2013 Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award

The key 2013 Prize Dates are -
July 23,2013 – Longlist announcement;
Sep 10, 2013 – Shortlist announcement;
Oct 15, 2013 – Winner announcement

Nominees are -

• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
• Harvest by Jim Crace
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
• We Need New Names by Noviolet  Bulawayo
• Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson
• The Kills by Richard House
• The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris
• TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
• Unexploded by Alison McLeod
• The Spinning Heart by  Donal Ryan
• Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw

Authors shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction (left to right) Jhumpa Lahiri: The Lowland, Eleanor Catton: The Luminaries, Colm Toibin: The Testament of Mary, NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names and Ruth Ozeki: A Tale for the Time Being, at a photocall in the Artists Bar at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The winner of the £50,000 prize is announced on Tuesday October 15,2013

 

 Eleanor Catton(New Zealand)Wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize

New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton(28) won the Man Booker Prize 2013 for English fiction for her novel 'The Luminaries', and become the youngest winner in the award's 45-year history

 At 28, Catton is the youngest writer to win, having finished the book at just 27. She's only the second New Zealand author to win the award, and The Luminaries clocks in at 832 pages, making it the longest book to ever take home the prize

Set in 1866, The Luminaries is a murder mystery that takes place during the New Zealand gold rush. When a man named Walter Moody comes to pursue a gold fortune, he comes across a group of 12 men who have gathered in secret to talk about a series of unsolved crimes. He's drawn to the cases, which include a wealthy man's disappearance, a prostitute who tried to end her life, and a huge fortune that's found in the home of a well-known drunk