Burns (Milkman)
- 2019: Margaret Atwood (The Testaments) and Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other)
- 2020: Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain)
- 2021: Damon Galgut (The Promise)
- 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
- 2023: Paul Lynch (Prophet Song)