![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, this year's shortlist includes authors of five nationalities, from four continents - two from the United States, one from Zimbabwe, one from Ireland, and one from Sri Lanka. John Harrison, and writer Alain Mabanckou. This year's judges are cultural historian, broadcaster and writer Neil MacGregor (chair), broadcaster and academic Shahidha Bari, historian Helen Castor, author and critic M.The 2021 prize was won by Damon Galgut for his novel, The Promise.Previous winners include Salman Rushdie, VS Naipaul and the late Hilary Mantel.It is open to works written in English and published in the UK or Ireland by writers of any nationality. ![]() The Booker Prize was first awarded in 1969.Another year, another Booker Prize shortlist featuring only one Brit, as well as a couple of notable omissions: The Colony by Women's Prize-shortlisted author Audrey Magree, and Booth by former Booker shortlistee Karen Joy Fowler. ![]()
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