2014 Man Booker Prize




The 2014 Man Booker Prize for fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. Until 2014, only novels written in English and from authors in the Commonwealth, including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible for consideration; however from 2014 rules were changed to extend eligibility to any novel written in English.[1] It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.[2][3]




Contents






  • 1 Judging panel


  • 2 Nominees


    • 2.1 Longlist


    • 2.2 Shortlist




  • 3 Winner


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Judging panel


The panel of judges is chaired by A. C. Grayling and comprises Jonathan Bate, Sarah Churchwell, Daniel Glaser, Alastair Niven and Erica Wagner.[4]



Nominees



Longlist


A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 23 July 2014.[4]





































































































Author
 Title
 Genre(s)
 Country
 Publisher

Joshua Ferris
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
 Novel
 United States
Viking Press

Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
 Historical novel
 Australia
 Chatto & Windus

Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
 Novel
 United States
 Serpent's Tale

Siri Hustvedt
The Blazing World
 Novel
 United States
Sceptre Press

Howard Jacobson
J
 Novel
 United Kingdom
Jonathan Cape

Paul Kingsnorth
The Wake
 Historical novel
 United Kingdom
 Unbound

David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks
 Novel
 United Kingdom
 Sceptre Press

Neel Mukherjee
The Lives of Others
 Novel
 United Kingdom
 Chatto and Windus

David Nicholls
Us
 Novel
 United Kingdom
Hodder and Stoughton

Joseph O'Neill
The Dog
 Novel
 Ireland
Fourth Estate

Richard Powers
Orfeo
 Novel
 United States
Atlantic Books

Ali Smith
How to Be Both
 Historical novel
 United Kingdom
Hamish Hamilton

Niall Williams
History of the Rain
 Novel
 Ireland
 Bloomsbury


Shortlist


The shortlist of six novels was announced on 9 September 2014.[5] It was composed of:































Author
 Title

Joshua Ferris
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Howard Jacobson
J

Neel Mukherjee
The Lives of Others

Ali Smith
How to Be Both


Winner


On 14 October, chair judge A. C. Grayling announced that Australian author Richard Flanagan had won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his book The Narrow Road to the Deep North.[6] The judges spent three hours deliberating before announcing the winner. Grayling described the historical novel as a "remarkable love story as well as a story about human suffering and comradeship".[7]



See also


  • List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction


References




  1. ^ "'A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Benhold, Katrin; Alter, Alexandra (23 July 2014). "In First, Americans Are Nominated for Booker Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2014.


  3. ^ "Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war'". Guardian. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.


  4. ^ ab "Booker Prize: Commonwealth authors edged out". BBC News. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.


  5. ^ "Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson makes shortlist". BBC News. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


  6. ^ "Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North". Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.


  7. ^ Masters, Tim (14 October 2014). "Man Booker Prize: Richard Flanagan wins for wartime love story". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2014.









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