The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award, hosted in the UK. Its aims is to encourage the publishing and reading of quality works of fiction from all over the world, and also to highlight the work of translators.

## 2016 to Present

- awarded annually
- given to a single work of fiction or a collection of short stories, written in another language and translated into English, and published in the UK or Ireland.

Winners | Non-Winners

Shortlist: All
Shortlist by Year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Longlist: All
Longlist by Year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

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## 2005 to 2015

- announced in June 2004 as the Man Booker International Prize
- awarded every two years
- given to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.
- rewarded one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage", and was a recognition of the writer's body of work rather than any one title.

Winners :

2015 : László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) (author); George Szirtes (translator), Ottilie Mulzet (translator) - Hungarian
2013 : Lydia Davis (US) - English
2011 : Philip Roth (US) - English
2009 : Alice Munro (Canada) - English
2007 : Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) - English
2005 : Ismail Kadare (Albania) - Albanian

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# References

- International Booker Prize and its History
- Wikipedia: International Booker Prize