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
[edit]Nominees
[edit] indicates the winner
Shortlist
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.