"bookmakers had Self at slightly better odds than Mantel, with the others somewhat behind. On 16 October, shortly after 21:40, jury chair Peter Stothard announced that the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize was Hilary Mantel for her ""Bring Up the Bodies"". By winning, Mantel became the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, as well as the first British author to do so (South African J. M. Coetzee and Australian Peter Carey have won the award twice each). Mantel joked that ""[y]ou wait 20 years for a Booker Prize; two come along at once"". She added: ""I"
"Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, ( ; née Thompson; born 6 July 1952) is an English writer whose work includes personal memoirs, short stories, and historical fiction. She has twice been awarded the Booker Prize, the first for the 2009 novel ""Wolf Hall"", a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, and the second for the 2012 novel ""Bring Up the Bodies"", the second instalment of the Cromwell trilogy. Mantel was the first woman to receive the award twice, following in the footsteps of J. M. Coetzee, Peter Carey and J. G."
"he has a reputation for avoiding award ceremonies. He was the first writer to be awarded the Booker Prize twice: first for ""Life & Times of Michael K"" in 1983, and again for ""Disgrace"" in 1999. Two other authors have since managed this – Peter Carey (in 1988 and 2001) and Hilary Mantel (in 2009 and 2012). ""Summertime"", named on the 2009 longlist, was an early favourite to win an unprecedented third Booker Prize for Coetzee. It subsequently made the shortlist, but lost out to bookmakers' favourite and eventual winner ""Wolf Hall"" by Hilary Mantel. Coetzee was also longlisted in"
"only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Among Canadian writers who have achieved an international reputation, are novelist and poet Margaret Atwood, poet, songwriter and novelist Leonard Cohen, short story writer Alice Munro, and more recently poet Anne Carson. Another admired Canadian novelist and poet is Michael Ondaatje, who was born in Sri Lanka. From 1940 into the 21st century, American playwrights, poets and novelists have continued to be internationally prominent. The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature."
"Turner Prize for modern art. The artist in question, Glenn Brown, was accused of plagiarism. Double Star Double Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in ""Astounding Science Fiction"" (February, March, April 1956) and published in hardcover the same year. It received the 1956 Hugo Award for Best Novel (his first). The story, which is told in the first person, centers on down-and-out actor Lawrence Smith (stage name Lorenzo Smythe, also known as ""The Great Lorenzo""). A brilliant actor and mimic, he is down to his last coin when a spaceman hires him"
"equivalent American award, the Newbery Medal. Author Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for ""Ruby Holler"" (2002), previously won the Newbery and two U.K. awards for ""Walk Two Moons"" (1994). Four writers have won both the Carnegie and the US Michael L. Printz Award. The Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognises the ""best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit"". The four writers are David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Geraldine McCaughrean, and Meg Rosoff. Chambers alone has won both for the same book, the 1999 Carnegie and 2003 Printz for the novel"
"""If I hadn't had an operation, in a couple of years from now I wouldn't have been able to open my eyes at all,"" he said. Since 2000, Rushdie has ""lived mostly near Union Square"" in New York City. He is a fan of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, ""Midnight's Children"" (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be ""the best novel of all winners"" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th"
"won the American Library Association's Alex Award twice: in 2017 for ""Every Heart a Doorway"" and in 2018 for ""Down Among the Sticks and Bones"". This makes her the first author to win the award in two consecutive years; Neil Gaiman is the only other author who has won the award twice. Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in) (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. In 2010, she was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention. Her novella ""Every Heart A Doorway"" received the"
"Doubleday, and was subsequently deemed a ""2008 Book of the Year"" by the United Kingdom's Lovereading 4 Kids. It was on the Financial Times Bestseller List in London, England, after the paper observed: ""Appealing to the misfit in all of us, Milrose Munce is a grand, gigglesome read."" He also wrote Galunker. Douglas Anthony Cooper Douglas Anthony Cooper is a Canadian writer. Cooper, born in Toronto, has published three novels: ""Amnesia"", ""Delirium"", and ""Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help"". His second novel, ""Delirium"", is credited with being the first novel serialized online. Michiko Kakutani in ""The New York"
"Book"", 1978). Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for ""Oscar and Lucinda"", and won for the second time in 2001 with ""True History of the Kelly Gang"". In May 2008 he was nominated for the"
"award of the prize was announced by Antonia Fraser and accepted by Farrell's brother Richard. If ""Troubles"" had won the Man Booker Prize in 1970 Farrell would have been the first author to win it twice, as he won it in 1973 for ""The Siege of Krishnapur"". Farrell's literary agent claimed Farrell would have been ""thrilled"" to have won the prize. Lost Man Booker Prize The Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible"
"How to Be Both How to Be Both is a 2014 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published by Hamish Hamilton. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize and the 2015 Folio Prize. It won the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize, the Novel Award in the 2014 Costa Book Awards and the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. The story is told from two perspectives: those of George, a pedantic 16-year-old girl living in contemporary Cambridge, and Francesco del Cossa, an Italian renaissance artist responsible for painting a series of frescoes in the 'Hall of the Months' at the"
"his award on 28 June in Oxford. The nominees for the second Man Booker International Prize were announced on 12 April 2007 at Massey College in Toronto. Canadian short story writer Munro was named the winner of the prize in 2009 for her lifetime body of work. Judge Jane Smiley said picking a winner had been ""a challenge"", but Munro had won the panel over. On Munro's work, Smiley said ""Her work is practically perfect. Any writer has to gawk when reading her because her work is very subtle and precise. Her thoughtfulness about every subject is so concentrated."" Munro,"
"win the Man Booker Prize for ""The English Patient"". Margaret Atwood won the Booker in 2000 for ""The Blind Assassin"" and Yann Martel won it in 2002 for the ""Life of Pi"". Carol Shields's ""The Stone Diaries"" won the Governor General's Awards in Canada in 1993, the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2013, Alice Munro was the first Canadian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as ""master of the modern short story"". Munro is also a recipient of the Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime"
"Double Star Double Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in ""Astounding Science Fiction"" (February, March, April 1956) and published in hardcover the same year. It received the 1956 Hugo Award for Best Novel (his first). The story, which is told in the first person, centers on down-and-out actor Lawrence Smith (stage name Lorenzo Smythe, also known as ""The Great Lorenzo""). A brilliant actor and mimic, he is down to his last coin when a spaceman hires him to double for an unspecified public figure. It is only when he is on his"
"analyze its importance on potential future Nobel Prize in Literature laureates. Only Alice Munro (2009) has been awarded with both. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is regarded as one of the most prestigious international literary prizes, often referred to as the American equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Like the Nobel or the Man Booker International Prize, it is awarded not for any one work, but for an entire body of work. It is frequently seen as an indicator of who may be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gabriel García Márquez (1972 Neustadt, 1982 Nobel), Czesław Miłosz (1978 Neustadt,"
"Tlali was the first black woman to publish a novel in South Africa with ""Muriel at Metropolitan"" (1975) (also known as ""Between Two Worlds""). John Maxwell (J. M.) Coetzee was also first published in the 1970s. He became internationally recognised in 1983 with his Booker Prize-winning novel ""Life & Times of Michael K"". His 1999 novel ""Disgrace"" won him his second Booker Prize as well as the 2000 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. He is also the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. South African English writing has produced two Nobel Prize winners: Nadine Gordimer and JM Coetzee. Other"
"Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for ""Oscar and Lucinda"", and won for the second time in 2001 with ""True History of the Kelly Gang"". In May 2008 he was nominated for the Best of"
"overly populist. Whether or not as a response to this, the 2012 jury strongly emphasised the value of literary quality and linguistic innovation as criteria for inclusion. The winner was Hilary Mantel, an early favourite, for her book ""Bring Up the Bodies"", the sequel to her novel ""Wolf Hall"", which won the award in 2009. Mantel became the first woman, and the first Briton, to win the prize twice. A strong challenger to Mantel was established writer Will Self, who was nominated for the first time. Other shortlisters included second-time nominee Tan Twan Eng, Deborah Levy, who returned from a"
"(1992). Seventeen winners of the Booker Prize have taken part: Margaret Atwood (2000), Julian Barnes (2011), A.S. Byatt (1990), Peter Carey (1988) & (2001), Kiran Desai (2006), Roddy Doyle (1993), Kazuo Ishiguro (1989), Howard Jacobson (2010), Thomas Keneally (1982), Penelope Lively (1987), Ian McEwan (1998), Yann Martel (2002), V. S. Naipaul (1971), Ben Okri (1991), Michael Ondaatje (1992), Arundhati Roy (1997), and Salman Rushdie (1981). Seven Whitbread (now called Costa) Book of the Year Award winners have taken part: Peter Ackroyd (1985), William Boyd (1981), Kazuo Ishiguro (1989), Andrea Levy (2004), David Lodge (1980), Philip Pullman (2006) and Colm Tóibín"
"The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel) The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain. The novel was successful and notorious upon publication. It is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century. The novel's mix of sexuality and violence was startling in its time and caused it to be banned in Boston. It is included in Modern Library's list of 100 best novels. The novel has been adapted as a motion picture seven times (see ""Adaptations""). The 1946 version is probably the best known and is regarded as an"
"this category was Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won the award in two consecutive years, 1949 and 1950. Others to win twice in this category include: George Seaton, Robert Bolt (who also won in consecutive years), Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Alexander Payne and Michael Wilson. Payne won both awards as part of a writing duo, with Jim Taylor, and writing trio, with Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. Michael Wilson was blacklisted at the time of his second Oscar, so the award was given to a front (novelist Pierre Boulle). However, the Academy officially recognized him"
"Double Indemnity (novel) Double Indemnity is a 1943 crime novel, written by American journalist-turned-novelist James M. Cain. It was first published in serial form in ""Liberty"" magazine in 1936 and then was one of ""three long short tales"" in the collection ""Three of a Kind"". The novel later served as the basis for the film of the same name in 1944, adapted for the screen by the novelist Raymond Chandler and directed by Billy Wilder. Walter Huff, an insurance agent, falls for the married Phyllis Nirdlinger, who consults him about accident insurance for her unsuspecting husband. In spite of his"
"John Berger John Peter Berger (; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel ""G."" won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism, ""Ways of Seeing"", written as an accompaniment to a BBC series, is often used as a university text. He lived in France for more than half a century. Berger was born on 5 November 1926 in Stoke Newington, London, the first of two children of Miriam and Stanley Berger. His grandfather was from Trieste, and his father, Stanley, raised as a non-observant Jew who"
"Jon McGregor Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making him the youngest ever contender. His second and fourth novels were longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006 and 2017 respectively, the latter winning in the Novel category. In 2012, his third novel was awarded the International Dublin Literary Award. ""The New York Times"" has labelled him a ""wicked British writer"". Born in Bermuda, McGregor was raised in the UK. He grew up in Norwich and Thetford, Norfolk. He studied for a degree in"
"Nicholson Baker Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. He often focuses on minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Baker has written about poetry, literature, library systems, history, politics, time manipulation, youth, and sex. He has written about libraries getting rid of books and newspapers and created the American Newspaper Repository. He received a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for his nonfiction book ""Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper"" and the International Hermann Hesse Prize"
"than the Booker Prize. In 1989, controversy erupted when the judges first awarded the Best Novel prize to Alexander Stuart's ""The War Zone"", then withdrew the prize prior to the ceremony amid acrimony among the judges, ultimately awarding it to Lindsay Clarke's ""The Chymical Wedding"". Authors need not be British or Irish but they must have been resident in the UK or Ireland for at least six months in each of the previous three years. There are five book award categories, without change since the Poetry Award was introduced in 1985, although the children's category has been termed ""children's novel"""
"win both medals, albeit for different works: the 1971 Caldecott for ""A Story a Story"" (1970) and the 1976 Greenaway for ""The Post Office Cat"". She also wrote both books. Helen Oxenbury, who won the 1969 and 1999 medals, was also a ""Highly Commended"" runner-up four times from 1989 to 1994; the distinction was used 31 times in 29 years to 2002 and no other illustrator was highly commended more than twice. Michael Foreman, who won the 1982 and 1989 medals, was highly commended once and four times a ""Commended"" runner-up, a distinction used 68 times in 44 years to"
"to 2002 and three previously. Among the authors who won two Medals, Anne Fine was highly commended runner-up three times (1989, 1996, 2002) and Robert Westall twice (1990, 1992). The others were highly commended once each, except for Ness who postdates the distinction, Seven books have won both the Carnegie Medal and the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which was inaugurated 1967. Only ""A Monster Calls"", written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has won both the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals (2012). Only ""The Graveyard Book"" by Neil Gaiman (2009) has won both the Carnegie Medal and the"
"prize, and a winner is chosen. Unlike the real Man Booker (1969 through 2014), writers from outside the Commonwealth are also considered. In 2008, the winner for 1948 was Alan Paton's ""Cry, the Beloved Country"", beating Norman Mailer's ""The Naked and the Dead"", Graham Greene's ""The Heart of the Matter"" and Evelyn Waugh's ""The Loved One"". In 2015, the winner for 1915 was Ford Madox Ford's ""The Good Soldier"", beating ""The Thirty-Nine Steps"" (John Buchan), ""Of Human Bondage"" (W. Somerset Maugham), ""Psmith, Journalist"" (P. G. Wodehouse) and ""The Voyage Out"" (Virginia Woolf). Booker Prize The Man Booker Prize for Fiction"
"31 years under the ""Novel"" name, the prize was awarded 27 times; in its first 69 years to 2016 under the ""Fiction"" name, 62 times. In 11 years, no novel received the award. It has never been shared by two authors. Three writers have won two prizes each in the Fiction category: Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike. Entries from this point on include the finalists listed after the winner for each year. Three writers to date have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction multiple times, one nominally in the novel category and two in the general fiction category."
"brings the total prize fund to £62,000 per year, compared to the previous £37,500 for the Man Booker International Prize. Judges select a longlist of 12 or 13 books in March, followed by a shortlist of six in April, with the winner announced in May. The inaugural winner was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. He was followed by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in 2007, and two years later the Canadian writer Alice Munro won the award. In 2011 the prize was awarded to American Philip Roth. Praising its concerted judgement, the journalist Hephzibah Anderson noted that the Man Booker International Prize"
"(1982): for ""The Accidental Tourist"" (1985): for ""Breathing Lessons"" (1988): for ""Ladder of Years"" (1995): <nowiki>*</nowiki> Finalist, The Orange Prize for Fiction 1996 for ""Digging to America"" (2006): <nowiki>*</nowiki> Finalist, The Orange Prize for Fiction 2007 for ""A Spool of Blue Thread"" (2015): <nowiki>*</nowiki> Finalist, The Man Booker Prize 2015 <nowiki>*</nowiki> Finalist, The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 for Lifetime achievement: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Finalist, The Man Booker International Prize 2011 Anne Tyler Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published 22 novels, the best known of which are ""Dinner"