International Booker Prize 2024 | 22 May 2024

Source: TH

Recently, the International Booker Prize 2024 was awarded to "Kairos" written by Jenny Erpenbeck, and translated by Michael Hofmann.

  • The International Booker Prize, formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize, established in 2005, is awarded annually for a single book translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
    • The prize aims to promote global fiction and celebrates the work of translators.
  • Prize Money: The award comes with 50,000 pounds (USD 64,000), shared equally between the author and the translator.
    • The shortlisted authors and translators each receive 2,500 pounds.
  • Indian International Booker Prize Laureate:

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