2015 Man Booker Prize

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The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015.[1] A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.[2]

Judging panel

Nominees (shortlist)

Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings Novel Jamaica Riverhead Books
Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life Novel USA Doubleday Books
Anne Tyler A Spool of Blue Thread Novel USA Knopf Publishing Group
Tom McCarthy Satin Island Novel UK Jonathan Cape
Chigozie Obioma The Fishermen Novel Nigeria
Sunjeev Sahota The Year of the Runaways Novel UK Picador

Nominees (longlist)

Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings Novel Jamaica Riverhead Books
Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life Novel USA Doubleday Books
Anne Tyler A Spool of Blue Thread Novel USA Knopf Publishing Group
Bill Clegg Did You Ever Have a Family Novel USA Gallery/Scout
Marilynne Robinson Lila Novel USA Virago
Tom McCarthy Satin Island Novel UK
Anuradha Roy Sleeping on Jupiter Novel India
Anna Smaill The Chimes Novel New Zealand
Chigozie Obioma The Fishermen Novel Nigeria
Anne Enright The Green Road Novel Ireland
Andrew O'Hagan The Illuminations Novel UK
Laila Lalami The Moor's Account Novel USA
Sunjeev Sahota The Year of the Runaways Novel UK

Winner

On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.[4][5][6]

See also

References

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