2022 Booker Prize Explained

The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. The 2022 award was announced on 17 October 2022, during a ceremony hosted by Sophie Duker at the Roundhouse in London.[1] [2] [3] [4] The longlist was announced on 26 July 2022.[5] The shortlist was announced on 6 September.[6] Leila Mottley, at 20, was the youngest longlisted writer to date, and Alan Garner, at 87, the oldest.[7] The majority of the 13 titles were from independent publishers.[8] The prize was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, receiving £50,000. He is the second Sri Lankan to win the prize, after Michael Ondaatje.[9]

Judging panel

Nominees

Shortlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Shehan KarunatilakaThe Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaNovelSri LankaSort of Books
NoViolet BulawayoGloryNovelZimbabwe/USAVintage Publishing
Percival EverettThe TreesNovelUSAInflux Press
Alan GarnerTreacle WalkerNovelEnglandHarperCollins
Claire KeeganSmall Things Like TheseNovelIrelandFaber & Faber
Elizabeth StroutOh William!NovelUSAPenguin Books

Longlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
NoViolet BulawayoGloryNovelZimbabwe/USAVintage Publishing
Graeme Macrae BurnetCase StudyNovelScotlandSaraband
Hernan DiazTrustNovelUSAPan Macmillan
Percival EverettThe TreesNovelUSAInflux Press
Karen Joy FowlerBoothNovelUSAProfile Books
Alan GarnerTreacle WalkerNovelEnglandHarperCollins
Claire KeeganSmall Things Like TheseNovelIrelandFaber & Faber
Shehan KarunatilakaThe Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaNovelSri LankaSort of Books
Audrey MageeThe ColonyNovelIrelandFaber & Faber
Maddie MortimerMaps of our Spectacular BodiesNovelEnglandPan Macmillan
Leila MottleyNightcrawlingNovelUSABloomsbury
Selby Wynn SchwartzAfter SapphoNovelUSAGalley Beggar Press
Elizabeth StroutOh William!NovelUSAPenguin Books

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida . thebookerprizes.com . The Booker Prizes . 17 October 2022 . en.
  2. Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize with 'audacious' The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Sian. Bayley. The Bookseller. 17 October 2022. 18 October 2022.
  3. News: Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The Guardian. Sarah. Shaffi. 17 October 2022.
  4. News: Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is compelling about conflict – but not a simple read. The Independent. Martin. Chilton. 17 October 2022.
  5. Web site: The Booker Prize 2022 longlist . bookshop.org . The Booker Prizes . 26 July 2022.
  6. News: Bari . Shahidha . 6 September 2022 . 'I've no idea how we'll pick a winner': the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist . 6 September 2022 . . en.
  7. News: Shaffi . Sarah . 26 July 2022 . Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced . 26 July 2022 . The Guardian . en.
  8. Booker Prize longlist dominated by indies as judges pick youngest and oldest ever nominees. Sian. Bayley. The Bookseller. 26 July 2022. 27 July 2022.
  9. News: Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'. Alexandra. Alter. The New York Times. 17 October 2022.

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