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2015 Man Booker Prize

2015 Man Booker Prize

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The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015.[1] A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.[2]

Judging panel

Nominees (shortlist)

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Nominees (longlist)

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Winner

On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Man Booker 2015". Man Booker Prize. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Pulitzer winner makes Booker Prize shortlist". BBC News. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    Brown, Mark (29 July 2015). "Man Booker prize 2015: US literary agent among 13 writers on longlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Man Booker Prize 2015: Marlon James wins for A Brief History of Seven Killings". BBC News. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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    "Marlon James wins the Man Booker prize 2015". Guardian. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. [6]
    "A Brief History of Seven Killings is violent, shocking - and a worthy winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize". Daily Telegraph. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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