Man Booker International Prize

Prizes[

While the Man Booker Prize is only open to writers from the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe, the International Prize is open to all nationalities.^[4] The award is worth £50,000 and an author can only win once.^[3] The Man Booker International prize also allows for a separate award for translation. The winning author can choose a translator of their work into English to receive a prize sum of £15,000.^[5] A similar prize to the Man Booker International Prize is the Neustadt International Prize for Literature which is like the Man Booker International Prize awarded biennially. In contrast, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Franz Kafka Prize are each awarded annually.

History[

The inaugural winner was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. He was followed by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in 2007 and two years later, Canadian writer Alice Munro, was named the winner of the award. In 2011 the prize was awarded to American Philip Roth. Praising its concerted judgement, the journalist Hephzibah Anderson has noted that the Man Booker International Prize "is fast becoming the more significant award, appearing an ever more competent alternative to the Nobel".^[6]

Award winners[

Year	Name	Country	Language(s)	Literary tradition
2005	Ismail Kadare	Albania	Albanian	Albanian literature
2007	Chinua Achebe	Nigeria	English	Nigerian literature
2009	Alice Munro	Canada	English	Canadian literature
2011	Philip Roth	United States	English	American literature
2013	Lydia Davis	United States	English	American literature