The 2013 Booker Prize for Fiction will be awarded on 15 October 2013. A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 23 July, and these were narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles, announced on 10 September. The jury is chaired by Robert Macfarlane, who is joined by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Natalie Haynes, Martha Kearney, and Stuart Kelly.
The shortlist contained great geographical and ethnic diversity, with Zimbabwean-born NoViolet Bulawayo, Eleanor Catton of New Zealand, Jim Crace from England, Indian American Jhumpa Lahiri, Japanese American Ruth Ozeki and Colm Tóibín of Ireland.
Jury
On 21 November 2012, it was announced that Robert Macfarlane would chair the panel of judged that would decide the winner of the 2013 award. Macfarlane declared that he felt "very proud indeed to be chairing this prize, which has done so much to shape the modern literary landscape."[1] On 17 December, he was joined by four other judges: biographer and critic Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes, journalist Martha Kearney, and writer, critic and reviewer Stuart Kelly. "Part of the reason the prize is heralded internationally", the announcement read, "is because the judges stand as a guarantee of literary weight and seriousness of intent." The judges' backgrounds – as academics, professional writers and journalists – were emphasized as essential to their role as reviewers.[2]
Nominees (shortlist)
- NoViolet Bulawayo for We Need New Names through Chatto & Windus
- Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries through Granta
- Jim Crace for Harvest through Picador
- Jhumpa Lahiri for The Lowland through Bloomsbury Publishing
- Ruth Ozeki for A Tale for the Time Being through Canongate
- Colm Tóibín for The Testament of Mary through Viking Press
Nominees (longlist)
| Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tash Aw | Five Star Billionaire | Novel | Malaysia | Fourth Estate |
| NoViolet Bulawayo | We Need New Names | Novel | Zimbabwe | Chatto & Windus |
| Eleanor Catton | The Luminaries | Historical novel | New Zealand | Granta |
| Jim Crace | Harvest | Historical novel | United Kingdom | Picador |
| Eve Harris | The Marrying of Chani Kaufman | Novel | United Kingdom | Sandstone Press |
| Richard House | The Kills | Novel | United Kingdom | Picador |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | The Lowland | Novel | India | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Alison MacLeod | Unexploded | Historical novel | United Kingdom | Hamish Hamilton |
| Colum McCann | TransAtlantic | Historical novel | Ireland | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Charlotte Mendelson | Almost English | Novel | United Kingdom | Mantle |
| Ruth Ozeki | A Tale for the Time Being | Novel | Canada | Canongate |
| Donal Ryan | The Spinning Heart | Novel | Ireland | Doubleday |
| Colm Tóibín | The Testament of Mary | Historical novella | Ireland | Viking Press |
Judges
The judges for the 2013 award were[3] Robert Macfarlane, Martha Kearney, Stuart Kelly, Natalie Haynes and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
See also
References
- ^ "Robert Macfarlane to chair the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction". Man Booker Prize. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Man Booker Prize 2013 judges revealed". Man Booker Prize. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Longlist 2013 announced Man Booker Prize