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Saturday, September 22, 2018

2018 Man Booker Prize - ad Four Women in Shortlist of Six for 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

Anna Burns, Esi Edugyan, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Kushner, Richard Powers and Robin Robertson were announced on Thursday Sep 20,2018 as the six authors shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

The announcement was made by Chair of judges, Kwame Anthony Appiah, at a press conference at the offices of Man Group, the much coveted prize's sponsor.


The shortlist, which features four women and two men, covers a wide range of subjects, from an 11 year-old slave escaping a Barbados sugar plantation, to a D-Day veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Man Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK and Ireland.


This year's shortlist features three writers from the UK, two from the US, and one from Canada.

 The 2018 winner will be announced on October 16 in London's Guildhall.

Here are the shortlisted novels:

1. Milkman by Anna Burns (UK)

2. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Canada)
3. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (UK)
4. The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner (USA)
5. The Overstory by Richard Powers (USA) 
6. The Long Take by Robin Robertson (UK)

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