Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the 2022 Booker Prize

The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. The 2022 award 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

  indicates the winner

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
NoViolet Bulawayo Glory Novel Zimbabwe/USA Vintage Publishing
Graeme Macrae Burnet Case Study Novel Scotland Saraband
Hernan Diaz Trust Novel USA Pan Macmillan
Percival Everett The Trees Novel USA Influx Press
Karen Joy Fowler Booth Novel USA Profile Books
Alan Garner Treacle Walker Novel England HarperCollins
Claire Keegan Small Things Like These Novel Ireland Faber & Faber
Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Novel Sri Lanka Sort of Books
Audrey Magee The Colony Novel Ireland Faber & Faber
Maddie Mortimer Maps of our Spectacular Bodies Novel England Pan Macmillan
Leila Mottley Nightcrawling Novel USA Bloomsbury
Selby Wynn Schwartz After Sappho Novel USA Galley Beggar Press
Elizabeth Strout Oh William! Novel USA Penguin Books

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". thebookerprizes.com. The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ Bayley, Sian (17 October 2022). "Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize with 'audacious' The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ Shaffi, Sarah (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". The Guardian.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "The Booker Prize 2022 longlist". bookshop.org. The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Shaffi, Sarah (26 July 2022). "Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Alter, Alexandra (17 October 2022). "Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'". The New York Times.
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