The Booker Award Reading List - Literary Fiction
1974 - The Conservationist (Nadine Gordimer) / Holday (Stanley Middleton) 1992 - The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) / Sacred Hunger (Barry Usnworth) The Booker Award Reading List Related Links: Literary Fiction Polls Author Q & A with Joanna ... [... more] Bella Online
The Man Booker Prize Announces Longlist - Literary Fiction
The judging panel for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the longlist of books for this year. They are as follows (individual links to Amazon for book descriptions): The shortlist will be announced in September and the final winner ... [... more] Bella Online
The Sea Wins the Man Booker Prize - Literary Fiction
Dublin author John Banville published his first book in 1970. He has 14 other novels published and was previously short listed for the Booker prize in 1989 for The Book of Evidence. Last night at an awards dinner in Guildhall, London Banville was ... [... more] Bella Online
Man Booker Prize for Fiction - Literary Fiction
Every year the judges of the Man Booker Prize have a difficult task of looking for a unique writer with a distinct voice and original imagination that will take readers on a memorable journey. This award was known as the Booker Prize since it's ... [... more] Bella Online
Kiran Desai Wins Man Booker - Literary Fiction
Is it me, or are more younger people being recognized as great writers sooner? Last night at an awards dinner for the Man Booker Prize for fiction the youngest winner to ever win was announced. Kiran Desai is a 35 year old woman born in India and ... [... more] Bella Online
Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington, the educator and racial spokesman who remains one of the most controversial figures in African-American history, was born into slavery on a tobacco farm in Franklin County, Virginia, on April 5, 1856. His mother was ... [... more] Random House
Man Booker Prize Reading List - Literary Fiction
If you haven't spent much time following literary book awards they are an excellent source for interesting reading lists. Here is a listing of books beginning in 1969 to present from the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Follow along in order or pick ... [... more] Bella Online
