English Literature / Unit 17 ENL 1643 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Booker Prize Era
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The idea
The Booker Prize, first awarded in nineteen sixty-nine, honours a novel in English each year; at first only Commonwealth, Irish and South African writers were eligible, and in two thousand fourteen it opened to any English-language novel. Murdoch, McEwan and Barnes are among its winners.
In practice
An annual prize for the novel.
Where people slip
Eligibility details rest on one reference source.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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