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List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction The following is a list of winners and shortlisted au- thors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. Winning titles are listed in yellow, first in their year. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English lan- guage, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work published in the United Kingdom and in the English language. There have been two special awards celebrating the Booker’s history. In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight’s Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize’s fortieth anniversary, "The Best of the Booker". 1 Shortlists 2 Winners John Berger won with G in 1972. Nadine Gordimer won with The Conservationist in 1974. Salman Rushdie won with Midnight’s Children in 1981. J. M. Coetzee won with Life & Times of Michael K in 1983, and again with Disgrace in 1999. Kazuo Ishiguro won with The Remains of the Day in 1989. A. S. Byatt won with Possession in 1990. Michael Ondaatje won with The English Patient in 1992. Roddy Doyle won with Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in 1993. Arundhati Roy won with The God of Small Things in 1997. Ian McEwan won with Amsterdam in 1998. Margaret Atwood won with The Blind Assassin in 2000. Yann Martel won with Life of Pi in 2002. Alan Hollinghurst won with The Line of Beauty in 2004. John Banville won with The Sea in 2005. Kiran Desai won with The Inheritance of Loss in 2006. Anne Enright won with The Gathering in 2007. 3 References ^ Note #A: "…in 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became – as it is today – a prize for the best novel of the year of pub- lication. At the same time the award moved from April to November and, as a result, a wealth of fiction published for much of 1970 fell through the net and was never considered for the prize.” See “Lost Man Booker Prize shortlist announced”. bookerprize.com. [1] (novella from the collection Two Lives) [2] Alan Taylor is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald. He was formerly a board member of the Edinburgh Inter- national Book Festival. He edited a diarist collection with his wife Irene that was published in 2011 entitled The As- sassin’s Cloak. [3] “Man Booker Prize 2009 Shortlist announced”. Man Booker Prize. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 4 External links “The Man Booker Prize Archive 1969-2012”. Re- trieved 21 October 2013. Full details of the winners, judges and shortlisted books for all the Booker prizes (1969 - 2008), The Guardian 1

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    The following is a list of winners and shortlisted au-thors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. Winning titlesare listed in yellow, rst in their year.The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to thebest original full-length novel, written in the English lan-guage, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations orthe Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for therst time to any work published in the United Kingdomand in the English language.There have been two special awards celebrating theBookers history. In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prizewas awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnights Children(the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in itsrst 25 years. Midnights Children also won a public votein 2008, on the prizes fortieth anniversary, "The Best ofthe Booker".

    1 Shortlists

    2 Winners John Berger won with G in 1972.

    Nadine Gordimer won with The Conservationist in1974.

    Salman Rushdie won with Midnights Children in1981.

    J. M. Coetzee won with Life & Times of Michael Kin 1983, and again with Disgrace in 1999.

    Kazuo Ishiguro won with The Remains of the Day in1989.

    A. S. Byatt won with Possession in 1990.

    Michael Ondaatje won with The English Patient in1992.

    Roddy Doyle won with Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in1993.

    Arundhati Roy won with The God of Small Thingsin 1997.

    Ian McEwan won with Amsterdam in 1998.

    Margaret Atwood won with The Blind Assassin in2000.

    Yann Martel won with Life of Pi in 2002. Alan Hollinghurst won with The Line of Beauty in2004.

    John Banville won with The Sea in 2005. Kiran Desai won with The Inheritance of Loss in2006.

    Anne Enright won with The Gathering in 2007.

    3 References^ Note #A: "in 1971, just two years after itbegan, the Booker Prize ceased to be awardedretrospectively and became as it is today a prize for the best novel of the year of pub-lication. At the same time the award movedfrom April to November and, as a result, awealth of ction published for much of 1970fell through the net and was never consideredfor the prize. See Lost Man Booker Prizeshortlist announced. bookerprize.com.

    [1] (novella from the collection Two Lives)

    [2] Alan Taylor is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald.He was formerly a board member of the Edinburgh Inter-national Book Festival. He edited a diarist collection withhis wife Irene that was published in 2011 entitled The As-sassins Cloak.

    [3] Man Booker Prize 2009 Shortlist announced. ManBooker Prize. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

    4 External links The Man Booker Prize Archive 1969-2012. Re-trieved 21 October 2013.

    Full details of the winners, judges and shortlistedbooks for all the Booker prizes (1969 - 2008), TheGuardian

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