Man Booker Prize selects winning books in English and non-English

Man Booker Prize selects winning books in English and non-English. May. 18, 2016 07:21. by 구가인기자 comedy9@donga.com.

The Man Booker Prize of the U.K. is considered as one of three most-publicized awards in world literature along with Nobel Prize in Literature and France's Prix Goncourt. U.K. general logistics distribution firm Booker Group launched it in 1969 to call it Booker Prize, and changed the name to Man Booker Prize in 2002 under sponsorship by investment firm Man Group.

Man Booker Prize is divided into domestic and international. The former has given prizes to U.K. writers and since 2014 widened to include all literature published in the U.K. that are written in English regardless of nationality. The international prize, which Korean author Han Kang received, was launched in 2005 and now gives out to novelist who wrote in non-English and translator. The international prize was awarded every two years until last year, but from this year will be giving awards every year to one book.

The selection committee, which is composed of critics, novelist and scholars, chooses the award winning book after some books are recommended by sources in the English publishing sector.