Booker Prize
Recently, UK author M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize 2026 for his enigmatic novel "The End of Everything".
About Booker Prize:
- It is the world’s leading literary award for a single work of fiction.
- It aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written in English.
- History: It was founded in the UK in 1969, the Booker Prize initially rewarded Commonwealth writers and now spans the globe: it is open to anyone regardless of origin.
- Eligibility for Booker Prize:
- The Booker Prize awards any novel originally written in English and published in the UK and Ireland in the year of the prize, regardless of the nationality of their author.
- The novel must be an original work in English (not a translation)
- It must be published by a registered UK or Irish imprint; self-published novels are not eligible.
- Prize Money: The winner receives £50,000 and each of the shortlisted authors will be given £2,500.
- Booker Prize Laureates from India and Indian-Origin Writers
- VS Naipaul for Free State
- Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children
- Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things
- Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss (2006),
- Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger (2008)
Source: U.K. writer M. John Harrison wins Booker for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel