AFRICAN STUDIES COLLECTION

BOOKER AWARD

This award, formerly known as the Booker McConnell Prize, was established in 1968 by Booker PLC, an international food company in cooperation with the Book Trust and Publishers' Association. It is considered to be Britain's major literary prize for fiction and is given for recognition of a full-length novel. Publishers may submit up to three books which are written in English and have been published for the first time in the United Kingdom. Citizens of Britain or the British Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland, and South Africa are eligible. A monetary prize of (L)20,000/ $35,000 is awarded.

2001 -

2000 -

1999 - J. M. Coetzee (South Africa)

(1999). Disgrace. London: Secker & Warburg.

1991 - Ben Okri (Nigeria)

(1991). The famished road. London: Cape.

1983 - J.M. Coetzee (South Africa)

(1983). Life & times of Michael K . New York, NY: Viking Press.

1975 - Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)

(1974). The conversationalist. London: Cape.

* Bibliography *

Goff, M. (1998). Booker 30: A celebration of 30 years of the Booker Prize for fiction, 1969-1998. London: Booker PLC. Goff, M. (1989). Prize writing: An original collection of writings by past winners to celebrate 21 years of The Booker Prize. London: Hodder & Stoughton.

Awards for Books about Africa Homepage

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