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2021 Booker Prize
British literary award given in 2021 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 3 November 2021, during a ceremony at the BBC Radio Theatre.[1] The longlist was announced on 27 July 2021.[2][3] The shortlist was announced on 14 September 2021.[4] The Prize – which was chosen from 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between 1 October 2020 and 30 September 2021[5] – was awarded to Damon Galgut for his novel, The Promise, receiving £50,000. Shortlisted twice before (in 2003 and 2010),[5] Galgut is the third South African to win the prize, after J. M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer.[6]
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Judging panel
- Rowan Williams
- Horatia Harrod
- Natascha McElhone
- Chigozie Obioma
- Maya Jasanoff (chair)
Nominees
indicates the winner
Shortlist
Longlist
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