What is a Booker Prize?

The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded every year to the best novel written in the English language which is published in the UK or Ireland. It is a high-profile literary prize and thus, is much anticipated among book lovers.

 

It is a mark of distinction for authors to be selected in the shortlist or even to be nominated for the "longlist".

In 1969, the Booker Prize for Fiction was formed after the company Booker McConnell Ltd began sponsoring the award. Later, in 2002, the administration was transferred to the Booker Prize Foundation, sponsored by the Man