Man Booker International Prize - wikipedia Man Booker International Prize Man Booker International Prize Inaugural winner Ismail Kadare Awarded for Best book in English translation Country United Kingdom Presented by Man Group Reward ( s ) £ 50,000 First awarded 2005 Website themanbookerprize.com/international The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced in June 2004. Sponsored by the Man Group, from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation. It 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. The judges for the year compiled their own lists of authors, and submissions were not invited. Since 2016, the award has been given annually to a single book in English translation, with a £ 50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator. Contents 1 Prizes 1.1 Pre-2016 1.2 Post-2016 2 History 3 Award winners 4 Nominations 4.1 2005 4.2 2007 4.3 2009 4.4 2011 4.5 2013 4.6 2015 4.7 2016 4.8 2017 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Prizes Pre-2016 Whereas the Man Booker Prize was open only to writers from the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe, the International Prize was open to all nationalities. The award was worth £ 60,000 and an author could win only once. The Man Booker International prize also allowed for a separate award for translation. The winning author could choose a translator of his or her work into English to receive a prize sum of £ 15,000. Post-2016 On 7 July 2015, the Booker Prize Foundation announced that from 2016 onwards the Man Booker International Prize was to be a prize for fiction in translation. Its aim is to encourage publishing and reading of quality works in translation and to highlight the work of translators. The award is now given annually to a book in English translation, with a £ 50,000 prize for the winning title, to be shared equally between author and translator. Each shortlisted author and translator receives £ 1,000. This brings the total prize fund to £ 62,000 per year, compared to the previous £ 37,500 for the Man Booker International Prize. Judges select a longlist of 12 or 13 books in March, followed by a shortlist of six in April, with the winner announced in May. History The inaugural winner was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. He was followed by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in 2007, and two years later the Canadian writer Alice Munro won the award. In 2011 the prize was awarded to American Philip Roth. Praising its concerted judgement, the journalist Hephzibah Anderson noted that the Man Booker International Prize was `` fast becoming the more significant award, appearing an ever more competent alternative to the Nobel ''. In 2015 it was announced that the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize would be disbanded. The prize money from that award would be folded into the Man Booker International Prize, and the latter would become what the Independent prize used to be : a yearly book award for English translations, with the prize split between author and translator. Award winners Year Name Work Translator Country Language ( s ) Literary tradition 2005 Ismail Kadare Albania Albanian Albanian literature 2007 Chinua Achebe n / a Nigeria English Nigerian literature 2009 Alice Munro n / a Canada English Canadian literature 2011 Philip Roth n / a United States English American literature 2013 Lydia Davis n / a United States English American literature 2015 László Krasznahorkai George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet Hungary Hungarian Hungarian literature 2016 Han Kang The Vegetarian Deborah Smith South Korea Korean Korean literature, South Korean literature 2017 David Grossman A Horse Walks Into a Bar Jessica Cohen Israel Hebrew Israeli literature Nominations 2005 Winner Ismail Kadare Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare was named the inaugural International Prize winner in 2005. Head judge, Professor John Carey said Kadare is `` a universal writer in the tradition of storytelling that goes back to Homer. '' Kadare said he was `` deeply honoured '' at being awarded the prize. Kadare was also able to select a translator to receive an additional prize of £ 15,000. The writer received his award in Edinburgh on 27 June. Judging panel John Carey ( Chair ) Alberto Manguel Azar Nafisi Nominees Margaret Atwood ( Canada ) Saul Bellow ( US ) Gabriel García Márquez ( Colombia ) Günter Grass ( Germany ) Ismail Kadare ( Albania ) Milan Kundera ( Czech Republic ) Stanisław Lem ( Poland ) Doris Lessing ( UK ) Ian McEwan ( UK ) Naguib Mahfouz ( Egypt ) Tomas Eloy Martinez ( Argentina ) Kenzaburō Ōe ( Japan ) Cynthia Ozick ( US ) Philip Roth ( US ) Muriel Spark ( UK ) Antonio Tabucchi ( Italy ) John Updike ( US ) A.B. Yehoshua ( Israel ) The nominees for the inaugural Man Booker International Prize were announced on 2 June 2005 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. 2007 Winner Chinua Achebe Nigerian author Chinua Achebe was awarded the International Prize for his literary career in 2007. Judge Nadine Gordimer said Achebe was `` the father of modern African literature '' and that he was `` integral '' to world literature. Achebe received his award on 28 June in Oxford. Judging panel Elaine Showalter Nadine Gordimer Colm Tóibin Nominees Chinua Achebe ( Nigeria ) Margaret Atwood ( Canada ) John Banville ( Ireland ) Peter Carey ( Australia ) Don DeLillo ( US ) Carlos Fuentes ( Mexico ) Doris Lessing ( UK ) Ian McEwan ( UK ) Harry Mulisch ( Netherlands ) Alice Munro ( Canada ) Michael Ondaatje ( Sri Lanka / Canada ) Amos Oz ( Israel ) Philip Roth ( US ) Salman Rushdie ( India / UK ) Michel Tournier ( France ) The nominees for the second Man Booker International Prize were announced on 12 April 2007 at Massey College in Toronto. 2009 Winner Alice Munro Canadian short story writer Munro was named the winner of the prize in 2009 for her lifetime body of work. Judge Jane Smiley said picking a winner had been `` a challenge '', but Munro had won the panel over. On Munro 's work, Smiley said `` Her work is practically perfect. Any writer has to gawk when reading her because her work is very subtle and precise. Her thoughtfulness about every subject is so concentrated. '' Munro, who said she was `` totally amazed and delighted '' at her win, received the award at Trinity College, Dublin on 25 June. Judging panel Jane Smiley ( Chair ) Amit Chaudhuri Andrey Kurkov Nominees Peter Carey ( Australia ) Evan S. Connell ( US ) Mahasweta Devi ( India ) E.L. Doctorow ( US ) James Kelman ( UK ) Mario Vargas Llosa ( Peru ) Arnošt Lustig ( Czech Republic ) Alice Munro ( Canada ) V.S. Naipaul ( Trinidad / UK ) Joyce Carol Oates ( US ) Antonio Tabucchi ( Italy ) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ( Kenya ) Dubravka Ugrešić ( Croatia ) Lyudmila Ulitskaya ( Russia ) The nominees for the third Man Booker International Prize were announced on 18 March 2009 at The New York Public Library. 2011 Winner Philip Roth American novelist Roth was announced as the winner on 18 May 2011 at the Sydney Writers ' Festival. Of his win, Roth said `` This is a great honour and I 'm delighted to receive it. '' The writer said he hoped the prize would bring him to the attention of readers around the world who are not currently familiar with his body of work. Roth received his award in London on 28 June ; however, he was unable to attend in person due to ill health, so he sent a short video instead. Judging panel Rick Gekoski ( Chair ) Carmen Callil ( withdrew in protest over choice of winner ) Justin Cartwright After Roth was announced as the winner, Carmen Callil withdrew from the judging panel, saying `` I do n't rate him as a writer at all... in 20 years ' time will anyone read him ? '' Callil later wrote an editorial in The Guardian explaining her position and why she chose to leave the panel. Nominees Wang Anyi ( China ) Juan Goytisolo ( Spain ) James Kelman ( UK ) John le Carré ( UK ) Amin Maalouf ( Lebanon ) David Malouf ( Australia ) Dacia Maraini ( Italy ) Rohinton Mistry ( India / Canada ) Philip Pullman ( UK ) Marilynne Robinson ( US ) Philip Roth ( US ) Su Tong ( China ) Anne Tyler ( US ) The nominees for the fourth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 30 March 2011 at a ceremony in Sydney, Australia. John le Carré asked to be removed from consideration, saying he was `` flattered '', but that he does not compete for literary prizes. However, judge Dr Rick Gekoski said although he was disappointed that le Carré wanted to withdraw, his name would remain on the list. 2013 Winner Lydia Davis Lydia Davis, best known as a short story writer, was announced as the winner of the 2013 prize on 22 May at a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The official announcement of Davis ' award on the Man Booker Prize website described her work as having `` the brevity and precision of poetry. '' Judging panel chair Christopher Ricks commented that `` There is vigilance to her stories, and great imaginative attention. Vigilance as how to realise things down to the very word or syllable ; vigilance as to everybody 's impure motives and illusions of feeling. '' Judging Panel Christopher Ricks ( Chair ) Elif Batuman Aminatta Forna Yiyun Li Tim Parks Nominees UR Ananthamurthy ( India ) Aharon Appelfeld ( Israel ) Lydia Davis ( US ) Intizar Hussain ( Pakistan ) Yan Lianke ( China ) Marie NDiaye ( France ) Josip Novakovich ( Canada ) Marilynne Robinson ( US ) Vladimir Sorokin ( Russia ) Peter Stamm ( Switzerland ) The nominees for the fifth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 24 January 2013. Marilynne Robinson was the only writer out of the ten nominees who had been nominated for the prize before. 2015 Winner László Krasznahorkai László Krasznahorkai became the first author from Hungary to receive the Man Booker award in 2015. The prize was given to recognise his `` achievement in fiction on the world stage ''. British author Marina Warner, who chaired the panel of judges that selected Krasznahorkai for the award, compared his writing to Kafka and Beckett. Krasznahorkai 's translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet, shared the £ 15,000 translators ' prize. Judging Panel Marina Warner ( Chair ) Nadeem Aslam Elleke Boehmer Edwin Frank Wen - chin Ouyang Nominees César Aira ( Argentina ) Hoda Barakat ( Lebanon ) Maryse Condé ( Guadeloupe ) Mia Couto ( Mozambique ) Amitav Ghosh ( India ) Fanny Howe ( U.S.A. ) Ibrahim al - Koni ( Libya ) László Krasznahorkai ( Hungary ) Alain Mabanckou ( Republic of the Congo ) Marlene van Niekerk ( South Africa ) The nominees for the sixth Man Booker International Prize were announced on 24 March 2015. 2016 Winner Han Kang ( South Korea ), Deborah Smith ( translator ), for The Vegetarian Han became the first Korean author to win the prize and, under the new format for 2016, Smith became the first translator to share the prize. British journalist Boyd Tonkin, who chaired the judging panel, said that the decision was unanimous. He also said of the book `` in a style both lyrical and lacerating, it reveals the impact of this great refusal both on the heroine herself and on those around her. This compact, exquisite and disturbing book will linger long in the minds, and maybe the dreams, of its readers. '' Judging Panel Boyd Tonkin ( Chair ) Tahmima Anam David Bellos Daniel Medin Ruth Padel Nominees ( shortlist ) José Eduardo Agualusa ( Angola ), Daniel Hahn ( translator ), for A General Theory of Oblivion Elena Ferrante ( Italy ), Ann Goldstein ( translator ), for The Story of the Lost Child Yan Lianke ( China ), Carlos Rojas ( translator ), for The Four Books Orhan Pamuk ( Turkey ), Ekin Oklap ( translator ), for A Strangeness in My Mind Robert Seethaler ( Austria ), Charlotte Collins ( translator ), for A Whole Life Nominees ( longlist ) Maylis de Kerangal ( France ), Jessica Moore ( translator ), for Mend the Living Eka Kurniawan ( Indonesia ), Labodalih Sembiring ( translator ), for Man Tiger Fiston Mwanza Mujila ( Democratic Republic of Congo ), Roland Glasser ( translator ), for Tram 83 Raduan Nassar ( Brazil ), Stefan Tobler ( translator ), for A Cup of Rage Marie NDiaye ( France ), Jordan Stump ( translator ), for Ladivine Kenzaburō Ōe ( Japan ), Deborah Boliver Boehm ( translator ), for Death by Water Aki Ollikainen ( Finland ), Emily Jeremiah & Fleur Jeremiah ( translator ), for White Hunger The nominees for the seventh Man Booker International Prize were announced on 14 April 2016. The six nominees were chosen from a longlist of thirteen. 2017 Winner David Grossman ( Israel ), Jessica Cohen ( translator ), for A Horse Walks Into a Bar Grossman became the first Israeli author to win the prize, sharing the £ 50,000 award with Cohen. The chair of the judging panel, Nick Barley, who is the director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, described the book as `` an ambitious high - wire act of a novel ( that ) shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality. The central character is challenging and flawed, but completely compelling. '' The novel won over 126 other contenders. Judging Panel Nick Barley ( Chair ) Daniel Hahn Helen Mort Elif Shafak Chika Unigwe Nominees ( shortlist ) Mathias Énard ( France ), Charlotte Mandell ( translator ), for Compass David Grossman ( Israel ), Jessica Cohen ( translator ), for A Horse Walks Into a Bar Roy Jacobsen ( Norway ), Don Bartlett and Don Shaw ( translators ), for The Unseen Dorthe Nors ( Denmark ), Misha Hoekstra ( translator ), for Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Amos Oz ( Israel ), Nicholas de Lange ( translator ), for Judas Samanta Schweblin ( Argentina ), Megan McDowell ( translator ), for Fever Dream Nominees ( longlist ) Wioletta Greg ( Poland ), Eliza Marciniak ( translator ), for Swallowing Mercury Stefan Hertmans ( Belgium ), David McKay ( translator ), for War and Turpentine Ismail Kadare ( Albania ), John Hodgson ( translator ), for The Traitor 's Niche Jón Kalman Stefánsson ( Iceland ), Phil Roughton ( translator ), for Fish Have No Feet Yan Lianke ( China ), Carlos Rojas ( translator ), for The Explosion Chronicles Alain Mabanckou ( France ), Helen Stevenson ( translator ), for Black Moses Clemens Meyer ( Germany ), Katy Derbyshire ( translator ), for Bricks and Mortar The longlist for the eighth Man Booker International Prize was announced on 14 March 2017, and the shortlist on 20 April 2017. The winner was announced on 14 June 2017. See also The Man Booker Prize for Fiction The Man Asian Literary Prize The National Book Award The Russian Booker Prize The Prix Goncourt The Neustadt International Prize for Literature The Franz Kafka Prize For a more comprehensive overview a list of literary awards is available. References ^ Jump up to : `` Readers debate world Booker prize ''. BBC News. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2011. ^ Jump up to : Crerar, Simon ( 27 May 2009 ). `` Alice Munro announced as Man Booker International Prize winner ''. The Times. Retrieved 22 May 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Spark heads world Booker nominees ''. BBC News. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2011. ^ Jump up to : Sarah Shaffi ( 7 July 2015 ). `` ' Reconfiguration ' of Man Booker International Prize ''. The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 July 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Atwood on World Booker shortlist ''. BBC News. 12 April 2007. 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Question: who won the man booker international prize 2016
Answer: Han Kang